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Vapour-sniffing drug detector tested at the US-Mexico border

Drugs and explosive chemicals are difficult to detect, but a device more sensitive than a dog’s nose can pick up their traces in seconds

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How vaccine recommendations have changed in the US

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You’ve been sold a giant myth when it comes to improving your health

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Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US

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How a US agriculture agency became key in the fight against bird flu

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A woman in a green top surveys some supermarket ailes

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Do corporations actually have more control over your health than you?

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Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the rest of the world

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Dementia cases are rising faster in China than the rest of the world

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US plans massive health database to study autism – will it work?

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Kennedy has taken a sledgehammer to the US's public health

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US government fired researchers running a crucial drug use survey

A termination letter obtained by New Scientist reveals that the Trump administration has gutted the office that runs the country’s only nationwide survey on drug use and mental health

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Measles is spreading across the US – here is what you need to know

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GLP-1 drugs are only the start – the powerful drugs to expect next

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The US may start vaccinating chickens and cows against bird flu

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US stops sharing flu data with WHO amidst one of its worst flu seasons

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