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Shannen Doherty Reveals That Cancer Has Spread, Is Undergoing Chemotherapy

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Sperm Banks and Fertility Clinics Taking Steps to Keep the Zika Virus Out of Their Supply

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Chipotle Sued for Concealing 'Faulty' Quality Controls From Investors

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An Oregon Teen Has Come Down With a Bout of the Bubonic Plague

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Liberian Woman Contracted Ebola Through Unprotected Sex

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12/30/14

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Latest Ebola Outbreak Caused By Bat Play, Horrifying Rain of Bats

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Put a Virus On It: The Many Confusing Ebola Crafts of Etsy

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From Miasma to Ebola: The History of Racist Moral Panic Over Disease

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Pouring a Bucket of Ice Water Over Your Head Won't Cure ALS

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There's a Major Measles Outbreak in NYC, Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers

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Polio-Like Mystery Illness Afflicts Children in Northern California

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A State-by-State Look at Where Kids Are Not Being Vaccinated

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Your Cat's Mouth Is a Festering Hole Lined with Disease-Riddled Knives

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Health Insurer Crappily Denies Young Girl Necessary Gastric Bypass

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More Than Half of Women Think Their Sick Boyfriends Are Faking It

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Surprise! Vaccine Opt-Outs Fueled California’s Whooping Cough Outbreak

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Why Did Bernie Sanders Endorse the Extremely Gross Sexist Cenk Uygur [UPDATED]

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And Now There's a Plague Outbreak

CDC Warns Against the Scourge That is Cat Scratch Fever

Shannen Doherty Reveals That Cancer Has Spread, Is Undergoing Chemotherapy

You Might Be Able to Contract Zika From Oral Sex

How Celebrities Are Changing the Way We See Chronic Lyme

Sperm Banks and Fertility Clinics Taking Steps to Keep the Zika Virus Out of Their Supply

Chipotle Sued for Concealing 'Faulty' Quality Controls From Investors

An Oregon Teen Has Come Down With a Bout of the Bubonic Plague

Liberian Woman Contracted Ebola Through Unprotected Sex

Latest Ebola Outbreak Caused By Bat Play, Horrifying Rain of Bats

Put a Virus On It: The Many Confusing Ebola Crafts of Etsy

From Miasma to Ebola: The History of Racist Moral Panic Over Disease

Pouring a Bucket of Ice Water Over Your Head Won't Cure ALS

There's a Major Measles Outbreak in NYC, Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers

Polio-Like Mystery Illness Afflicts Children in Northern California

A State-by-State Look at Where Kids Are Not Being Vaccinated

Your Cat's Mouth Is a Festering Hole Lined with Disease-Riddled Knives

Health Insurer Crappily Denies Young Girl Necessary Gastric Bypass

More Than Half of Women Think Their Sick Boyfriends Are Faking It

Surprise! Vaccine Opt-Outs Fueled California’s Whooping Cough Outbreak

Why Did Bernie Sanders Endorse the Extremely Gross Sexist Cenk Uygur [UPDATED]

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Likely Medium-Duty Tesla Cybertruck Classification Makes Elon Musk's Ford F-150 Challenge Pointless

And Now There's a Plague Outbreak

CDC Warns Against the Scourge That is Cat Scratch Fever

Shannen Doherty Reveals That Cancer Has Spread, Is Undergoing Chemotherapy

You Might Be Able to Contract Zika From Oral Sex

How Celebrities Are Changing the Way We See Chronic Lyme

Sperm Banks and Fertility Clinics Taking Steps to Keep the Zika Virus Out of Their Supply

Chipotle Sued for Concealing 'Faulty' Quality Controls From Investors

An Oregon Teen Has Come Down With a Bout of the Bubonic Plague

Liberian Woman Contracted Ebola Through Unprotected Sex

Latest Ebola Outbreak Caused By Bat Play, Horrifying Rain of Bats

Put a Virus On It: The Many Confusing Ebola Crafts of Etsy

From Miasma to Ebola: The History of Racist Moral Panic Over Disease

Pouring a Bucket of Ice Water Over Your Head Won't Cure ALS

There's a Major Measles Outbreak in NYC, Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers

Polio-Like Mystery Illness Afflicts Children in Northern California

A State-by-State Look at Where Kids Are Not Being Vaccinated

Your Cat's Mouth Is a Festering Hole Lined with Disease-Riddled Knives

Health Insurer Crappily Denies Young Girl Necessary Gastric Bypass

More Than Half of Women Think Their Sick Boyfriends Are Faking It

Surprise! Vaccine Opt-Outs Fueled California’s Whooping Cough Outbreak