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Has JN.1 made home COVID tests less effective? Here is what we know

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Rachel Carter

As the immune-evasive coronavirus variant fuels another wave of infections, here is how to get the most out of at-home testing. Mario ...

As bird flu devastates Bay Area farms, egg prices could start to spike

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Rachel Carter

FILE: Free range chickens outdoors in early morning light on an organic farm. Mint Images/Getty Images/Mint Images RF An outbreak of avian ...

UC Davis says contagious tuberculosis case identified

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Rachel Carter

Computer artwork of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the Gram- positive rod-shaped bacteria which cause the disease tuberculosis. KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA/Getty Images/Science Photo ...

New COVID variant JN.1 ‘better at evading our immune systems,’ CDC says

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Rachel Carter

Two new immune-evasive coronavirus variants are responsible for more than half of the COVID-19 cases in the United States, contributing to a ...

Rise in COVID, flu and RSV prompt Bay Area health recommendations

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Rachel Carter

The gathering “tripledemic” prompted a coalition of regional health officers to issue joint recommendations for safely navigating the upcoming holiday season — including ...

CDC experts say a parasitic skin infection may be endemic in TX

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Rachel Carter

A New Zealand sandfly (Austrosimulium spp) feeding on a human leg. Sandflies are a type of blackfly and feed on blood. Jill ...