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Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Laura Martin tested positive for COVID-19 last month during an extended stay in California, she was prescribed Paxlovid, the highly touted antiviral drug created by [Read More…]

Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Laura Martin tested positive for COVID-19 last month during an extended stay in California, she was prescribed Paxlovid, the highly touted antiviral drug created by [Read More…]

Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a nationwide wave of what they call legislation targeting LGBTQ rights and representation, advocates are concerned about the impact on the mental health of LGBTQ youth. “LGBTQ youth [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time in months, daily hospital admission levels and new COVID-19 related deaths in the United States are both projected to increase over the next four weeks, according [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — It was a cold, sunny morning in late January when Sen. Ben Ray Lujan awoke on his farm in New Mexico. His girlfriend was leaving early for a visit with friends, [Read More…]

IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With young under 5 now the only group not yet eligible for vaccination against COVID-19, many parents have been vocal about their frustration pertaining to the delayed authorization process and [Read More…]

Flavio Coelho/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a political debate about offering​ gender affirming medical care to transgender children, a new study suggests that among children who have already socially transitioned very few are likely [Read More…]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion is putting a new spotlight on what could happen if the court overturns Roe v. Wade, [Read More…]

Johner Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the sun-baked 66 miles between Tucson and Nogales at the Arizona-Mexico border, there’s only one place that’s able to provide the intensive, hands-on care so many patients need [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the country music world mourns the loss of Naomi Judd, the legendary singer is being remembered for the way she spoke publicly about her battle with mental health, opening [Read More…]

Gado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna’s bid for FDA authorization for its two-dose vaccine for children comes with lower efficacy against infection than previous vaccines, but the company and some experts say it will offer strong [Read More…]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Colorado inmate is the first person in the United States to test positive for bird flu as an ongoing outbreak in the country continues to affect birds and [Read More…]

Kristyn Hodgdon (NEW YORK) — Kristyn Hodgdon is a professional writer, voracious reader, and proud mom of IVF twins. After her own battle with infertility, Hodgdon co-founded Rescripted, a media platform for fertility, providing technology [Read More…]

Alicia Llop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of ways in which climate change is predicted to affect human life and vitality continues to increase. Scientists now believe that global warming will significantly increase the [Read More…]

TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY (WASHINGTON) — U.S. and global health officials are sounding the alarm about an increasing number of mysterious cases of severe hepatitis occurring among children. Earlier this month, researchers in the United [Read More…]

Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said the agency would move along to review Moderna’s data for its kid vaccine regardless of when [Read More…]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and all flavors in cigars, a move that could further drive down smoking rates in the [Read More…]

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The vaccine company Moderna on Thursday announced it submitted its request for the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its vaccine for children ages 6 months to 6 years, [Read More…]

5./15 WEST/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Valerie Hardt’s world fell apart at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 34-year-old found herself struggling to perform her job in her new work-from-home environment. “I started feeling [Read More…]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic may be over in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said this week. Some experts urged caution, however, [Read More…]