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Though the risk of iPhone viruses is low, it's important to know how to protect yourself.

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One in ten clinics in South Africa — across 22 health districts in six provinces — will start to hand out a twice-a-year anti-HIV jab as early as February. The country’s medicines regulator, Sahpra, ...

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Officials are urging Louisianans to get their flu shots before the virus begins to spread widely.