A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

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US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against influenza, ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have improved our understanding of how rotavirus, ...

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