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Their observations of a faint, cool M-dwarf star called LHS 1903 revealed a system with a rocky world at its outer edge. LHS ...

America’s drug safety agency declined to review a next-gen flu vaccine that uses the same tech as the coronavirus shots ...

After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has ...

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