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  1. Gene might underlie travelers’ diarrhea

    Travelers to Mexico who get diarrhea are more likely than healthy travelers to have a particular variant form of the gene for the glycoprotein lactoferrin.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Protecting against a difficult microbe

    By using DNA from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, scientists have fashioned a vaccine against the microbe.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Flu vaccine seems to work for kids under 6 months of age

    Babies younger than 6 months appear fully capable of responding to a flu shot.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Health & Medicine

    Dengue strikes United States

    Texas has been hit with the first-ever outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever in the continental United States.