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Bilanol/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning clinicians to remain on alert for measles cases due to a growing number of infections. Between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. [Read More…]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For years, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been the most common reason infants are hospitalized in the U.S. and has hospitalized thousands of elderly people every year. After decades of [Read More…]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (ATMORE, Ala.) — An Alabama man has become the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged [Read More…]

Haleon is voluntarily recalling eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max Nighttime Adult to the consumer level. CREDIT: FDA (NEW YORK) — With cold and flu season underway, [Read More…]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study in Science is shining a light on the continuing impact of long COVID, with research revealing further and continuing health concerns for some of the 16 million [Read More…]

A still image taken from video of a study on gene therapy restoring hearing in children with hereditary deafness. (Mass General Brigham) (NEW YORK) — Children with hereditary deafness regained their hearing thanks to a [Read More…]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A North Dakota state court denied a request to temporarily block the state’s strict abortion ban on Tuesday. Plaintiffs challenging the ban had asked the court to allow doctors to [Read More…]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As a surge of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 and influenza, continue to spread across the United States, experts are warning it could lead to a rise in cardiovascular complications. [Read More…]

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Biden administration announced new steps Monday to expand access to contraception, abortion medication and emergency abortion care at hospitals on what would have been the 51st anniversary of [Read More…]

ABC News Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, is speaking out after revealing she has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, her second cancer diagnosis within the past year. “Naturally another cancer diagnosis has been a shock [Read More…]

Comezora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Thomas Wagner, founder of the biotech company Orbis Health Solutions and cancer researcher, has made it his life’s mission to find a way to treat cancer without the dreaded [Read More…]

Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Taking a daily multivitamin supplement may improve memory and slow cognitive decline in aging adults, according to a new study. The results could have major implications for the millions [Read More…]

In this July 1, 2021, file photo, well water runs through pre-filters at a new water treatment plant along Kimberly Ave. in Fullerton, CA. The plant is used to remove PFAS, a family of chemicals [Read More…]

PonyWang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As many as 30 million people see a doctor each year due to a cough, according to statistics from the National Library of Medicine. If you’re one of the many [Read More…]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite having a very effective and easily available vaccine, measles outbreaks have continued to pop up in the United States over the last two decades. Most recently, there [Read More…]

Yulia Naumenko/Getty Imagess (NEW YORK) — A new meta-analysis of more than a dozen studies found that drinking 100% fruit juice is linked to weight gain in children. ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton [Read More…]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Deaths from cancer have declined by 33% since 1991, averting 4.1 million deaths. However, more people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, and at an earlier age, [Read More…]

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A group of doctors in Philadelphia is offering free measles vaccines on the heels of an outbreak in the city. There have been eight confirmed cases of the disease since [Read More…]

lacaosa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Run down, depressed, or trying to stay positive? Don’t reach for a tub of ice cream or a big bag of chips. There’s growing evidence that you can boost your [Read More…]