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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…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas is suing the Biden administration and asking a judge to block a rule requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for abortion pills. The Department of Health and Human Services [Read More…]

Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, during which he addressed the administration’s accomplishments and set his agenda heading into the new [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A ruling from a federal judge in Texas — that may come as soon as Friday — could potentially block use of an abortion medication across the United States. A [Read More…]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Doctors and healthcare providers should monitor pregnant patients’ blood pressure regularly during and after pregnancy, according to a new draft recommendation. The recommendation was published Tuesday by the U.S. [Read More…]

Cavan Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A first-of-its-kind pill designed to help treat postpartum depression is one step closer to being available to new mothers. The drug, called Zuranolone, is now being reviewed by the [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donnese Tyler said she was at a routine PTA meeting at her son’s Maryland school last year when she suddenly felt an unusual feeling. “I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, what [Read More…]