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What is alpha-gal, the red meat allergy tied to tick bites?
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What is alpha-gal, the red meat allergy tied to tick bites?

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Long COVID clinical trials a step in the right direction, but scale doesn’t match the need, researchers say
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Long COVID clinical trials a step in the right direction, but scale doesn’t match the need, researchers say

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Professor tells the ‘dirty truth’ about food in Netflix documentary
Northeastern professor Darin Detwiler talks food safety and his family's tragedy in new Netflix documentary

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Professor tells the ‘dirty truth’ about food in Netflix documentary

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New RSV immunization approved by FDA. Why it’s ‘an important development in pediatric medicine’
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New RSV immunization approved by FDA. Why it’s ‘an important development in pediatric medicine’

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How are people with aphasia actually using language? Award-winning researcher moving from the lab to the real world
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How are people with aphasia actually using language? Award-winning researcher moving from the lab to the real world

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Will the courts take away the FDA-approved over-the-counter birth control pill?
Dr Sophia Yen holding a one month prescription pack of birth control pills

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Will the courts take away the FDA-approved over-the-counter birth control pill?

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What is rubisco? And what are the promises and potential pitfalls of consuming the plant-based protein?
Drops of water fall into a body of water on the surface of duckweed.

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What is rubisco? And what are the promises and potential pitfalls of consuming the plant-based protein?

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These co-op students went to Kenya to find ways to prevent one of the world’s most deadly tropical diseases 
Co-op students help conduct visceral leishmaniasis research.

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These co-op students went to Kenya to find ways to prevent one of the world’s most deadly tropical diseases 

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What’s the real cause of Havana Syndrome? Northeastern professor explains on ‘History’s Greatest Mysteries’
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What’s the real cause of Havana Syndrome? Northeastern professor explains on ‘History’s Greatest Mysteries’

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How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke
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How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke

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Can you overdose on over-the-counter allergy medication?
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Can you overdose on over-the-counter allergy medication?

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Could ‘new’ antibiotic treatment prevent chronic Lyme disease?

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Could ‘new’ antibiotic treatment prevent chronic Lyme disease?

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