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This 1981 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an electron micrograph of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, also known as RSV. Children's hospitals in parts of the country are seeing a distressing surge in RSV, a common respiratory illness that can cause severe breathing problems for babies. Cases fell dramatically two years ago as the pandemic shut down schools, day cares and businesses. Then, with restrictions easing, the summer of 2021 brought an alarming increase in what is normally a fall and winter virus. (CDC via AP)

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What’s behind worrying RSV surge in US children's hospitals?
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Mon,10/24/22-2:54PM , 201 Reads
Children's hospitals in parts of the U.S. are seeing a surge in a common respiratory illness that can cause severe breathing problems for babies.
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An embryologist uses a microscope to examine an embryo, visible on a monitor, center, at a clinic in New York on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, according to a study of U.S. births, released on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Researchers found a gap in deaths of infants born to Black women who used fertility treatment compared to white women, a gap much wider than seen in babies born without fertility treatment. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Race gap seen in US infant deaths after fertility treatment
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Tue,10/18/22-1:53PM , 243 Reads
Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, reflected in life-and-death outcomes for babies, according to a large study of U.S. births.
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Booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are displayed during a vaccine clinic in Townshend, Vt., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. U.S. health officials say 4.4 million Americans have rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 booster shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as public health experts bemoaned President Joe Biden’s recent remark that “the pandemic is over.” (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

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4.4M Americans roll up sleeves for omicron-targeted boosters
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Thu,09/22/22-7:41PM , 83 Reads
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Harold Lewis, a recovering drug user, looks at a pair of sunglasses he won by picking paper slips with prizes written on them out of a fishbowl, Monday, July 18, 2022 at Liberation Programs in Bridgeport, Conn. “Recovery is just not all balled-up fists and clutched teeth, you know what I mean?" Lewis says. “It can be fun, where you can exhale and you can breathe and get excited — because you don’t know what you’re going to win today.” (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

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Candy, cash, gifts: How rewards help recovery from addiction
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Wed,09/07/22-12:41AM , 369 Reads
Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun.
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