The doctors turned to a new screening method known as metagenomic testing. Instead of checking for known microbes, the test could reveal all the microorganisms present in the samples – previously ...

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Global trust in science is lower than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has found. More than 140,000 people ...

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The UK Health Security Agency has warned of a potentially early flu season as virus levels rise higher than during the same period in the past four years.

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Two Plano, Texas, medical practices and their physician owner have agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations that they billed a federal program for uninsured patients for office visits when ...