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Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sandra Lee opened up on social media about the latest on her yearslong breast cancer journey, sharing the news with her 119,000 followers that she was going in for [Read More…]

Ana Maria Serrano/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Jeopardy! contestant Christine Whelchel has been competing on the popular TV game show since last week but it wasn’t just her winning performances that have been capturing viewers’ [Read More…]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of births declined in the U.S. in 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control [Read More…]

Courtesy of Katelyn Sample (NEW YORK) — A Georgia mom is on a mission to spread joy and raise awareness after her 1-year-old son was diagnosed with uncombable hair syndrome, a hair disorder she’d never [Read More…]

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With more scientists predicting COVID-19 boosters will be needed each year, some are now working on combining those with the annual flu vaccine. The idea, experts say, is a [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 70% of Americans should be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new metrics outlined Friday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that represent [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some 70% of Americans will be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new guidance to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday, [Read More…]

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has closely followed what the United Kingdom had done to combat the virus from its early response to its [Read More…]

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and mink breeder Peter Hindbo visit the closed and empty farm near Kolding, Denmark. – MADS NISSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A year ago, Denmark culled thousands [Read More…]

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Approximately 5.2 million children have lost a parent or caregiver during the pandemic, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal Thursday. An analysis by [Read More…]

ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time, medication abortion now makes up the majority of abortions in the United States, according to data released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, [Read More…]

Isbjorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Yoga is practiced by tens of millions of people in the United States, but some practitioners are sounding the alarm about what they say is a dangerous spread of anti-science [Read More…]

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the United States faces a growing mental health crisis among young people, spurred on by the coronavirus pandemic, a nonprofit organization focused on mental health in schools is increasing [Read More…]

skaman306/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance on Tuesday to recommend that some Americans over the age of 12 who have received a first mRNA vaccine [Read More…]

JGI/Jamie Grill (ATLANTA) — Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. rose during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial disparities that existed before the pandemic were perpetuated, according to a new report published [Read More…]

Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline announced Wednesday they are planning to ask regulators to authorize their new COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The companies said data shows the shot works [Read More…]

Tara Robinson (FORT WORTH, Texas) — A woman who survived three heart attacks in three days at age 40 is now leading an effort to make Black women aware of the risks of heart disease. [Read More…]

Courtesy Kristi Engelbrecht (BURLINGTON, N.C.) — A North Carolina couple became first-time parents on “Twosday.” Aberli and Hank Spear welcomed their first child — a girl they’ve named Judah Grace Spear — on Feb. 22, [Read More…]

Courtesy Amber Higgins (NEW YORK) — A New Mexico infant is happy, healthy and thriving after beating the odds. Jari Lopez was just 9 inches and weighed only 11.5 ounces, lighter than an average loaf [Read More…]

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the recent COVID-19 wave fueled by the omicron variant hit the U.S., no one expected it would lead to the number of deaths it did. As of Wednesday, [Read More…]