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ABC News (NEW YORK) — April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to embrace the differences of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability that impacts roughly one in 44 children in the [Read More…]

Courtesy Angie Carel (NEW YORK) — A mom of four from Indiana went from giving drawing prompts to her daughters to thousands of strangers online, inadvertently creating a community of what she describes as “amazing [Read More…]

Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nationwide distribution of one of the last remaining monoclonal antibody treatments is being paused “effective immediately” since it has shown to be ineffective against the COVID-19 BA.2 [Read More…]

Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the nation approaches the grim milestone of 1 million lives confirmed lost to COVID-19, a new report reveals the “devastating and disproportionate” impact of the virus on low-income [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) –Through lockdowns, remote working, travel restrictions and school closures — many have not had a cold in two years. Now cold and flu rates appear to be on the [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the seven months since Texas enacted a law that bans nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, its northern neighbor, Oklahoma, has felt the impact. “We [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Adding more plants to your plate can be both flavorful and favorable when it comes to a beneficial diet. Dr. Ian Smith, author of Plant Power: Flip Your Plate, Change [Read More…]

Daniel Knighton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom, but experts say there is no cause for alarm yet. The variant, known as XE, is a combination [Read More…]

Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California was the first state to mandate that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Pediatrician Dr. Bert Mandelbaum hopes New Jersey will be the second. New Jersey [Read More…]

Collin Baker (CHICAGO) — A baby girl who has been living in a Chicago hospital with her parents for the last six months while waiting for a new heart finally received one last week. Elodie [Read More…]

Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in England, the country is also experiencing a surge in reinfections. Provisional data shows that, as of the week ending March [Read More…]

MajaMitrovic/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress could soon send to the president’s desk a bill that would cap the cost of the lifesaving drug insulin at $35 per month — a move that could significantly reduce [Read More…]

Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As experts continue to warn of a growing youth mental health crisis, new data is shedding light on how severely high school students have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic. [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — When lockdowns first hit the country during the spring of 2020, 18-year-old Emma Brun said she was in a tough place. The student gymnast couldn’t compete in any of her [Read More…]

AerialPerspective Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If the United States switched completely to cleaner energy vehicles and power plants, it would not only benefit the environment but also save an estimated 110,000 lives and $1.2 [Read More…]

Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The antiparasitic drug ivermectin did not reduce the risk of being hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a large study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of [Read More…]

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline prepares to launch its new three-digit number in July, mental health experts worry about workforce capacity issues hindering the ability to provide 24/7 crisis [Read More…]

EUROPA PRESS/C.Lujan.POOL via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When David Bookstaver tested positive for COVID-19 he happened to have a telehealth consult with his doctor already scheduled that day, to talk about going on medication [Read More…]

Rich Fury/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bruce Willis’ family has announced the actor has been diagnosed with aphasia and is “stepping away” from his career due to the diagnosis. The 67-year-old actor’s wife, Emma Heming [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, mental health challenges still impact youth. But in a new one-hour ABC News primetime special anchored by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, U.S. [Read More…]