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New Mexico man dies of plague in state's 1st fatality since 2020: Health officials
Getty Images - STOCK(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- A New Mexico man has died from plague in the state's first human fatality since 2020, according to health officials.The man lived in Lincoln County -- located i...
Mar 12, 2024
CDC sending team to Chicago to help respond to city's 1st measles cases since 2019: CDPH
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a team to Chicago to help respond to the first measles cases detected in the city si...
Mar 11, 2024
Christina Applegate says she lives 'kind of in hell' battling multiple sclerosis
PHOTO: Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts speaks with actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate. Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts speaks with actresses Jamie-Lynn Sig...
Mar 11, 2024
COVID-19 timeline: How the deadly virus and the world's response have evolved over four years
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Monday marks four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.Since the first cases in Wuhan, China, in 2019, ...
Mar 11, 2024
Melinda Gates says using artificial intelligence in pregnancy could help save women's lives
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks with people in Malawi. -- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation(NEW YORK) -- Each day, almost 800 women around the world die du...
Mar 08, 2024
Alabama bill to protect IVF signed into law by governor
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After two weeks of agonizing limbo for families in the midst of fertility treatment in Alabama, the state legislature on Wednesday night passed the final ver...
Mar 07, 2024
Four children surpass a year of HIV remission after treatment pause: Study
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Four children born with HIV were able to live virus-free for more than a year after their HIV medication was paused, according to results of a study funded by t...
Mar 07, 2024
What to know about Missouri’s law on divorce and pregnancy
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A longstanding law in Missouri that, in some cases, may prevent a pregnant woman from getting divorced is gaining national attention.Headlines about the law, ...
Mar 07, 2024
Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed by congressional subcommittee investigating COVID-era handling of nursing homes
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House subcommittee tasked with investigating the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday subpoenaed former New ...
Mar 05, 2024
Medical debt in US associated with worse physical and mental health, premature death: Study
S. Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(New York) -- Medical debt across the U.S. is associated with worse physical and mental health, and even premature death. A new study...
Mar 05, 2024
