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An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants

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An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants

Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy. Here’s how to do it

Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy. Here’s how to do it

How a Fairfax Co. woman secured a new national powerlifting record

How a Fairfax Co. woman secured a new national powerlifting record

‘It can affect everyone’: Capitals therapist details mental health struggles athletes face

‘It can affect everyone’: Capitals therapist details mental health struggles athletes face

Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time

Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time

‘We got blindsided’: Gymnastics coach blasts Montgomery Co. schools decision to end sport’s program

‘We got blindsided’: Gymnastics coach blasts Montgomery Co. schools decision to end sport’s program

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Human rights court orders Peru to pay compensation for a 1997 forced sterilization death

Human rights court orders Peru to pay compensation for a 1997 forced sterilization death

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health

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Jarring alarms out, quieter alerts in. New firehouse dispatch systems aim to ease stress

Jarring alarms out, quieter alerts in. New firehouse dispatch systems aim to ease stress

Jamaica to end decades-long agreement with Cuba over medical missions criticized by US

Study suggests Trump’s unproven autism claims influenced care

Study suggests Trump’s unproven autism claims influenced care

Most Potomac River advisories lifted, but officials say keep avoiding these areas after sewage spill

Most Potomac River advisories lifted, but officials say keep avoiding these areas after sewage spill

What to say if you’re in recovery and your workplace encourages social drinking

What to say if you’re in recovery and your workplace encourages social drinking

Trump administration widens its anti-fraud efforts with a Medicaid probe in New York

Trump administration widens its anti-fraud efforts with a Medicaid probe in New York

Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events

Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events

Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who’s seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants

Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who’s seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants

What you can do now to prepare for daylight saving time

What you can do now to prepare for daylight saving time

This Swedish tradition could help you unwind after a long week

This Swedish tradition could help you unwind after a long week

Children’s National Hospital sees more cannabis addiction among teens and tweens

Children’s National Hospital sees more cannabis addiction among teens and tweens

US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government data shows

US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government data shows

Local woman diagnosed with colon cancer at 37 on the importance of paying attention to your body

Local woman diagnosed with colon cancer at 37 on the importance of paying attention to your body

Environmental restoration begins near collapse of Potomac Interceptor sewer line

Environmental restoration begins near collapse of Potomac Interceptor sewer line

26 Doctors without Borders workers remain unaccounted for in South Sudan a month after attacks

26 Doctors without Borders workers remain unaccounted for in South Sudan a month after attacks

Why a 6-year-old with diabetes is pushing for change in Virginia

Why a 6-year-old with diabetes is pushing for change in Virginia

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