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Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It's hard to imagine a time when treatments weren't available for COVID-19. Yet this was the case when the World Health Organization declared the viru...

Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inside hundreds of pharmacies across the country, high-risk Americans who test positive for COVID-19 have been told they will soon be able to find and...

Nicole Wahler(NEW YORK) -- Nicole Wahler was in her mid-20s and in the best shape of her life when she tested positive for COVID-19 in June 2020. Now, nearly two years later, Wahler, 28, said she is s...

Michael Kovac/Getty Images for ELLE Magazine(NEW YORK) -- Lady Gaga and her Born This Way Foundation have launched a new resource for young people for their mental health. Gaga and Born This Way have ...

Kidney Donor Athletes(NEW YORK) -- A group of kidney donors is going to great heights to educate others about being a live organ donor. The Kidney Donor Athletes, a national organization working to ed...

Terry Vine/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite being among the first eligible for COVID-19 booster shots, many nursing homes are struggling to boost residents and staff, experts say. Nationally, about 7...

Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A California teenager is on a mission to make sure every girl can practice self-care regardless of their socioeconomic stance, race, or religion. Kayli Joy Cooper...

Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer announced Wednesday it is launching a clinical trial to study the effectiveness of its COVID-19 antiviral pill in young children. Th...

Jupiterimages/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) -- A Maryland man who earlier this year became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, according to the University of Maryland Medicin...

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Officials in every U.S. state and jurisdiction have now ended, or announced an end, to their indoor universal masking requirements. Over the last mont...