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US legislators vote to ban TikTok unless it severs ties with China

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that will require TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or risk a nationwide ban

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US states had 65,000 rape-related pregnancies after banning abortion

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Women in the US outlive men by 6 years – the largest gap in decades

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Highly effective weight-loss drug Zepbound approved in the US and UK

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US telehealth start-ups are booming – they may put patients at risk

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Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants

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Engineers are building the first bridge over a moving rock glacier

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Engineers are building the first bridge over a moving rock glacier

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Just 12 per cent of people eat half of the beef consumed in the US

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Appetite for mind-altering substances is booming among US adults

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Binge drinking hits record high among adults 35 to 50 years old in US

In the US, more adults between 35 and 50 years old are binge drinking than ever before, while rates have declined in younger age groups

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First RSV treatment for infants and children approved in US

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Benjamin Franklin put early anti-counterfeit measures in paper money

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First over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the US

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First cell therapy for type 1 diabetes approved for use in the US

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