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Unvaccinated are 14 times more likely to get monkeypox, data from eligible shot recipients shows
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- New -- though limited -- data released on Wednesday morning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that people who haven't been vaccinated...
Sep 28, 2022
Katie Couric reveals breast cancer diagnosis
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Katie Couric is speaking out after being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer. The 65-year-old journalist revealed in a personal essay on her website that she was diagnos...
Sep 28, 2022
What's behind dramatic drop in monkeypox cases in the US
Yuki Iwamura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After weeks of rising cases, the monkeypox outbreak appears to be significantly slowing down in the United States. As of Sept. 21, the latest date for ...
Sep 27, 2022
Mom speaks out after daughter dies from suspected fentanyl overdose
Icy Macload/Getty Images(WITCHITA FALLS, TX) -- A Texas mom is speaking out after her daughter died earlier this month following a suspected opioid overdose. Experts involved in the case believe that ...
Sep 27, 2022
COVID cases not dramatically rising with schools back in session, but experts say testing is down
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Most children in the United States have returned to school for the year as districts aim to bring kids back to a setting that resembles the pre-pandemic no...
Sep 27, 2022
Amid nationwide abortion debate, American Cancer Society warns fertility preservation for cancer patients could be at risk in the future
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 32,000 young patients newly diagnosed with cancer now live in states that have imposed or have impending abortion restrictions, according to a new study pu...
Sep 27, 2022
fter his brother died by suicide, this teacher changed how he talks to students about mental health
Courtesy of Nick Orr(NEW YORK) -- Every day at the start of his classes, Nick Orr, a high school science teacher in Nevada, said he checks in with his students about their mental health. It's a practi...
Sep 26, 2022
4.4 million Americans have received an updated bivalent COVID-19 booster
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least 4.4 million Americans have received an updated bivalent COVID-19 booster since the shots were rolled out at the beginning of September, newly released da...
Sep 23, 2022
Should masks return in fall and winter to prevent a COVID surge?
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the United States heads into the fall and winter, questions are arising about whether the return of masks is needed to stem a potential COVID-19 su...
Sep 23, 2022
LACDPH to give all K-12 schools naloxone amid opioid overdose increase: District
Scott Olson/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- A medicine used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose from drugs such as fentanyl will be available at all K-12 schools in the Los Angeles Unified Schoo...
Sep 23, 2022