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Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite on Wednesday. Aurlumyn, manufac...

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 patients are at least four times more likely to develop chronic fatigue than someone who has not had the virus, a new federal study published Wedne...

ilbusca/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A pet owner has caught a rare case of the bubonic plague, health officials in central Oregon say, and it's believed they may have caught it from their cat. The Deschu...

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(NEW YORK) -- In a special council report released last week, President Joe Biden was described as an "elderly man with a poor memory," but doctors say it&rsq...

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An Alaska resident has died from complications of a relatively new and rare virus known as Alaskapox, according to a bulletin posted by Alaska stat...

Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two of the studies cited in a ruling that suspended federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone were retracted by a medical journal earl...

georgeclerk/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Brooklyn-based boxing instructor Nancy Chen said her Apple Watch was able to hone in on the effectiveness of her workouts. But it wasn't until her watch brok...

WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Most weight loss drugs were linked to a lower likelihood of depression and anxiety diagnoses, according to research published by Epic Re...

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- National shortage of over-the-counter and prescription drugs for health is...

Eric Yang/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Wednesday to significantly reduce the level of air pollution known as particulate matter (PM) by updat...