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Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, ending nearly five decades of a precedent that protected the constitutional right to an abortion, there has [Read More…]

JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A French-based pharmaceutical company announced Monday that it has asked the Food and Drug Administration to sell over-the-counter birth control pills in the U.S., making it [Read More…]

Corbis via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Health officials are once again raising the alarm about the threat of a resurgence of COVID-19 infections across the country, as concerns grow about the new omicron [Read More…]

Raychel Brightman/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report found a “statistically significant” excess of cancer cases among people of all ages living within a Long Island school district compared to similar [Read More…]

living_lifewith.shenisha/Instagram (HOUSTON) — A Houston woman says the secret to her success in losing over 200 pounds was simply walking. Shenisha Armealine, 27, said she began walking in 2017, while at her heaviest weight of [Read More…]

Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Monkeypox cases around the world have increased 77% in seven days, the World Health Organization said Thursday. There have been 6,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in [Read More…]

Narisara Nami/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — By the end of Thursday, roughly 300,000 children under the age of 5 years old will have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a senior Biden [Read More…]

Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday called on the Biden administration to “pull out all the stops” to ensure Americans are legally allowed to cross the [Read More…]

Pool via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following months of hardships and devastating losses in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse in New York, became a symbol of hope [Read More…]

Pool via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following months of hardships and devastating losses in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse in New York, became a symbol of hope [Read More…]

Brian Thomas (BALTIMORE) — As federal officials move to address growing concerns over an outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S., an increasing number of positive cases are emerging across the country. Last week, Brian Thomas, [Read More…]

Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Popular e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, Inc. has been left in limbo after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is temporarily pausing a ban on the company’s products. [Read More…]

Rick Kern/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Amber Smith, the wife of country music star Granger Smith, is opening up about grief, living with loss and water safety three years after her son River died [Read More…]

Quintin Lamarr told ABC News that he struggled with bullying as a Black, gay teen growing up in Milwaukee. – Leslie Andrews (NEW YORK) — Quintin Lamarr first began having thoughts of suicide when he [Read More…]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As more infectious COVID-19 variants become dominant in the U.S., there are renewed signs that COVID-19 cases may be back on the rise across parts of the country. The national [Read More…]

LauriPatterson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A listeria outbreak that caused one death in Illinois and sickened at least 23 other people has been linked to a Florida ice cream brand, according to the Centers for Disease [Read More…]

Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving it up to individual states to decide whether to allow abortion procedures, has prompted abortion-rights advocates to [Read More…]

Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images/Stock (NEW YORK) — One person in Illinois died after being infected with listeria, in a new outbreak that has infected a total of 23 people across 10 states, the Centers for [Read More…]

Songphol Thesakit/Getty Images/Stock (NEW YORK) — In the early days of the coronavirus vaccine rollout, scientists were hopeful it might herald the long-awaited turning point of the pandemic, not only bringing the threat of severe [Read More…]

LauriPatterson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With Independence Day approaching, and plenty of associated picnics and barbecues on the way, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is warning of the dangers of foodborne illness and providing some [Read More…]