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Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Australia is nearing the end of its worst flu season in at least five year...

Apple(NEW YORK) -- The newest model of the Apple Watch will offer women features to track their menstrual cycles and when they may be the most fertile, Apple announced Wednesday at a launch event at t...

Gaj Rudolf / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As excessive heat continues to grip the West Coast, people are at a higher risk of experiencing heat-related illnesses, officials warn. Temperatures in Liv...

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Early onset cancers defined as cancers discovered in adults younger than 50 years old, have "dramatically increased" around the world over the last few decades, a...

Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With new COVID variant-specific booster shots set to roll out in the coming week, vaccine scientists argue that more research is needed to understand how a perso...

Marko Geber/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As children head back to the classroom for the academic year, new data shows that pediatric COVID-19 infection rates have increased for the second consecutive wee...

Carol Yepes/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Throughout much of the pandemic, there has been a constant shifting in terms of which COVID-19 variants are most dominant, at a given time, in the U.S. Howe...

Luis Alvarez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Black and Hispanic Americans make up the majority of monkeypox cases in the United States but are underrepresented when it comes to vaccine distribution. Accordi...

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(TULSA, Okla.) -- An Oklahoma news anchor and a TV actress are raising awareness about women's stroke risk at any age by sharing their own experiences. Julie Chin, an anchor ...

Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A mysterious outbreak that sickened 11 people in Argentina, killing four, has been solved. Health authorities said the illness was likely caused by Legionella, ...