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Hey, meat eaters. Your gut health can rival a vegan’s. Here’s how

Hey, meat eaters. Your gut health can rival a vegan’s. Here’s how

Our guts are home to trillions of microbes that influence our health. A new study finds the key to a healthy microbiome is the variety of plant-based food in your diet, even if you eat meat.
by Maria Godoy

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COVID-19, RSV and flu: Up, up and way up

COVID-19, RSV and flu: Up, up and way up

The latest confirmed hospitalization data shows notable increases of just over 30 percent in hospital admissions due to both COVID-19 and RSV during the last full week of December. Hospitalizations due to influenza jumped by just over 150 percent during that same week.
by Craig Helmstetter and Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Minneapolis man charged with stealing $7.3 million in Medicaid fraud scheme

Minneapolis man charged with stealing $7.3 million in Medicaid fraud scheme

Investigators allege the Minneapolis man billed Medicaid through his company, 1-0 Granny’s Helpful Hands, for services it did not actually provide. The charges follow a similar case last month and come as the state looks to clamp down on entitlement program fraud.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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'Don't be boring!' How to cope with the social pressure to drink during Dry January

'Don't be boring!' How to cope with the social pressure to drink during Dry January

What do you say to people when they ask you why you aren't drinking? How do you get your friends to hang out in places other than bars? We tackle the social conundrums of sober socializing.
by Malaka Gharib

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