HHS should make more information public about how it mitigates risks for experiments that make pathogens more transmissible or virulent, a new report says.
Employees who work while sick have a roughly 30% higher likelihood of later absenteeism than those who don’t.
Questions linger about the drivers and potential consequences of increased prescription stimulant use among adults, the authors say.
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