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Dengue Fever

By: Simrin Puri, Journalist
Dengue fever can affect anyone and everyone! Read more about this life threatening disease and how to prevent contracting it!
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Phobias

By: Kate Li, Journalist
What is dodecaphobia? What is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
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Presbyopia – What It Is

By: Eric Ji, Journalist
Presbyopia will never be fully cured, but patients can receive help from professional eye doctors and with healthy habits, limit the effects of presbyopia.
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Chickenpox

By: Leticia Xavier, Journalism
Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness caused by the virus, varicella-zoster. Varicella-zoster part of the herpes family and is a DNA virus.
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Mosquito bite by James Jordan is licensed with CC BY-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

How a Simple Net Prevents 13 Million Cases of Malaria Each Year

By: DoWon Lee, Journalist
A staggering 249 million malaria cases and more than 600,000 deaths due to the disease were recorded in 2022, but these nets have cut the estimated number to 200,000. For context, Nigeria alone logs more than 25% of global deaths from malaria.
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History of the Flu

By: Bryan Xi, Journalist
The flu, one of the most deadly diseases, has an extensive history of death and pandemics, but also one of resistance and developments.
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Japanese Farmers Are Painting Their Cows With Zebra-Like Stripes

By: Gary Taylor, Journalist
The Japanese black is one of the breeds of cow used to make wagyu beef. But, these cows are plagued with a big problem: Blood-sucking flies such as gadflies and cattle flies.
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Bubonic Plague

By: Leticia Xavier, Journalist
Black Death, also known as Bubonic plague, is deadly virus that was very common during the middle ages. The plague is known to be the deadliest virus to be known even more than COVID 19. 
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Patient In China Gets First Ever Gene-Altered Pig Liver Transplant

By: Walker McCann, Journalist
In recent years, there has been an increase in the amount of space available for organ transplants, and researchers are trying to find ways to make these transplants easier. This latest development may help improve the quality of organ transplantation.
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Is it true that gum takes 7 years to digest?

Does it Really Take 7 Years to Digest Gum?

By: Cooper Shealy, Journalist
Have you ever heard the old saying that if you swallow gum, it'll stick around in your stomach for seven years? It's a tale as old as time, passed down from one generation to the next. But let's dive into the truth behind this age-old myth and see what science has to say about it.
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Fear Of Missing Out – Psychological Bind

By: Eric Ji, Journalist
Fear of missing out (FOMO) is a psychological term used by psychologists to describe a specific marketing system and phenomenon commonly used in video games. In medical practices, FOMO is described as a situation when someone wants to continuously follow what others are doing.
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Somniloquy – Sleep Talking

By: Eric Ji, Journalist
Sleep talking is a sleeping disorder when one speaks when they are sleeping. This occurrence most commonly happens in adolescent years.
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