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Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Danish concept of “hygge,” or “coziness,” can help fend off the seasonal blues. Spending time with loved ones and creating a cozy ambience with scents, lighting and sounds [Read More…]

adamkaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new year is less than a week away and, for some, that may come as a relief. The holiday season can be stressful for many with all the planning, [Read More…]

Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As parents and caregivers try to cope with the spread of flu, RSV and COVID-19 in what health experts are calling a “tripledemic,” some may look online for treatment [Read More…]

Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans are taking to the roads and to the skies as they travel to see family and friends for the holidays. While the holidays are being celebrated semi-normally [Read More…]

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Life expectancy in the United States has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 26 years, new federal data shows. Two new reports, published early Thursday by [Read More…]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Break out the gloves and hats: bitter cold is moving in, bringing what could be the coldest Christmas in decades for parts of the U.S. On Friday morning, the wind [Read More…]

James/Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the past few weeks, reports have emerged of sporadic shortages of over-the-counter children’s medications including Children’s Tylenol, Motrin and ibuprofen in some locations. It comes amid [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the country faces a rise in COVID, flu and RSV, there is a testing kit that the FDA authorized in May that is one swab for all three [Read More…]

Rainer Puster / EyeEm / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — China is reporting its first deaths linked to COVID-19 in weeks as cases surge amid the country lifting many of its so-called “zero COVID” policies. [Read More…]

Carolina Gonzalez (NEW YORK) — A Virginia girl will be able to celebrate the holidays this year with a bright smile on her face thanks to a life-changing surgery that she is believed to be [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s COVID-19 coordinator on Sunday said a sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations since Thanksgiving wasn’t “totally” surprising — and he reiterated that holiday gatherings would be safer if [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite fears of a potential “tripledemic,” at least one of three viruses circulating in the United States seems to be trending downward. Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, [Read More…]

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new bivalent COVID booster this fall was relatively 80% effective at keeping older adults out of the hospital due to complications from the virus compared to seniors who [Read More…]

d3sign/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — About four in 10 adults say they’ve gotten the new bivalent booster or will get it as soon as they can, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor. [Read More…]

Chris Jackson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, open up in the final episode of their Netflix docuseries about their pregnancy loss, which they say happened in July 2020, [Read More…]

Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the last few weeks, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been steadily increasing in Los Angeles County. Public health experts told ABC News that newer subvariants circulating plus low [Read More…]

Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm — the reported cause of death of American soccer writer Grant Wahl — is a rare but deadly medical condition. Wahl, 49, a prominent [Read More…]

Jennifer Cantley at home with her children. – ABC News (NEW YORK) — In Carson City, Nevada, one family is choosing to spend more time indoors because they said smoke from wildfires and soaring temperatures [Read More…]

ABC News (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A mother is speaking out about how dangerous respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, can be as her 2-year-old battles the disease. Jazlynmae Gonzalez just spent her birthday in the pediatric [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — States that imposed strict abortion laws this year were already more likely to have significantly higher maternal and infant death rates as well as fewer doctors providing care to women, [Read More…]