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Are we too clean for our own good?

June 25, 2019

Mounting research suggests our quest to be clean might make children sicker, not healthier.

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Measles: An old foe returns

February 19, 2019

Measles had virtually vanished from the United States. But thanks to the anti-vaccine movement, outbreaks have returned.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: antivaccine, antivax, autism, CDC, dangerous, death, disease, eliza chakravarty, fake, measles, movement, news, newsok, OKC, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OMRF, Pneumonia, preventable, stephen prescott, vaccines, World Health Organization

Is stomach ‘flu’ really the flu?

January 16, 2019

More accurately called gastroenteritis, contagious stomach illness is most often caused by two viruses, rotavirus or norovirus.

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