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Microplastics have been found in breast milk. Will that hurt my baby? wapo.st/3Tdgbfr
Microplastics have been found in breast milk. Will that hurt my baby?

Microplastics have been found in breast milk. Will that hurt my baby?

As a breastfeeding mom of two, I wondered: Should I be worried? Is breast milk still really best?

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Supreme Court will decide access to key abortion drug mifepristone wapo.st/3NmA0gM

Supreme Court will decide access to key abortion drug mifepristone

Decision to consider abortion drug mifepristone returns the issue of reproductive rights to the Supreme Court for the first time since it overturned Roe v. Wade.

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What is Trisomy 18, the fetal condition central to the Texas abortion case? wapo.st/3RC8sGG
What is Trisomy 18, the fetal condition central to the Texas abortion case?

What is Trisomy 18, the fetal condition central to the Texas abortion case?

Trisomy 18 is almost always fatal for fetuses, but the medical exception to Texas’s abortion ban focuses on the mother, and a court ruled it didn’t apply in Kate Cox’s case.

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Cannabis use linked to higher risk of poor pregnancy outcomes, study finds wapo.st/3Tfjkf0
Cannabis use linked to higher risk of poor pregnancy outcomes, study finds

Cannabis use linked to higher risk of poor pregnancy outcomes, study finds

Research found that people who use cannabis during pregnancy may be at higher risk of preterm births, stillbirths, low birth weights and hypertensive disorders.

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Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds wapo.st/4aeyFm2
Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds

Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds

Findings of a congressional inquiry raise privacy concerns as some states seek to criminalize abortion.

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Covid and flu rising ahead of holidays, increasing ER visits wapo.st/3GDSky9
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How winter affects our mood, thinking and sex drive wapo.st/3TkMN7m
Perspective | How winter affects our mood, thinking and sex drive

Perspective | How winter affects our mood, thinking and sex drive

In the winter, people tend to eat more, move less and mate more.

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How to promote good posture and avoid becoming hunched over wapo.st/3RhfDmu
How to promote good posture and avoid becoming hunched over

How to promote good posture and avoid becoming hunched over

Growing older, medical issues and computer use can cause us to hunch over. Here are some strategies to help avoid the problem.

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How to soothe and protect your skin as the weather turns colder wapo.st/3RCYu8b
How to soothe and protect your skin as the weather turns colder

How to soothe and protect your skin as the weather turns colder

Dermatologists and other experts recommend making a few minor adjustments to your regimen in the winter.

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Up to 5.4 million in U.S. already have had the flu this season wapo.st/3GEttdw
Up to 5.4 million in U.S. already have had the flu this season

Up to 5.4 million in U.S. already have had the flu this season

As flu season progresses, usually peaking between December and February, the CDC plans to update its tally of flu-related cases weekly.

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On the streets, opioids sometimes more potent than fentanyl: nitazenes wapo.st/3RjruQK
On the streets, opioids sometimes more potent than fentanyl: Nitazenes

On the streets, opioids sometimes more potent than fentanyl: Nitazenes

The novel opioids can complicate overdose revivals and addiction treatment.

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Swimming outdoors in winter? Some love it. But bring a swim parka. wapo.st/47NovHt
Perspective | Swimming outdoors in winter? Some love it. But bring a swim parka.

Perspective | Swimming outdoors in winter? Some love it. But bring a swim parka.

Outdoor winter swimming in a heated pool is good exercise — wet suit optional.

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Vitamin D supplements didn’t prevent kids’ broken bones, study finds wapo.st/47MkC5B
Vitamin D supplements didn’t prevent kids’ broken bones, study finds

Vitamin D supplements didn’t prevent kids’ broken bones, study finds

The supplements may have failed because they weren’t paired with calcium, which strengthens bones as well, researchers say.

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CDC issues health alert for deadly tick-borne disease wapo.st/3Nf8uSb
CDC issues health alert for deadly tick-borne disease

CDC issues health alert for deadly tick-borne disease

Three deaths resulted from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever outbreak among people who traveled or lived in Mexican border city.

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FDA approves two sickle cell therapies, including the first CRISPR medicine wapo.st/46PN59d
FDA approves two sickle cell therapies, including first CRISPR medicine

FDA approves two sickle cell therapies, including first CRISPR medicine

The therapies offer hope for a long-overlooked genetic illness that can cause excruciating pain and cut decades off people’s lives.

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Toy magnet ball sets linked to 7 deaths and 2,400 hospitalizations wapo.st/41fNyAp
Toy magnets linked to 7 deaths and 2,400 hospitalizations

Toy magnets linked to 7 deaths and 2,400 hospitalizations

If swallowed, the magnets can attract to one another and cause perforations, intestinal blockages and blood poisoning, federal safety regulators warn.

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White House targets drug patents in latest effort to lower prices wapo.st/4acoyxW
White House targets drug patents in latest effort to lower prices

White House targets drug patents in latest effort to lower prices

Under the plan, the U.S. government could step in and license patent rights to other manufacturers when certain drugs’ prices are too high.

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William P. Murphy Jr., medical innovator of vinyl blood bags, dies at 100 wapo.st/3Te2E7r
William P. Murphy Jr., medical innovator of vinyl blood bags, dies at 100

William P. Murphy Jr., medical innovator of vinyl blood bags, dies at 100

The problem was how to replace bulky and fragile glass blood containers. Dr. Murphy tested out the new vinyl bags near the front lines of the Korean War.

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Boris Johnson admits ‘mistakes’ to covid inquiry but defends record wapo.st/3T65b3I
Boris Johnson admits ‘mistakes’ to covid inquiry but defends record

Boris Johnson admits ‘mistakes’ to covid inquiry but defends record

Boris Johnson, ousted as prime minister for misleading the public over parties during lockdowns, defended his pandemic response before an independent inquiry.

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Mpox surge in Congo raises concerns world will ignore warnings again wapo.st/3NgX2ps
Mpox surge in Congo raises concerns world will ignore warnings again

Mpox surge in Congo raises concerns world will ignore warnings again

Authorities confirm the first sexual spread of mpox in Congo during a surge that has led to more deaths than last year’s global outbreak.

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