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Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans will soon be gathering for Thanksgiving, celebrating the holiday semi-normally for the first time in more than two years. However, it comes at a time when respiratory [Read More…]

FILE, dmphoto/Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a treatment that can delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes. Teplizumab, a monoclonal antibody [Read More…]

Mary Kekatos, ABC News (VALLETTA, Malta) — Malta announced Wednesday it is easing its abortion laws, becoming the last country in the European Union to end a total ban on the procedure. The Mediterranean nation, [Read More…]

WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Social media is abuzz with people sharing stories about weight loss using Ozempic, a drug designed to regulate insulin. Now, doctors are weighing in with context about [Read More…]

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Home births in the United States reached the highest level in three decades during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report [Read More…]

Daniel O’Neill (NEW YORK) — An Arizona woman is opening up about her five-year cancer battle to help inspire other women to take charge of their health. Alison O’Neill, now 49, said she first noticed [Read More…]

Phillip Faraone/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Taylor Dayne is known on stage for her ’80s top-hits like “Tell It to My Heart,” “Prove Your Love” and “Love Will Lead You Back,” but now she is [Read More…]

Robert Nickelsberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Filmmaker Cynthia Lowen began the process of making the new documentary film “Battleground” with a genuine curiosity about the anti-abortion movement. Lowen wanted to understand how, despite [Read More…]

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A COVID-19 outbreak has hit a U.S. station in Antarctica, despite being in one of the most remote areas of the world. According to the National Science Foundation, which manages [Read More…]

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across the country, pediatric bed occupancy is the highest it’s been in two years, with 78% of the estimated 40,000 beds filled with patients, according [Read More…]

Elaine Cromie/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Michigan hospital system has limited the number of young visitors as cases of respiratory viruses continue to spike throughout the state and the country. Under a new rule [Read More…]

Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a nationwide surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, comedian and actress Amy Schumer revealed that her 3-year-old son was hospitalized due to the [Read More…]

Lauryn Bosstick/TikTok (NEW YORK) — For the past three months, Lauryn Bosstick, a Texas-based mom of two, has added a new step to her nightly routine: taping her mouth shut. Bosstick, an entrepreneur and founder [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — A white tent looms over the grounds of the Uvalde County Fairplex, a sparse multipurpose venue that previously hosted rodeos, quinceañeras and the annual firemen’s ball, now home to [Read More…]

Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — The “fall back” from daylight saving is linked to an uptick in car accidents and poor mood, but doctors say careful attention to sleep hygiene and a gradual adjustment of your [Read More…]

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced Friday that a booster dose of their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine performs better against two circulating versions of the omicron [Read More…]

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In what could signal the promise of progress to come for newborn infants at risk for RSV, a new monoclonal antibody is being granted approval in Europe as a [Read More…]

Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jane was living in rural New Mexico when she discovered she was pregnant. She never wanted to have children or carry a pregnancy and knew immediately she [Read More…]

Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration has released a safety bulletin urging parents and caregivers not to use head-shaping pillows intended to change an infant’s head shape or symmetry. There [Read More…]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain to include people who are suffering from short-term pain. During a briefing Thursday, the [Read More…]