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The U.S. is pulling the plug on its membership with the World Health Organization. What does that mean for Illinois?

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United States will be losing access to the WHO database of changing influenza strains resulting in less effective flu vaccination strategies.

De­fine Ven­tures has its eye on around 20 or so health tech star­tups that it thinks will go pub­lic or be bought up over the … ...

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according to the definition followed thus far. Relying solely on BMI cut-offs leads to both over- and under-diagnosis of obesity. People with excess body fat may not always have a BMI of more than 30.