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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Groundbreaking research by several top American medical centers has identified a COVID pandemic spike in cases of so-called "broken heart syndrome," a potentially deadly stress-i...

Maja Hitij/Staff/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- During the Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, star gymnast Simone Biles shined a light on the mental health struggles many Olympians face when she decided t...

Courtesy Chris Crouch(NEW YORK) -- A couple in Texas have paid the ultimate tribute to a doctor who went above and beyond to help their family last year. Diana Crouch, 28, and Chris Crouch, 37, welcom...

Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new dashboard Friday that tracks COVID-19 in wastewater samples across the country. Th...

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It has been nearly two years since Patricia Dowd, a 57-year-old San Jose resident, died of the coronavirus, in early February 2020. Although the ...

Carl Court/Getty Images(BEIJING) -- For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, officials have established a series of rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This will mark the second Olympics since th...

Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise Law Firm(NEW YORK) -- For Christmas two years ago, Jessica Harvey Galloway was gifted a home DNA test kit by her parents, mom Jeanine Harvey and her dad, John ...

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from ...

Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans have purchased rapid COVID-19 tests online or at local stores and signed up to receive test kits through a free g...

Montinique Monroe/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Over 50,000 customers are in the dark in Texas Thursday morning as a winter storm pummels the state with snow and ice. Here are safety tips to keep in mind:...