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A wide range of prescription and over-the-counter medications are potentially ototoxic, or harmful to the ears. Ototoxic medications can potentially cause tinnitus by damaging the sensory cells loc… [+7761 chars]
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The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less likely than Delta to result in long COVID in people who have had two doses of vaccine, new figures have suggested. Data from the Office for National Statistic… [+2856 chars]
Months after data further confirmed the link between multiple sclerosis (MS) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), part of the National Insti… [+5297 chars]
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