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KINSHASA, June 13 (Reuters) – The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 710, including 149 deaths, government data showed on Saturday.
The number represented the total number of confirmed cases as of Friday, according to a situation report that documented 21 new cases...
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How parents can talk to their kids about vaping as FDA authorizes some flavored e-cigarettes
Ricky Resendez first tried e-cigarettes in eighth grade. By the time he got to high school, he was vaping daily.
“It was just kind of normal,” said Ricky, a 17-year-old recent graduate in Superior, Wisconsin. “Kids were vaping in class, in the bathrooms,...
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FDA approves expanded use of Sanofi’s type 1 diabetes drug
June 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved the expanded use of Sanofi’s type 1 diabetes injection in children aged 8 to 17 years who were recently diagnosed with stage 3 of the condition.
The FDA had first approved the...
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