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SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 3,500 Americans have died from long COVID-related illnesses, according to new federal data. The report, published early Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the so-called “tripledemic” of flu, RSV and COVID-19 continues across the United States, health officials are encouraging people to wear face masks again, especially children. Health officials in multiple [Read More…]

JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Maintaining a healthy weight has numerous health benefits, but primary care doctors may not always give specific, effective weight loss advice to their patients, according to a new study [Read More…]

Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC News (NEW YORK) — After 50 years, serving seven presidents, spearheading a response to HIV/AIDS, Zika, Ebola and a novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping down from his role in the federal [Read More…]

Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC (NEW YORK) — After over 50 years working in public service, Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping down at the end of the month, though he’s not retiring. Fauci told ABC News he wants [Read More…]

Courtesy of Vanessa Desani/Abigail Murray (NEW YORK) — Parents across social media are speaking out about their families’ firsthand experiences as the ongoing “tripledemic” of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and coronavirus continues to spread across [Read More…]

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 hospitalizations among seniors are at least three times higher than any other age group, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Read More…]

juanma hache/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Santosh Pandipati has seen up close the impact of climate change on his personal and professional life. “I’ve taken care of patients who’ve had to flee wildfires,” the [Read More…]

ABC (NEW YORK) — Justice Brooks is 19 years old and a majority of his lifetime has been spent searching for a bone marrow donor. “I always knew that I had a medical condition and [Read More…]

Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A couple of months ago, the mpox outbreak seemed poised to overwhelm the United States. Cases were, in some instances, doubling every [Read More…]

Maskot/Getty Images (LONDON) — Racism and discrimination must be acknowledged as public health threats in the fight to address global health disparities, according to a new study. As part of the four-paper series published in [Read More…]

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Céline Dion’s public announcement that she has a neurological disease is shining a spotlight on the rare condition known as stiff-person syndrome. In a taped video message shared to [Read More…]

Susan L. Angstadt/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across the country, parents are searching for solutions as demand for pediatric medications surges while over-the-counter medications, and a popularly prescribed antibiotic, are in [Read More…]

d3sign/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief, said he is well aware that COVID-19 booster uptake might be low for the latest shot, authorized by the government on [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles County said Thursday it is holding off on issuing an indoor mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. During a press conference, LA County Public Health Director [Read More…]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — An ongoing measles outbreak in central Ohio has ballooned to 63 cases as of Thursday. Twenty-five children have been hospitalized. The state’s health system is also fighting the [Read More…]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized bivalent COVID-19 boosters for children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years old Thursday. The booster, available from both [Read More…]

Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows how infectious mpox can be and how important vaccination was in reducing the outbreak over the summer. Last [Read More…]

Thomas Northcut/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether or not surgeons should provide additional warnings about the risks of Lasik, a popular corrective eye-sight surgery. In a draft guidance [Read More…]

patty_c/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Walgreens has launched a new delivery service for the COVID-19 oral antiviral therapy Paxlovid in partnership with DoorDash and Uber to get the treatment “directly to the doorsteps of those [Read More…]