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This Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 file photo shows boxes of the measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine (MMR) and measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine inside a freezer at a doctor's office in Northridge, Calif. Vaccinations can cause minor side effects including redness at the injection site and sometimes mild fever, but medical experts say serious complications are rare and much less dangerous than the diseases that vaccines prevent. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (AP)

Why you should, and shouldn’t, worry about measles

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Surgeon with Ebola coming to US for care

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US aid workers headed to Atlanta for Ebola care

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HIV diagnosis rate fell by third in US over decade

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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2003 file photo, an unidentified man rests his feet on the dashboard as he takes nap at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop in Mount Laurel, N.J. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest drowsy driving report on Thursday, July 3, 2014. According to a new survey, about 1 in 25 adults say they recently fell asleep while driving. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File) (AP)

CDC to sleepy drivers: Hit the hay, not the road

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FILE - In this July 26, 2012 file photo, U.S. swimmer Shannon Vreeland uses an inhaler during a practice session at the Aquatics Center at Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. A new survey suggests asthma in the U.S. may finally be on the decline, according to the findings from a large national health survey conducted in 2013. The report was released by the centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) (AP)

Asthma rates drop but experts not breathing easier

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FILE - In this July 22, 2013 file photo, a teenager holds his bearded dragon lizard before a discussion about herpetology at a park in Columbia, S.C. In a report released Thursday, April 24, 2014 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bearded dragons have joined the list of pets that can give you salmonella poisoning. In the last two years, 132 people in 31 states have been infected with a rare form of salmonella bacteria. (AP Photo/The State, Gerry Melendez) (AP)

Bearded dragons seen as salmonella source

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Salmonella decline seen in food poisoning report

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Health officials: 1 in 50 children has autism

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Flu season is here but we don’t know if it’s bad yet

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1 in 24 drivers admit nodding off behind the wheel

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Alcohol calories nearly equal soda’s for US adults

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Meningitis outbreak toll: 119 cases, 11 deaths

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Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47

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Baby bust continues: US births down for 4th year

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Is your problem gluten?

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AIDS test at drugstores

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Panel: Boys should get HPV vaccine given to girls

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Chief of the laboratory in research into the Escherichia Coli bacterium at the Brno research institute Pavel Alexa, left, and his assistant Gabriela Glocknerova, right, take samples from a cucumber for a molecular biological test in Brno, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The ongoing outbreak of E. coli has claimed 16 people and around 1500 infected across Europe. The laboratory is testing the vegetables for the Czech market. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) (AP)

Four in U.S. now linked to German E. coli outbreak

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Ranks of cancer survivors growing fast, CDC says

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Urban study finds 1 in 5 gay men have HIV

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Kidneys transplanted between HIV-infected patients

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800,000 doses of kids’ swine flu vaccine recalled

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