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The Mercury News - Health

She battled rare diseases for 10 years. How she found health and joy

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Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine, which has been effective in past outbreaks

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People with disabilities say Medicaid's limits on income stifle career advancement

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Bedbugs can cause people to lose sleep — and blood. Here's what to do about them

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Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed

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Flight attendants and pilots have highest risk of dying from radiation-linked cancers, study says

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Drug prices have declined sharply, and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex

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California biotech's at-home urine test aims to catch cancer early

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Bay Area librarian and host of 'Reading Rainbow' Mychal Threets tells concerned fans he's seeking help

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Letters: Rand Paul and Senate GOP's witch hunt ignores Constitution

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Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

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Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

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COVID-19 levels run high in Bay Area wastewater, prompting calls for precautions

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Jarvis: Trump's vaccine order puts parents in a bind

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US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high

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Trump's vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

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Fact check: Trump makes false claims as he signs order about childhood vaccines

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'Wild West' of untested peptides has Americans paying in crypto to get their fix

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Marin County dementia drug startup gets venture capital infusion

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Lawsuit claims Stanford injected woman with wrong imaging dye, and now she can barely walk

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Prolific East Bay innovator of common medical devices dies at age 90

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The CDC has zombie programs. Congress funds them, but few people are left to do the work

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