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Brain fog and other long COVID symptoms are the focus …

FILE - This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, indicated in blue/pink, cultured in a laboratory. The National Institutes of Health is opening a handful of studies to start testing possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition. The announcement, Monday, July 31, 2023 comes amid frustration from patients who've struggled for months or years with sometimes disabling health problems. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer …

Shawn Steik poses for a photo Wednesday, July, 26, 2023, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Steik said he and his wife would likely fly to Seattle if Mayor Dave Bronson's plan announced last week goes forward to buy homeless people plane tickets out of the state or to other Alaska cities to avoid the frigid winter temperatures instead of standing up Anchorage's sports arena as a mass shelter. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

3 North Carolina residents killed by Vibrio bacteria that …

Sprains, strains and ACL tears. What to know about some …

Cleveland Browns defensive end Olivier Vernon reacts after an injury in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in Cleveland. Hamstring pulls, ligament tears and ankle sprains can be as formidable an opponent for NFL teams as a high-scoring offense or stingy defense. (AP Photo/David Richard)

Sesame is being newly added to some foods. The FDA says …

FILE - Sesame dinner rolls sit on a mat in Concord, N.H., on Oct. 12, 2015. Food manufacturers who deliberately add sesame to their products and include it on the labels are not violating a new federal law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead, File)

GOP nominee says he would renew push for Medicaid work …

FILE - Kentucky Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron speaks to supporters during the first stop of his multi-city campaign tour, June 2, 2023, in Richmond, Ky. Cameron said Wednesday, July 26, that he would move quickly as Kentucky's governor to revive a push to require some able-bodied adults to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

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Nigerian doctors walk off the job again. Overstretched …

An ambulance is parked at the emergency unit of the National hospital in Abuja Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 26, 2023. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Wednesday is on strike again, demanding better working conditions for its members. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

Cigna health giant accused of improperly rejecting …

Salmonella in ground beef sickens 16, hospitalizing …

FILE - Ground beef is displayed for sale, April 1, 2017, at a market in Washington. Federal health officials said Tuesday, July 25, 2023, that ground beef contaminated with salmonella has sickened at least 16 people, including six hospitalized, in four Northeastern states. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Court says OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy and protections …

Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided …

FILE - Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is pictured on July 16, 2013. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is facing a class action lawsuit for turning over the medical records of its transgender clinic patients to the Tennessee attorney general's office for an ongoing investigation. Two patients sued on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Nashville Chancery Court, saying they were among those who received notice from the hospital that their information was sent to Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Block on Iowa’s strict abortion law can be appealed, …

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds reacts after signing a new law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy before speaking at the Family Leadership Summit, Friday, July 14, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Cases of tick-borne illnesses are on the rise. Some …

Illustration about ticks transmitting tick-borne illnesses. (Illustration/Amelia Bates, Grist via AP)