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Experts struggle to gauge potential health impacts of chemical spill in Ohio train derailment
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than a week after hazardous waste was burned by officials from a train derailment in Ohio, the health and environmental impact on the community remai...
Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News Feb 16, 2023

Parents open up after photo of their baby with cleft lip and palate goes viral
Courtesy of Courtney Gardner(NEW YORK) -- When photographer Shannon Morton shared a baby photo to her business's Facebook page, she had no idea that it would go viral. "It was amazing," Morton told AB...
Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News Feb 16, 2023

Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Moderna will keep its COVID vaccine on the market at no cost to consumers, even after the federal government stops paying for it, the company announc...
Anne Flaherty, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

How people survive for days under earthquake rubble as survivors are found in Turkey, Syria
Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and hundreds of powerful aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, survivors were...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

Taking a one-time pill may help curb binge drinking, study finds
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A medication that is already on the market may help people who binge drink, new research shows. The medication, naltrexone, is already approved by the Food and ...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

Lawsuit accuses Cedars-Sinai hospital's website of sharing patient data with Meta, Google
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- A lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Health System and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles claims the hospital shared patient data with third p...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

Experts say the term 'mommy brain' needs a rebrand. Here's why.
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- From "mom brain" to "mommy brain," "momnesia," "baby brain" and "pregnancy brain," the terms used to describe the brain fog many moms say they experience duri...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Feb 14, 2023

Four-year-old on the road to recovery after double lung transplant
Texas Children's Hospital(HOUSTON) -- A 4-year-old from eastern Louisiana is on the road to recovery at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston after receiving a bilateral lung transplant nearly three mo...
Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News Feb 14, 2023

Teen girls are experiencing record-high levels of sadness and violence: CDC
Elva Etienne/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Teenage girls in the United States are experiencing record-high levels of feelings of sadness and acts of violence, according to new federal data. A report publi...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Feb 13, 2023

Why common cold symptoms may seem worse than before the pandemic
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- During the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting social interactions and wearing masks kept pesky viruses away. But now, stuffed sinuses and miserable post nasal drip...
Emma Egan, ABC News Feb 11, 2023
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