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COVID vaccines don’t cause cancer, but misinformation persists

Anyone who spends even a moderate amount of time online has likely come across social media posts falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to human health.

Among the most widely debunked claims is that vaccines developed with messenger RNA technology can cause cancer because they contain “monkey virus DNA.”

Such...

WHO updates guidelines on fats and carbohydrates

WHO has updated its guidance on total fat, saturated and trans-fat and carbohydrates, based on the latest scientific evidence.

The three new guidelines, Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children, Total fat intake for the prevention of unhealthy weight gain in adults and children, and...

How Healthy Is Ocean County? By The Numbers

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Residents of Ocean County are about as healthy as New Jerseyans as a whole, according to a report Wednesday from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

Researchers analyzed US counties on dozens of factors, including a range of behaviors and access to health care, that...