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Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two years after the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 10 million contacts have been answered, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. “That’s [Read More…]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A 4-month-old baby died in Arizona last week after suffering a heat-related illness while on a boat, according to police. The infant’s death comes amid an ongoing heat wave in the [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ashley Watts is getting ready to become a first-time mom. “This pregnancy ride has been very fulfilling,” Watts, 32, told ABC News. For Watts, this pregnancy journey is different. She [Read More…]

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pfizer announced early Thursday morning that it has selected its preferred once-daily modified release formulation of danuglipron, a move that it said was a significant milestone in the obesity drug’s [Read More…]

Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 200 people have been infected with dengue in the states of New York and New Jersey so far this year, according to data from the Centers for [Read More…]

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study that detected variable levels of heavy metals, including lead, in tampons currently on the market is being reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a [Read More…]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Colorado public health officials have confirmed a human case of plague in a Pueblo County resident, according to the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment. Plague is very [Read More…]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 cases are rising in several regions of the United States as summer gets underway. For the week ending June 29, the latest date for which data is available, COVID [Read More…]

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the popularity of drugs used for weight loss continues to explode, a new study is shedding light on which drug is most effective for weight loss. [Read More…]

Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — A new report released by Yale Law School and Yale School of Medicine criticizes the often-cited Cass Review on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, commissioned by the National [Read More…]

In this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE) (NEW YORK) — GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and [Read More…]

FDA (NEW YORK) — A California company has recalled its mushroom-infused chocolates and sweets containing a chemical not approved for food by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Consumption of the recalled Prophet Premium Blends [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Chance Dean was alive for just 25 days. Yet his tragic story has reverberated in hospitals around the country, impacted the stock price of two multinational corporations, and ignited a [Read More…]

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prescription drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound have grown in popularity among patients looking to lose weight. But could they also affect someone’s muscle mass? ABC News’ Becky Worley [Read More…]

Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — An Arizona abortion rights group turned in a petition on Wednesday morning for a ballot measure that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution. Arizona for [Read More…]

Ping Shu/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The fourth human case of bird flu linked to the current dairy cow outbreak was confirmed on Wednesday in a dairy worker in Colorado, according to the Centers for Disease [Read More…]

NIAID Integrated Research Facility (NEW YORK) — The first phase of human trials studying a possible nasal COVID-19 vaccine has opened, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced. The clinical trial, sponsored by the federal [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study shows that FDA-approved oral migraine drug atogepant is effective for relieving difficult-to-treat “medication overuse headaches” that are the result of using too much of other pain [Read More…]

CDC (NEW YORK) — Beaches in several states across the country have been closed to swimmers over the last few days due to harmful levels of bacteria in the water. In Massachusetts, at least 37 [Read More…]

RuslanDashinsky/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the pandemic, concerns over personal health have been at the forefront of consumers’ minds. One of the concerns that took flight was gut health and the microbiome, with a [Read More…]