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Moderna says new booster for fall could be 'turning point' in COVID fight
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With vaccine immunity waning, and concerns over a fall surge growing, officials from Moderna announced on Wednesday that data from its study on Omicron-containin...
Jun 08, 2022
Americans keep getting reinfected with COVID-19 as new variants emerge, data shows
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite a rather unpleasant bout with COVID-19 this past January, Jennifer McDonnell was relieved to think that she, and her family, could finally retur...
Jun 08, 2022
Racial minorities have higher death rates from cancer than white patients, study shows
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm(NEW YORK) -- Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States continue to be disproportionately burdened by cancer, a new report suggests. Published by the American Associa...
Jun 08, 2022
Mom of two battles breast cancer while pregnant
Stephanie Schmidt(NEW YORK) -- Stephanie Schmidt, a 30-year-old neonatal intensive care unit nurse in New York, was eight weeks pregnant when she walked through the doors of her OBGYN for a routine vi...
Jun 08, 2022
Nutritionists, gut health experts weigh in on TikTok olive oil trend
Michelle Arnold / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Good extra virgin olive oil has long been hailed for its associated health benefits -- and now, some social media feeds are overflowing with users enc...
Jun 08, 2022
FDA advisers vote in favor of authorizing Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Jon Cherry/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisers has voted in favor of the FDA authorizing Novavax, a protein-based vaccine, ...
Jun 07, 2022
Teachers face mental health challenges dealing with school shootings
Geo Piatt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ramon Benavides, 2022's Texas Teacher of the Year, choked up, clutching his infant son as his mind raced with thoughts of the recent mass shootings in his home stat...
Jun 07, 2022
Melatonin overdoses in kids increase 530% over past decade: What parents should know
Ray Kachatorian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Over the past decade, the number of children overdosing on melatonin, a sleep aid, has increased by 530%, according to a new study published by the Centers fo...
Jun 06, 2022
If you’re still waiting for herd immunity for COVID-19, it's time to move on: Experts
Sean Gardner/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Early in the pandemic, scientists and public health experts leaned on their experience with other viruses to make predictions about COVID-19, hopeful that when e...
Jun 06, 2022
DC reports first orthopox, potential monkeypox case
Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- D.C. Health has reported the first positive orthopox case in a resident who recently traveled to Europe, and it ...
Jun 06, 2022