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  1. Health & Medicine

    Humans have shockingly few ways to treat fungal infections

    It's not quite as bad as The Last of Us. But progress has been achingly slow in developing new antifungal vaccines and drugs.

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  2. Chemistry

    A chemical in plastics is tied to heart disease deaths

    In 2018, over 350,000 excess heart disease deaths were linked to phthalates. More research is needed to fully understand the chemicals' effects.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    How to fight Lyme may lie in the biology of its disease-causing bacteria

    The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, may hold clues for understanding and treating the tick-borne disease.

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  4. Science & Society

    $1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest

    News of NIH funding cuts have trickled out in recent months. A new study tallies what’s been terminated.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Teens who want to quit vaping have another medication option

    The drug varenicline, paired with counseling and text messaging support, helped teens and young adults abstain from vaping in a clinical trial.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery?

    A new study is among the first to look at whether cold or hot soaks help women’s muscles rebound from extreme exercise.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Lining medical stents with hairlike fuzz could fend off infections

    Implanted tubes that transport bodily fluids can get gross. A lab prototype suggests a new vibration-based way to keep them clean and prevent infection.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    A man let snakes bite him 202 times. His blood helped create a new antivenom

    A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Ozempic and Wegovy ingredient may reverse signs of liver disease

    The diabetes and weight loss drug semaglutide reversed liver scarring and inflammation. It’s among several drugs in the works for the condition MASH.

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