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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…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — About one-third of American households used the free at-home COVID-19 test site launched by the Biden administration, new federal data shows. COVIDTests.gov was first launched in January 2022, when President [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Earlier this week, a federal judge in Colorado temporarily exempted a Catholic healthcare clinic from having to follow the state’s recent ban on abortion pill “reversal” treatment. Gov. [Read More…]

Alexandros Maragos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than one-third of Americans live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to an annual report published by the American Lung Association. The 24th iteration of [Read More…]

Courtesy of Nikki Scarnati (NEW YORK) — With summer and swim season just months away, one mom is warning other parents not to buy blue swimsuits for their kids. Nikki Scarnati, a mom of two [Read More…]

Morsa Images/Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The Food and Drug Administration authorized a second omicron-targeted bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine for people over 65 or who are immunocompromised, the agency announced Tuesday. The agency also [Read More…]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new report from Senate Republicans doubles down on the theory that COVID-19 emerged from an accidental lab leak in Wuhan — and possibly, even more than one leak. While their [Read More…]

Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — YouTube , the largest video-sharing platform, announced Tuesday a new policy framework for eating disorder-related content, in the company’s latest effort to address the growing mental health crisis, especially [Read More…]

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Early on in her pregnancy, Tori Wapsheli made plans to deliver her second child in the same hospital where she had her first — Astria Toppenish Hospital on the Yakama [Read More…]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (MICHIGAN) — Nearly 100 probable cases of a rare fungal infection, including one fatal, have been linked to a Michigan paper mill. Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) said [Read More…]

Guido Mieth/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Spring has sprung and summer is around the corner which means long strolls and rolling strides outside to enjoy the warm weather months. But with heat waves already setting [Read More…]

Courtesy Shannel Perman (NEW YORK) — Five years ago, Shannel Perman nearly became a statistic in the growing Black maternal health crisis in the United States. In the last week of her pregnancy with her [Read More…]

Dexter and June Holaday (NEW YORK) — One couple found out that they are truly a match — in more ways than one. After being together for more than 20 years, a husband and wife [Read More…]

Os Tartarouchos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new bill introduced in California could potentially do away with some additives that appear in ingredient lists of processed foods from candy to cereals. Earlier this week, the [Read More…]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 100 cases of a rare, fungal infection have been linked to a Michigan paper mill. Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) said 19 cases [Read More…]

Wanda Irving (NEW YORK) — Shalon Irving knew her newborn daughter Soleil for less than one month. Three weeks after giving birth to Soleil, now 6, Shalon Irving, who is Black, died from complications of [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Well before a federal judge in Texas issued his ruling on the abortion drug mifepristone, abortion providers across the country said they had been preparing for what they called [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The abortion pill mifepristone will remain on the market for now — but come Saturday morning, access should be severely restricted, a federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday in partially [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — One of only five people in the world to achieve full remission of HIV is stepping forward to share his story in an ABC broadcast exclusive. Paul Edmonds’ journey into [Read More…]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Suicides increased during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new federal data shows. There were 48,183 people who died by suicide in 2021, according to a report published Thursday [Read More…]