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Bill Boch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Low-calorie sugar alternatives, which had previously been thought to be relatively harmless, may actually have a negative effect on human gut health, according to a new study. All four [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Monkeypox has now been detected in all 50 states, health officials revealed. Wyoming became the final state to report a case of the disease on Monday. The Wyoming [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cervical cancer is usually caused by human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted infection so common nearly all sexually active men and women will get the virus in their lifetime, [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Martha Gulati will never forget the first time she saw a young, healthy athlete die of heat stroke. It was 1995 in Chicago, in the middle of [Read More…]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York State Department of Health reported its first known case of monkeypox in a child in New York. According to the new data, one child under the age [Read More…]

Megan Varner/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As it gets harder to access abortion care because of state laws and restrictions, self-managed abortions may become more common, abortion providers told ABC News. Self-managed abortions are done by [Read More…]

SrdjanPav/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It has now been two months since the start of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for the youngest Americans, and despite some initial enthusiasm from a select group of parents, the [Read More…]

Cheney Orr/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June, several states have enacted strict abortion bans. At least 15 states have ceased nearly all abortion services and [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The monkeypox outbreak continues to grow globally with over 14,000 cases in the U.S. alone, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the [Read More…]

ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some of New York City’s area have less than 60% of kids fully vaccinated against polio, according to data from the city’s Department of Health. Just last [Read More…]

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report is shining a spotlight on potential privacy concerns loopholes in apps that collect women’s personal health information following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Abortion is [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS (WASHINGTON) — Apple on Monday made headlines as the latest major company to call its workers back to the office, setting a deadline for early next month that will require workers to do their [Read More…]

Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented effects on our society and even more so on our senior population, as they struggle to manage care. In some cases, they are [Read More…]

Robyn Beck/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just under 1 million people utilized abortion services in the U.S. in 2020, according to recent data from the Guttmacher Institute. Another report from Guttmacher in 2016 showed that [Read More…]

Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky made a remarkable acknowledgment of her agency’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic as she delivered a message to her staff Wednesday. [Read More…]

Larry Mayer/Getty Images (OMAHA, Neb.) — A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first known death [Read More…]

flubydust/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button batteries was signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden. The legislation, known as [Read More…]

Courtesy Joshua Valliere (SAN DIEGO) — A California girl has beaten the odds to reunite with her twin and return home with her family after a six-month stay at a San Diego hospital. Charlotte and [Read More…]

AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests there are breakthrough [Read More…]

mseidelch/Getty Images (GENEVA) — The World Health Organization renamed the two known clades, or lineages, of the monkeypox virus Monday. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the lineages will be referred to going forward using Roman [Read More…]