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How does mpox spread, and who is most at risk?
By Dani Blum The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency last month. The virus, formerly known as monkeypox, is...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- 2 days ago
- 4 min
A ‘life review’ can be powerful, at any age
By Emily Laber-Warren Jodi Wellman was devastated when her mother died of a heart attack at age 58. Cleaning out her apartment made her...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- 4 days ago
- 4 min
On the COVID ‘off-ramp’: No tests, isolation or masks
By Emily Baumgaertner Jason Moyer was days away from a family road trip to visit his parents when his 10-year-old son woke up with a...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- Aug 27
- 5 min
Heat kills thousands in the US every year. Why are the deaths so hard to track?
By Kate Selig After a string of scorching days in June 2023, the body of an 88-year-old man was discovered in his home in Maricopa...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- Aug 21
- 5 min
Stranded in space? NASA doesn’t see the Starliner astronauts that way.
By Kenneth Chang If you go somewhere expecting an eight-day trip and end up not being able to leave for eight months, most people would...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- Aug 20
- 5 min
As bird flu spreads, disease trackers set their sights on pets
By Emily Anthes Trupanion, a Seattle-based pet insurance company, is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- Aug 16
- 4 min
WHO declares global emergency over new mpox outbreak
By Apoorva Mandavilli The rapid spread of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, in African countries constitutes a global health emergency,...
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The San Juan Daily Star
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Should you get another COVID shot now?
By Dani Blum Patients keep asking Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco,...
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