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Courtesy of Katelyn Sample(NEW YORK) -- A Georgia mom is on a mission to spread joy and raise awareness after her 1-year-old son was diagnosed with uncombable hair syndrome, a hair disorder she’...

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With more scientists predicting COVID-19 boosters will be needed each year, some are now working on combining those with the annual flu vaccine. The idea, ...

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 70% of Americans should be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new metrics outlined Friday the Centers for D...

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has closely followed what the United Kingdom had done to combat the virus from its early respo...

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and mink breeder Peter Hindbo visit the closed and empty farm near Kolding, Denmark. - MADS NISSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A year ag...

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Approximately 5.2 million children have lost a parent or caregiver during the pandemic, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical jo...

ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For the first time, medication abortion now makes up the majority of abortions in the United States, according to data released Thursday by the Gut...

Isbjorn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Yoga is practiced by tens of millions of people in the United States, but some practitioners are sounding the alarm about what they say is a dangerous spread of anti-...

Stella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the United States faces a growing mental health crisis among young people, spurred on by the coronavirus pandemic, a nonprofit organization focused on mental health...

skaman306/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 vaccine guidance on Tuesday to recommend that some Americans over the age of 12 who have received...