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An African man who contracted a contagious new strain of mpox known as Clade 1b is speaking out about the harrowing symptoms of the viral infection.…
Four Massachusetts towns — Douglas, Oxford, Sutton and Webster — have enacted a voluntary evening lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of a potentially…
A rare deadly equine virus that can be transmitted to humans, killing about 30% of people afflicted, has been spotted in several Hudson Valley counties and…
Most men keep a condom on hand in case a spontaneous sex session arises — but one rubber may not be enough if you’re a long-lasting…
Venezuelan five-time Olympic cyclist Daniela Larreal Chirinos died last week in her Las Vegas home after reportedly choking on food. She was 51 years old. There were…
A potentially deadly virus known as “sloth fever” has US officials on alert after Florida reported 20 travel-related cases, including nine last week. Oropouche virus is…
If you want to lose weight, it’s best to eat more protein and fiber, a new study finds. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed…
What a worrywort. Rhode Island pharmacist Ethan Melillo is calling St. John’s wort — an herbal supplement with roots in ancient Greece that’s now used to…
U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains — and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too. With…
A type of drug being developed to combat cancer could be repurposed to treat Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages, new research finds. Blocking an enzyme…