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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Health

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Senate committee advances nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to be Trump's CDC director

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

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Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records

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Federal survey shows promising trends for youth mental health and drug use

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Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite linked to 4 more states

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American scientists see prosecutions as part of federal campaign against them

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US health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite

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