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Keesha Wilson (NEW YORK) — Alika Jones was one of hundreds of Southeastern Louisiana University students who signed up for the Be The Match bone marrow registry during a homecoming drive in 2013. Four years [Read More…]

Kevin Reddington on behalf of Patrick Clancy (NEW YORK) — Emily Dickt, a mom of two from Indiana, said she was “hit hard” after learning that a mother in Massachusetts had been charged with killing [Read More…]

Chanin Nont/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Your brain releases feel-good chemicals whenever you are giving, kind, or generous. Engaging in selfless acts not only serves the people around you, but also gives your mind and [Read More…]

Craig Sjodin/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lindsay Arnold is busier than ever as she gets ready to welcome baby No. 2. The former Dancing with the Stars pro-turned businesswoman founded [Read More…]

Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Nearly half of kids ages 1 to 5 are not eating a daily vegetable and nearly one-third are not eating a daily fruit, according to a new report from the [Read More…]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a week after hazardous waste was burned by officials from a train derailment in Ohio, the health and environmental impact on the community remains uncertain. A few [Read More…]

Courtesy of Courtney Gardner (NEW YORK) — When photographer Shannon Morton shared a baby photo to her business’s Facebook page, she had no idea that it would go viral. “It was amazing,” Morton told ABC [Read More…]

Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna will keep its COVID vaccine on the market at no cost to consumers, even after the federal government stops paying for it, the company announced Wednesday. [Read More…]

Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and hundreds of powerful aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, survivors were still being pulled from the rubble. Rescue efforts [Read More…]

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A medication that is already on the market may help people who binge drink, new research shows. The medication, naltrexone, is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration [Read More…]

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Health System and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles claims the hospital shared patient data with third parties. Filed by plaintiff [Read More…]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — From “mom brain” to “mommy brain,” “momnesia,” “baby brain” and “pregnancy brain,” the terms used to describe the brain fog many moms say they experience during pregnancy and after [Read More…]

Texas Children’s Hospital (HOUSTON) — A 4-year-old from eastern Louisiana is on the road to recovery at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston after receiving a bilateral lung transplant nearly three months ago. Now, her family [Read More…]

Elva Etienne/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Teenage girls in the United States are experiencing record-high levels of feelings of sadness and acts of violence, according to new federal data. A report published by the Centers [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — During the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting social interactions and wearing masks kept pesky viruses away. But now, stuffed sinuses and miserable post nasal drip are back — [Read More…]

xijian/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The number of suicides increased in 2021 to the highest levels seen in four years, according to new federal data. The report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday, [Read More…]

Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A dangerous and contagious bird flu continues to spread through poultry farms, wild birds, and now mammal populations.There’s still no sign the virus is capable of [Read More…]

xijian/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The number of suicides increased in 2021 to the highest levels seen in four years, according to new federal data. The report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Read More…]

Ohio Governor’s Office (NEW YORK) — The toxins that burned in the wreckage of the train derailment in Ohio had the potential to be deadly if officials did not order evacuations in the region, experts [Read More…]

Jenn Ackerman /For The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the early months of 2020, doctors were left responsible to treat a little-known virus that prompted the worst pandemic the world had [Read More…]