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Makoto Honda/500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) --  If you’re feeling hungover from New Year’s Eve champagne or had one too many boozy eggnogs over the holidays, let January be a fresh star...

Al Drago/CQ Roll Call(NEW YORK) -- Federal health officials have begun collecting samples of aged raw cow's milk cheese across the U.S. to test for bird flu, the Food and Drug Administration anno...

Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As world leaders mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter and remark on his political and policy legacy, doctors are remembering...

Sdi Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Respiratory illness activity – a measure of how often conditions like the common cold, flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus are diagnosed &nda...

CDC NoroSTAT(NEW YORK) -- Cases of norovirus appear to be on the rise in various parts of the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.More than 90 norovirus ou...

Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Three states -- Louisiana, Kentucky and New Hampshire -- are reporting high levels of respiratory illness, including common cold, flu, RSV and COVID, accor...

CDC and NIAIDLos Angeles County health officials reported the first human case of bird flu in the area less than a week after a statewide emergency declaration was announced.In a statement released on...

The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs.The breakthroughs include the discovery of a cause ...

Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The FDA has expanded the approval of Eli Lilly’s obesity medication Zepbound to include treating moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea for people with ...

Jessie Owen was left paralyzed nearly 12 years ago when a tree fell on a car in which she was a passenger. Via ABC News.(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 12 years ago, Jessie Owen's life changed forever."My family...