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lambada/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Women who use chemical hair-straightening products may be at a higher risk for uterine cancer, and Black women may be more affected due to their higher rate of use, a...

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Even as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by the omicron subvariant BA.5 continue to fall in the United States, the proportion of infections attrib...

Caíque de Abreu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 30% of Americans living with diabetes who are uninsured may ration their insulin to save money, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard...

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be hospitalized with the flu in the United States, new federal data shows. A new report published by the Centers...

Priscilla and Emanuele Bruno(NEW YORK) -- An Illinois toddler is home for the first time and has reunited with his six siblings, after spending most of his young life in the hospital. Francesco, now 2...

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A United Nations report published Tuesday showed women's and children's health have backslid due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict ...

ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The world could be only a few years away from a cancer vaccine, according to the couple behind the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine. "We feel that a cure...

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Monkeypox cases are continuing to decline in the United States as the outbreak keeps showing signs of receding. As of Oct. 12, the U.S. recorded a seven...

Courtesy Nicole Edwards(NEW YORK) -- A Pennsylvania mom is raising awareness and celebrating limb differences one year after her daughter, who also has a limb difference, was born. Nicole Edwards post...

AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) -- Health care giant Cigna improperly obtained tens of millions of dollars in Medicare funding by making certain Medicare Part C recipients seem sicker than th...