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Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week to address new global emergency

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Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week to address new global emergency

DC-area health and wellness fair offers ‘Ask-A-Therapist’ service to families ahead of school year

DC-area health and wellness fair offers ‘Ask-A-Therapist’ service to families ahead of school year

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says

Got cold symptoms? Here’s when kids should take a sick day from school

Got cold symptoms? Here’s when kids should take a sick day from school

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations

Perdue recalls 167,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after consumers find metal wire in some packages

Perdue recalls 167,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after consumers find metal wire in some packages

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‘The whole family should eat this way’: Doctors recommend heart-healthy eating plan for kids

Nearly 500,000 Virginians in Medicaid have been disenrolled

Nearly 500,000 Virginians in Medicaid have been disenrolled

Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US

Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US

Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency

Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency

What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor

What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor

Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why

Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why

Make eye exams part of the back-to-school checklist. Your kids and their teachers will thank you

Make eye exams part of the back-to-school checklist. Your kids and their teachers will thank you

Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class

Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class

Pharmacist blamed for deaths in US meningitis outbreak will plead no contest in Michigan case

Pharmacist blamed for deaths in US meningitis outbreak will plead no contest in Michigan case

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump’s economic attacks

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump’s economic attacks

Whooping cough cases more than 3 times higher than last year in return to pre-pandemic levels

Whooping cough cases more than 3 times higher than last year in return to pre-pandemic levels

Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?

Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?

What is ketamine, the drug involved in Matthew Perry’s death?

What is ketamine, the drug involved in Matthew Perry’s death?

Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital

Fairfax teen named Time Magazine’s Kid of the Year

Fairfax teen named Time Magazine’s Kid of the Year

Pakistan’s health ministry confirms a case of mpox but more tests are being done for its variant

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