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New research indicates that people who contracted COVID-19 early in the pandemic faced a significantly elevated risk of heart ...

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An ad-hoc analysis found a higher rate of severe and life-threatening infections in patients with RET-mutant lung cancer ...

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This common misconception was only compounded further after Dave consulted his doctor. He was diagnosed with a chest ...