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Photo by Rafa Elias/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Depression rates in the United States are skyrocketing, particularly among young adults and women, a new poll shows. The survey, published by Gallup on We...

Steve Prezant/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- One-third of survivors of gun violence said they lived in fear and felt unsafe, according to a new study by Everytown for Gun Safety. "I still, to this day, don...

Courtesy of Oregon Health & Science University(NEW YORK) -- Doctors in Oregon recently set a Guinness World Record for discovering a spot of skin cancer that measured just 0.025 inches. The spot o...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the popularity of injectable weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy continues to rise, some users of the drugs are speaking out about the reality of the medicatio...

xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- May is Mental Health Awareness Month, with experts across the country raising alarms about a growing mental health crisis. Over 94 million Americans experienced sympto...

RubberBall Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study from the medical journal JAMA Network estimates there were 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans between 1999 and 2020. "Ex...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A family of six spent the last year traveling the world together to take in as many sights as possible before retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disorder, causes total vision l...

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- People who are trying to lose weight should avoid using zero calorie non-sugar sweeteners, according to a new recommendation released Monday by the World Health...

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted doctors across the country Monday about the potential risk of new mpox, formerly known ...

Dougal Waters/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the seasons change, our skin care needs change with it, so here are a few dermatologist-approved ideas to help switch up that regimen for summer. Dr. Rita Li...