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Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(TETON COUNTY, Wyo.) -- "Trigger laws" that would place a near-total ban on abortion were temporarily blocked in Wyoming and North Dakota on Wednesday, just as they wer...

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mark Hall, a nurse practitioner who was diagnosed with monkeypox, says he isn't exactly sure who he contracted the disease from. However, he found out he was exp...

Courtesy of Saliyl Dotson(NEW YORK) -- Laura High has a tumor at the base of her brain, but she says that's not her defining characteristic. High is a stand-up comedian whose routine consists of jokes...

Meaghan Skinner Photography/Getty Images(NEW  YORK) -- Another day, another TikTok trend, and the most recent beauty craze comes in the form of calamine lotion. Content creators have been sharing...

Martina Paraninfi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Smokers and vapers are more likely to have a severe case of COVID-19 or die of the disease, a new study finds. People who reported use of tobacco products p...

Andreas Rentz/Getty Images,FILE(NEW YORK) -- Country music superstar Shania Twain is sharing new details about the health battle she says she faced due to Lyme disease. Twain, 56, said she thought she...

Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The future of COVID-19 vaccines might not be shots in the arm or leg. Instead, picture a nasal spray or a patch stuck onto the skin for a few minutes. A group of...

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A tampon shortage in the U.S. this summer has put a spotlight on menstrual product alternatives. Over the past several weeks, major retail chains acr...

Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United States has one of the highest levels of monkeypox in the world, new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed. T...

Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- There are now at least 3,846 monkeypox cases confirmed in the U.S., according to updated numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prev...