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Contact lens wearers must wash hands before touching lenses and take out contacts before showering, sleeping or swimming. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Nearly all contact lens wearers perform risky behaviors: CDC

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August 20, 2015 5:00 pm

Since 1975, the annual rates of all bicyclists dying by getting struck by a car decreased by 44 percent. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Bicycle mortality rate for children drops

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August 13, 2015 5:12 pm

Remember Ebola?

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August 13, 2015 2:03 pm

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The Nanny State does not know better

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August 13, 2015 4:01 am

Most middle and high schools start around 8 a.m. or earlier, although scientists say that should be 8:30. (iStock photo)

Education

CDC: Kids go to school too early

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August 6, 2015 5:00 pm

The next frontier in fighting drug-resistant superbugs. Instead of trying to directly kill germs, the new goal is to disable bacteria's ability to sicken in the first place. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)

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Teamwork needed to save 37,000 lives from superbugs

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August 4, 2015 7:30 pm

From a survey of 1,000 Americans, Gallup found that 64 percent drink at least one cup of coffee a day. That number has barely budged from 63 percent in 1999. (AP Photo)Â

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Gallup: Americans are slowly kicking unhealthy habits

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July 31, 2015 12:00 pm

University of Miami pediatrician Judith L. Schaechter, M.D. (L) gives an HPV vaccination to a 13-year-old girl in her office at the Miller School of Medicine on September 21, 2011 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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CDC says teens still not getting HPV vaccine

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July 30, 2015 5:26 pm

A package of Plan B contraceptive, also known as the morning after pill. (Getty Images)

Healthcare

Use of morning-after pill soars among teens

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July 22, 2015 4:01 am

Most of the time doctors can't pinpoint the exact cause of the pneumonia, according to the CDC. (Getty Images)

Healthcare

Pneumonia is deadly, but its cause is often unknown

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July 15, 2015 4:02 pm

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Nearly all contact lens wearers perform risky behaviors: CDC

Bicycle mortality rate for children drops

Remember Ebola?

The Nanny State does not know better

CDC: Kids go to school too early

Teamwork needed to save 37,000 lives from superbugs

Gallup: Americans are slowly kicking unhealthy habits

CDC says teens still not getting HPV vaccine

Use of morning-after pill soars among teens

Pneumonia is deadly, but its cause is often unknown

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