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The CDC is investigating the link between vaping and a mysterious lung disease in teens
You might be withholding life-threatening information from your doctor without knowing it

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By the time Hurricane Harvey ended, 27 trillion gallons of rain poured down on Texas and Louisiana. Where will it all go?

Over the next 83 years, climate change's cascading effects will force U.S. residents away from newly uninhabitable areas.