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Camelia Ciocirlan / 500px / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the mpox outbreak first struck the United States over the summer, experts said it was mostly affecting minority men. But new federal data published [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization is warning that a new omicron subvariant known as XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible strain to date. As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in some parts of [Read More…]

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study has identified a possible link between frequently checking social media and brain changes that are associated with having less control of impulsive behaviors among young adolescents. [Read More…]

Courtesy Sabiha Aoudia (CHICAGO) — A 5-year-old in Chicago has overcome the odds to celebrate her fifth birthday. Now, her family is raising money for her to receive a life-changing surgery. When Alice Cloe was [Read More…]

Stevica Mrdja / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Adele revealed she is suffering from a type of nerve pain while performing at her Las Vegas residency. In a video shared online, the 34-year-old singer is [Read More…]

Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States Postal Service can deliver prescribed abortion medication, even in states where abortion access is severely restricted, the Department of Justice announced. The department’s Office [Read More…]

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the past six years, the Mediterranean diet has won the title of best overall diet in U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of best diets. [Read More…]

Sorapop Udomsri / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you have been in a gym recently and spotted a person walking steadily on the treadmill at a very high incline, they could be following a [Read More…]

Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — You may already be into Dry January, or you may be deciding to start now. Either way, the challenges of giving up alcohol for the entire month [Read More…]

Camelia Ciocirlan / 500px (NEW YORK) — The sudden collapse of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin during Monday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals left millions of Americans in shock and anxiously waiting for news [Read More…]

Kmatta/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — In the aftermath of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s shocking collapse and cardiac arrest during Monday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals, expert medical organizations highlighted the importance of bystanders [Read More…]

Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The collapse of Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin during Monday night’s NFL game between the Bills and Cincinnati Bengals with millions watching at home is bringing cardiac arrest, [Read More…]

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time ever, an annual ranking of best diets now includes diets that work best for the whole family. The flexitarian, Mediterranean and TLC diets [Read More…]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the ball dropped at midnight on New Year’s Eve, some people took their last sip of alcohol for the next 31 days in a New Year’s challenge known as [Read More…]

Cavan Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Welcome to GMA’s New Year, Best You. As we ring in 2023, we are sharing everything you need to start the new year strong. From keeping your New Year’s [Read More…]

Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you’re feeling hungover from New Year’s Eve champagne or had one too many boozy eggnogs over the holidays, let this January be a fresh start. Taking [Read More…]

lacaosa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ketogenic diet, described as “Atkins on steroids” for its focus on foods high in fat and low in carbohydrates, is an increasingly popular diet, with more than 25 million [Read More…]

Anthony Kwan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced this week it would require a negative COVID-19 test from all travelers arriving to the U.S. from China as well as those [Read More…]

Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several schools are bringing back mask mandates to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. In New Jersey, two school districts said students will be required to [Read More…]

Courtesy of Carolyn Rogers and Patti Rogers Harris (NEW YORK) — Two sisters are celebrating a very special anniversary this year: the 50th anniversary of one donating her kidney to the other. Usually organ transplants, [Read More…]