United States Health News API

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            "title": "If states ban fluoride, kids with cavities and Medicaid costs could spike, study finds",
            "description": "If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds.",
            "content": "Tooth decay can begin very early in a child’s life. If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds.\nCareQuest Instit... [3959 chars]",
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            "title": "The New Alzheimer’s Blood Tests: What to Know",
            "description": "The tests could help to improve dementia care, but scientists say there are still some caveats and unknowns.",
            "content": "Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory loss?\nThat’s the potential promise of a new class of biomarker tests. Two were approved last year by the Food and Drug Administration... [1793 chars]",
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            "title": "As a Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in Kent, UK, Here’s What to Know",
            "description": "At least 20 young adults are believed to be infected, and two have died, in an outbreak of meningococcal disease in the county of Kent, in southeast England.",
            "content": "Two young people have died and at least 20 young adults are believed to have been infected in an outbreak of meningococcal disease in southeast England. Wes Streeting, the country’s health secretary, has called the outbreak unprecedented.\nPrime Minis... [1758 chars]",
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