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Melissa Healy

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01/28/2014
The study in the journal Pediatrics provides one of the most comprehensive recent efforts to tally the number of kids hurt nationally in gun-related incidents.
The study in the journal Pediatrics provides one of the most comprehensive recent efforts to tally the number of kids hurt nationally in gun-related incidents.
The study in the journal...
01/28/2014
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07/25/2015
In the 10-year period that ended with the Washington Navy Yard attack, 285 people died in such events. In the 13 years before that, 151 people perished in mass shootings.
In the 10-year period that ended with the Washington Navy Yard attack, 285 people died in such events. In the 13 years before that, 151 people perished in mass shootings.
In the 10-year period that ended...
07/25/2015
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12/13/2013
Dec. 12--The risk that an American male will commit violence with a firearm is no easy thing to measure, says a comprehensive new report issued on the eve of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting's first anniversary. If he is to...
Dec. 12--The risk that an American male will commit violence with a firearm is no easy thing to measure, says a comprehensive new report issued on the eve of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting's first anniversary. If he is to...
Dec. 12--The risk that an...
12/13/2013
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04/01/2015
A discovery melds medieval potion-making with modern pharmacology. In its crosshairs: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA.
A discovery melds medieval potion-making with modern pharmacology. In its crosshairs: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA.
A discovery melds medieval...
04/01/2015
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11/20/2013
A new study identifies a protein that could serve as a simple "biomarker" of more serious brain injury when even a brain scan fails to detect any such sign.
A new study identifies a protein that could serve as a simple "biomarker" of more serious brain injury when even a brain scan fails to detect any such sign.
A new study identifies a protein...
11/20/2013
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02/24/2015
Professional societies issue a "call to action" and declare backing for universal background checks, ban on military-style assault weapons and more support for gun-injury research.
Professional societies issue a "call to action" and declare backing for universal background checks, ban on military-style assault weapons and more support for gun-injury research.
Professional societies issue a...
02/24/2015
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08/16/2013
Researchers claim 18% of premature deaths in the United States between 1986 and 2006 were associated with excess body mass.
Researchers claim 18% of premature deaths in the United States between 1986 and 2006 were associated with excess body mass.
Researchers claim 18% of...
08/16/2013
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12/16/2014
Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared obesity "the defining public health challenge of our time."
Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared obesity "the defining public health challenge of our time."
Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared...
12/16/2014
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06/01/2013
Since first being detected in September 2012, this strain of coronavirus has sickened 49 and killed roughly 26 people in seven countries.
Since first being detected in September 2012, this strain of coronavirus has sickened 49 and killed roughly 26 people in seven countries.
Since first being detected in...
06/01/2013
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10/28/2014
Different rules among states, and the CDC's recommendation of looser monitoring than what is being carried out in several states, highlight problems with the current system.
Different rules among states, and the CDC's recommendation of looser monitoring than what is being carried out in several states, highlight problems with the current system.
Different rules among states,...
10/28/2014
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