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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…]

Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pfizer and BioNTech have launched a clinical trial on a vaccine targeting both COVID-19 and influenza, the companies announced Thursday. The phase 1 trial is being done [Read More…]

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of people with the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has surged, with cases hitting a two-year high, according to data by the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of positive flu tests and hospitalizations in the United States is the highest in more than a decade, indicating this influenza season may be the most severe [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Facebook group started to help protect women from the dangers of drinks “spiked” with illegal drugs has gone viral with nearly 8,000 followers. The group was started by Melanie [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drug overdose deaths in New York state spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the state comptroller’s office. The analysis, published Tuesday, found that fatalities surged [Read More…]

Olga Rolenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New research is shedding light on just how much higher proportions of dangerous toxins people in minority communities are breathing in. Populations in racially segregated communities in the U.S. [Read More…]