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SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With COVID-19 cases rising across the country, you may be inclined to pull out one of those leftover at-home rapid tests received months ago from the Biden administration. Even [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Newly released data from the Guttmacher Institute shows a sharp increase in the first six months of 2023 in estimated abortions performed in states bordering those with abortion [Read More…]

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to rise in the United States but there is hope that the uptick could be stemmed with the new boosters. Hospitalizations increased 15.7% for [Read More…]

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The upcoming COVID-19 booster is expected as early as next week — potentially as soon as Sept. 13 — and is expected to protect against severe [Read More…]

Callista Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least six people have died on the East Coast this summer after being infected with “flesh-eating” bacteria in warming waters. Health officials say two people in Connecticut, one person [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — In an age of proliferated and accessible mobile gambling, a 19-year-old, who first spoke with ABC News’ Good Morning America last year, said he is still struggling with a gambling [Read More…]

Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “Margaritaville” singer Jimmy Buffett died on Sept. 1 after a four-year battle with a rare skin cancer. Buffet’s website revealed he had been diagnosed with [Read More…]

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (NEW YORK) — A 20-month-old boy with a rare genetic mutation was saved earlier this summer by a stranger who donated part of her liver to him. Logan Salva was [Read More…]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More health officials across the U.S. are reporting new cases of the COVID variant BA.2.86. On Thursday, a genome sequencing team at Houston Methodist Hospital said it had identified the [Read More…]

Maskot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nursing homes that accept Medicaid and Medicare must adhere to new federally required staffing levels in order to keep receiving taxpayer money, according to a rule announced Friday by the Biden [Read More…]

Courtesy of the Haugen Family (NEW YORK) — Fifteen years ago, Brian and Kathy Haugen lost their son Taylor while he was playing football for his high school team. The wide receiver took a hit [Read More…]

Glowimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cosmetics are a part of a daily routine for many people, but how often are you actually looking at the ingredients? “Talc is used in a range of beauty products,” [Read More…]

kickers/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Borax, a white, powdery substance, has long been a staple in many households as a cleaning agent and laundry detergent booster. Now, the substance is making the rounds on social [Read More…]

Vera Vita/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FDA has sent warning letters to three formula companies, red-flagging concerns about serious quality control issues at some manufacturing facilities. The warning letters were all sent Wednesday to [Read More…]

File photo — KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Health officials in Virginia have announced the state is experiencing an outbreak of rare, but serious meningococcal disease. Twenty-seven cases have been identified since [Read More…]

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Every month, Dawn LaGuerre has to decide which bills she’s going to pay or if she needs to cut back on groceries to be able to afford her monthly [Read More…]

Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The overdose reversal drug Narcan will be available for over-the-counter purchase starting in September, its manufacturer announced Wednesday. Biotech company Emergent BioSolutions Inc. said [Read More…]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Late last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signaled it expects to have the updated COVID vaccine available by mid-September, along with a likely recommendation that everyone should [Read More…]

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to data updated Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalizations rose for the sixth [Read More…]

Courtesy Brooke Lyle and Jessica Jordan (NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas) — For years, Jessica Jordan of North Richland Hills, Texas, lived with debilitating pain. Her daughter, 18-year-old Brooke Lyle, remembers her mom tried to “hide [Read More…]