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The Mercury News - Health

106-year-old East Bay veteran battles for WWII nurses' Congressional Gold Medal

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An emerging shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. Here's what could happen to them

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How the Bay Area's last WWII veterans and their families are keeping history alive

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FDA removes long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

17 hours ago

At The Hollow in Florida, the 'medical freedom' movement finds its base camp

18 hours ago

These 8 Democrats voted with Republicans on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it

22 hours ago

Can a weight loss and diabetes drug treat long COVID?

11 days ago

Common viral infections like flu and shingles can raise your risk of heart attack and stroke, analysis finds

11 days ago

With CDC signoff, CVS says Covid-19 vaccines will be available nationwide without a prescription

1 month ago

CDC stops recommending COVID-19 shots for all, leaves decision to patients

1 month ago

Despite the hoopla, vaccines should be in reach this cough-and-cold season

12 days ago

In one California county, kindergartener vaccination rates dip below herd immunity levels for measles

15 days ago

During cold and flu season, the youngest kids really are the germiest

19 days ago

COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors

19 days ago

James Watson dies at 97; co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix shape helped revolutionize scientific research

3 days ago

Opinion: California universities broke the silence of ALS with federal funds — now at risk

7 days ago

FDA says drugmakers have recalled a blood pressure medicine tainted with a cancer-causing chemical

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