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xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rachel Simner, the mom of a 13-year-old child in Illinois, said she took her child to a local emergency room last September at the urging of her child’s school officials, [Read More…]

Courtesy Wilson Hayes (NEW YORK) — Weeks of shoulder pain landed a reluctant Whitney Nichols in urgent care. As a previously healthy 24-year-old Black woman, she pleaded for additional testing to uncover the cause of her [Read More…]

Mimi Haddon/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report released this week by the Environmental Protection Agency projects the devastating health impact of climate change on children. Effects include higher rates of respiratory disease, reduced [Read More…]

lacaosa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Heart Association released a report Thursday that ranked the top 10 diets according to their guidelines for heart-healthy eating. Researchers found that some of the most popular diets [Read More…]

Bella Weems-Lambert (NEW YORK) — Bella Weems-Lambert and Dallin Lambert always knew they wanted to raise a family. They just hadn’t known that the journey — which would take them overseas and back — would [Read More…]

Elva Etienne/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The number of teenage girls experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors increased during the second year of the pandemic, new federal data showed. The percentage of high school female students who [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some women are willing to go the distance to preserve fertility — and make it more affordable. After the age of 30, a woman’s fertility decreases every year, leading some [Read More…]

Sandy Huffaker for The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A popular drug currently approved to treat Type 2 diabetes could soon also be approved for weight loss. Eli Lilly, the maker of [Read More…]

Monica Shipper/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In Camilla Luddington’s role as Dr. Jo Wilson on Grey’s Anatomy, the actress was tasked with portraying a character who experienced mental health struggles, including a stay in a [Read More…]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Tuesday to treat a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The drug Qalsody (tofersen) is expected to help people [Read More…]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American Samoa has issued a public health emergency after an outbreak of measles has spread across the U.S. territory. As of Tuesday, there has been one laboratory-confirmed [Read More…]

Narcan nasal spray, a medication that can revive someone who has overdosed on opioids, is shown at a training. — ABC News (INDIO, Calif.) — At Coachella, a group of independent volunteers handed out fentanyl [Read More…]

Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association last week has shed some new light on how breast cancer rates have been disproportionately affecting Black [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Lopez Obradour, who suffered a heart attack [Read More…]

ABC News Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Lopez Obradour, who suffered a heart attack in 2013, wrote on [Read More…]

Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Canadian health official said on Friday Americans could access an abortion drug up north if a ban is upheld in the United States. In an April 7 decision, [Read More…]

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 deaths hit a new low this week, reaching levels not seen since late March 2020, when the pandemic was just beginning. An estimated 1,160 Americans [Read More…]

Jeremy Drey/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report claims that the popular cosmetic treatment CoolSculpting may pose a higher risk for a serious side effect than previously thought. A recently [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Synthetic chemicals are being detected in America’s water supply at a rapid rate, potentially affecting millions of people over the past two decades, according to a data analysis by [Read More…]

Courtesy Tiffany Hammond (NEW YORK) — A Texas mom whose two kids have autism is challenging others to learn about autism spectrum disorder this April, which happens to be Autism Acceptance Month. It’s an issue [Read More…]