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New research reveals sleep disorder may be linked to Parkinson's
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New research on the connection between sleep and Parkinson's disease is being hailed as a "first step" toward curing and preventing the condition, a b...
Apr 27, 2022
Over 120,000 pounds of ground beef recalled over possible E.coli contamination
David McGlynn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Over 120,000 pounds of ground beef products are being recalled over possible E.Coli contamination. The affected products come from Lakeside Refrigerated Service...
Apr 27, 2022
Embryologist goes viral on TikTok breaking down infertility myths
Alease Daniel/TikTok(NEW YORK) -- By day, Alease Daniel works with embryos, eggs and sperm in a laboratory as an embryologist at a North Carolina fertility clinic. Outside of the lab, Daniel, 26, brea...
Apr 27, 2022
No Americans should die of COVID-19 with treatments available, experts argue
skaman306/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As mask mandates are lifted, and mitigation measures are increasingly dropped across the nation, a stark reality continues to hinder the nation's return to a pre-pa...
Apr 27, 2022
Life expectancy in Chicago declined during first year of COVID pandemic, especially for people of color
Scott Olson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- Life expectancy in Chicago fell by nearly two years during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with national trends, a new report finds. The data, rel...
Apr 26, 2022
Americans who haven't had COVID are now in the minority following omicron surge
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- A new CDC analysis estimates that at least three out of every five Americans have antibodies that indicate a prior COVID-19 infection. Prior to the omicr...
Apr 26, 2022
Aspirin no longer recommended to prevent first heart attack, stroke for most adults over 60
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For years, doctors recommended people in their 50s start taking baby aspirin every day to protect against heart attacks and stroke. But in recent years, with new...
Apr 26, 2022
More than 100 million Americans have received first COVID booster shot since August
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 100 million Americans have received their first COVID-19 vaccine booster dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. B...
Apr 25, 2022
Ashley Tisdale opens up about healing from postpartum diastasis recti condition
Emma McIntyre/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Ashley Tisdale is opening up about her experience with diastasis recti, a condition that affects pregnant and postpartum people. In an Instagram post over the week...
Apr 25, 2022
Millions of COVID-19 shots set to go to waste, as vaccine rollout slows
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- While top U.S. health officials are urging some Americans to get yet another coronavirus booster shot, local health departments across the cou...
Apr 25, 2022