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Courtesy Lana Clay-Monaghan (NEW YORK) — A California woman is speaking out about the lasting injuries she says she suffered after a group of teenagers allegedly placed a bucket over her head while she was [Read More…]

Cook Children’s (NEW YORK) — A Texas baby has been discharged from the hospital and reunited with her twin sister and parents Amanda Arciniega and James Finley of Saginaw. Baby AmieLynn was released from Cook [Read More…]

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A number of medical experts and health care officials are concerned about a rise in medical misinformation following the announcement by Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist, [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States shows “no signs of slowing,” new federal data shows. A total of 2.53 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea [Read More…]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — About one in five adults say they’ve been threatened with a gun at some point in their life according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report, [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States shows “no signs of slowing,” new federal data shows. A total of 2.53 million cases of chlamydia, [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman entering treatment for severe depression, four Democratic colleagues in Congress exclusively sat down with ABC News to share their support for him and [Read More…]

Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — About one in five adults say they’ve been threatened with a gun at some point in their life, according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The [Read More…]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Last week’s decision from a federal judge in Texas has thrown access to a common abortion pill into limbo. In the ruling, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of [Read More…]

Food and Drug Administration (NEW YORK) — Two lettuce and salad kit producers have recalled products due to potential contamination of listeria monocytogenes. Revolution Farms expanded upon an earlier voluntary recall first announced on April [Read More…]

fstop123/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 a [Read More…]

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images (AMARILLO, Texas) — A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled to suspend the abortion drug mifepristone, which was approved by regulators 23 years ago and has now become one of [Read More…]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Thursday for clinicians and public health departments in the United States to be on the [Read More…]

Science Photo Library via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As temperatures begin to warm up, announcing the arrival of spring, it also means the arrival of allergy season for millions of Americans. Health departments across [Read More…]

Courtesy of Lauren Juyia (BROOKSVILLE, Fla.) — A young Florida doctor who discovered her own cancer last year is opening up about her personal health journey in the hopes of raising awareness and encouraging others [Read More…]

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Around 40% of patients with long COVID have moderate to severe sleep issues, according to new analysis of patients treated at Cleveland Clinic’s ReCOver Clinic. The report, published Tuesday [Read More…]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As fears of a “tripledemic” die down, health officials say they are seeing an uptick of a particular strain of the flu: influenza B. According to data from the Centers for [Read More…]

Steve West/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Spring has sprung and summer is around the corner which means long strolls and rolling strides outside during the warm weather months. Ahead of National Walking Day, Good Morning [Read More…]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (GENEVA) — A new report published Monday by the World Health Organization found that a large number of adults — nearly 1 in 6 worldwide — are affected by infertility in their [Read More…]

Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drinking a glass of wine a day will not help you live longer, according to a new analysis of alcohol research that debunks a longstanding belief about the possible [Read More…]