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MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Respiratory virus activity continues to remain elevated across the United States but there may be some signs that a peak has been reached for at least one virus, newly [Read More…]

pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cindy Mullins was a healthy 41-year-old mom of two when she went into the hospital nearly six weeks ago for surgery on kidney stones. On Friday, Mullins is finally going [Read More…]

Matei Brancoveanu / 500px / Getty Images (WARREN, Ohio) — A grand jury decided Thursday not to indict an Ohio woman on allegations that she mishandled the remains of a fetus after miscarrying her pregnancy [Read More…]

Hitoshi Nishimura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drinking more water every day is a healthy habit, but a new study has raised concerns about the container you should sip from. Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers [Read More…]

krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Aides to President Joe Biden remain divided on a plan to ban menthol cigarette sales, according to several people familiar with the matter who say concerns of voter backlash [Read More…]

Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Although rates of strokes in the adult population have generally decreased over the last several decades, the racial inequity gap persists, according to a new study in Neurology, which found that [Read More…]

AED are portable, life-saving devices designed to treat people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating suddenly and unexpectedly. CREDIT: Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bystander use of automated [Read More…]

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than three years into the pandemic, hundreds of Americans are still dying from COVID-19 every week. For the week ending Dec. 9, the last week [Read More…]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — The Philadelphia Department of Health is tracking a measles outbreak in the city, with eight confirmed cases as of Monday. Health officials told ABC News all confirmed cases are [Read More…]

Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, according to a new study. Children who watched any television or [Read More…]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Red Cross said Monday it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. According to the humanitarian organization, it is seeing the lowest number of people giving blood in [Read More…]

PonyWang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Respiratory illness activity is elevated or increasing across most areas of the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some 38 states [Read More…]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A variant that has been circulating in the U.S. for the last couple of months currently makes up a majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States. JN.1, a [Read More…]

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you have a friend who suggests grabbing dinner at 5 p.m., or a co-worker who you see eating her first meal at noon, she is probably [Read More…]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While Dry January — giving up alcohol for the month of January — has been shown to have benefits like better sleep and increased energy, giving up drinks could [Read More…]

farmer images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a small group of veterans diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, treatment with a psychedelic drug, ibogaine was associated with improvements in daily function and mental health symptoms, [Read More…]

Grace Cary/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The final food recall of 2023 could still be in some people’s fridges or freezers, so it’s time to check on any raw ground beef you may have on [Read More…]

Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Connecticut woman will be the first non-resident of Vermont to use the state’s medical aid in dying law on Thursday morning, according to local reports. Lynda Bluestein, a 76-year-old [Read More…]

Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Regular use of hearing aids is associated with decreased death rates in U.S. adults with hearing loss, a new study out of USC found. The findings highlight the importance [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court ruled this week that Texas hospitals and doctors are not required to perform emergency abortions despite guidance from the Biden administration. The U.S. Court [Read More…]