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Aerobic exercise has been linked with progression and risk. (Washington Post)

Air purifiers in residential aged-care facilities of acute respiratory infections, a randomized trial showed. (JAMA Network Open)

In California, cases of dengue are by public health officials. (KFF Health News)

The FDA on Novavax's investigational new drug application for its COVID-19 and influenza combination and stand-alone influenza vaccine candidates, the company said.

As more young people survive cancer, they . (NPR)

President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. (The Hill)

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s call to remove fluoride from drinking water . (Fox News)

There's conflict in the about treatments like buprenorphine. (STAT)

Rising during the pandemic persisted in 2022. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

In India, the ; the suspect claims he was framed. (CBS News)

Union workers at University of Michigan Health reached a memorandum of understanding, by thousands of healthcare workers. (CBS Detroit)

Four women who are suing Idaho over its strict abortion laws . (NBC News)

Americans are ahead of a second Trump presidency. (The Hill)

Cigna , noting the majority of proceeds from the sale of its Medicare businesses will be used for share repurchase. (Healthcare Finance)

Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress following a tax fraud conviction, was and paralyzed after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament. (AP)

Chronic brain trauma has been seen in members of the . (New York Times)