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Morsa Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- COVID-19 vaccinations for kids under age 5 could be available as early next week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized both Pfizer ...

Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Looking at data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would give the impression that COVID-19 is generally under control in Texas. The federa...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A growing number of gay men are publicly pushing back against what they say is bullying within the gay community over how they look, and in many cases using social media to do so...

Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, a senior adviser to the president on the pandemic, has tested positive for COVID-19. Fauci, 81, hasn't had recent close contact with Pres...

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Parents with young kids are one step closer to getting them vaccinated following a grueling wait for the last remaining group to be authorized for a v...

Yanukit Raiva / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study points to prior COVID-19 infection as a possible culprit for the global wave of severe hepatitis cases among children -- though experts caut...

darrenirwin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- English bulldogs suffer from severe health effects due to the way they are bred, a new study says. Experts are now calling for breeders to change their practices ...

Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization said it is planning to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak spreading around the world is a public health emerge...

Donato Fasano/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- A committee of advisers at the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of authorizing the Moderna vaccine for kids ages 6 throug...

STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Facing a growing mental health crisis among America's teens and young adults, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says the problem is not someth...