Canada Health News API

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            "title": "How mono can affect students beyond the acute illness",
            "description": "What starts with nonspecific symptoms like persistent fatigue, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes—can lead to lifelong impacts on health. For many students, these symptoms are easy to attribute to stress, poor sleep, or a demanding schedule. When they persist for weeks rather than days, the underlying cause can be Infectious Mononucleosis, commonly referred to as mono.Mono is most commonly caused by the Epstein–Barr virus, a highly prevalent virus that infects over 90 per cent of people worldwide. Infection in childhood is typically mild or asymptomatic. In adolescents and young adults—particularly university students—EBV infection is more likely to result in symptomatic mono. Close contact, shared living spaces, and frequent social interaction increase the likelihood of transmission on campus.",
            "content": "What starts with nonspecific symptoms like persistent fatigue, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes—can lead to lifelong impacts on health.\nFor many students, these symptoms are easy to attribute to stress, poor sleep, or a demanding schedule. When t... [2843 chars]",
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            "description": "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an epidemiological alert over the disease's spread",
            "content": "Mexico’s most populous state has announced heightened health screening at schools and recommended face mask use for students and staff, as the country grapples with a burgeoning measles outbreak.\nThis decision by Mexico state follows similar preventa... [2163 chars]",
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            "description": "From humming and ice baths to medical implants, the vagus nerve is everywhere. But what does it actually do and can you really reset it? Listen and watch the Strange Health podcast to find out more.",
            "content": "The vagus nerve has become the internet’s favourite body part.\nOn social media, it is everywhere. People hum into their phones, gargle with theatrical enthusiasm, dunk their faces into bowls of ice water and poke at their ears in the hope of “activat... [4382 chars]",
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