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Registered nurse Erika Obrietan administers the third dose of an experimental breast cancer vaccine to patient Kathleen Jade at University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Seattle. Jade, 50, learned she had breast cancer in late February. She's getting the vaccine to see if it will shrink her tumor before surgery. “Even if that chance is a little bit, I felt like it’s worth it," said Jade, who is also getting standard treatment. (AP Photo/Lindsey...

Vaccines poised for next big advance in cancer treatment

by Carla K. Johnson Associated PressJune 26, 2023

SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years.These aren’t traditional…

FILE - A person is taken on a stretcher into the United Memorial Medical Center after going through testing for COVID-19 Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Houston. On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

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Pandemic 3 years later: Virus still potent as normalcy returns

by Carla K. Johnson Associated PressMarch 10, 2023

Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC senior living facility, passes a COVID-19 informational sign while walking to her office on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

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Hospitalizations signal rising COVID risk for seniors

by Carla K. Johnson Associated Press, and Laura Ungar Associated PressDecember 11, 2022

This photo shows a cup of black tea with a spoon and tea leaves pictured in London, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. According to a large study of British tea drinkers published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine, scientists found two or more cups daily was tied with a modest benefit: a 9% to 13% lower risk of death from any cause. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Study: Tea drinking has possible health benefits

by Carla K. Johnson Associated PressAugust 30, 2022

Mary Beth Orr poses for a photo in her home, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 in Burien, Wash., south of Seattle. Orr used to have five or six drinks every evening and more on weekends before she enrolled in a study in 2018 to see if the compound in psychedelic mushrooms could help heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely. She stopped drinking entirely for two years, and now has an occasional glass of wine, and credits psilocybin for her progress. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Study finds psilocybin may help heavy drinkers quit

by Carla K. Johnson Associated PressAugust 24, 2022

Sara Atkins poses for a photo, in Wynnewood, Pa., Tuesday, May 10, 2022, while holding a pillow with an image of her father Andy Rotman-Zaid, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. She channels her grief into fighting for global vaccination and better access to health care to honor her father. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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COVID deaths in US hit 1 million

by Carla K. Johnson Associated PressMay 16, 2022

FILE - This photo provided by the family shows from left, David Bennett Jr., Preston Bennett, David Bennett Sr., Gillian Bennett, Nicole (Bennett) McCray, Sawyer Bennett, Kristi Bennett in 2019. In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into Bennett Sr., in a last-ditch effort to save his life and the hospital said Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery. Bennett, the first person to receive a heart transplant from a...

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Man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

by Lauran Neergaard Associated Press, and Carla K. Johnson Associated PressMarch 9, 2022

A shopper waring a proactive mask as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus selects fruit at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The majority of healthy Americans, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday, Feb. 25. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a...

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CDC shift: Most Americans can go without masks

by Carla K. Johnson Associated Press, and Mike Stobbe Associated PressFebruary 25, 2022

Pedestrians wear masks under their chins while crossing a street, in Boston, Feb. 9.

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US estimates 73% now immune to omicron

by Carla K. Johnson Associated PressFebruary 17, 2022

FILE - Jose Alfrtedo De la Cruz and his wife, Rogelia, self-test for COVID-19 at a No Cost COVID-19 Drive-Through event provided the GUARDaHEART Foundation for the City of Whittier community and the surrounding areas at the Guirado Park in Whittier, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall's delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising...

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Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave

by Carla K. Johnson Associated PressJanuary 28, 2022

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Vaccines poised for next big advance in cancer treatment

Pandemic 3 years later: Virus still potent as normalcy returns

Hospitalizations signal rising COVID risk for seniors

Study: Tea drinking has possible health benefits

Study finds psilocybin may help heavy drinkers quit

COVID deaths in US hit 1 million

Man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

CDC shift: Most Americans can go without masks

US estimates 73% now immune to omicron

Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave

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