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Theo Wargo / Staff / Getty Images(INDIO, Calif.) -- Coachella is dropping all COVID-19 restrictions ahead of this year's festival. "In accordance with local guidelines, there will be no vaccination, t...

Westend61/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Researchers revealed on Tuesday that an American, described as a middle-aged woman of mixed race, has likely been cured of HIV after undergoing a new transplant pro...

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Heide Spence, a mother of two, said she does not remember a time in her life since getting her first menstrual cycle at age 10 when she did not suffer fr...

Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 1,500 New York City municipal workers have been fired over their refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19. That number repres...

Gravity Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The majority of children under age 5 are getting more screen time than is recommended by pediatricians, new research shows. The American Academy of Pediatrics ...

Sara Ward(NEW YORK) -- A Missouri mom is warning fellow parents about a rare condition caused by a strand of hair that sent her 5-month-old son to the emergency room. Sara Ward, from St. Louis, shared...

@TrainWithJoan/Instagram(NEW YORK) -- Joan MacDonald went from struggling with stairs to being a fitness influencer on Instagram with more than one million followers -- and she did it while in her 70s...

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New York City began distributing free, at-home COVID-19 test kits across the five boroughs Monday. Tests, made by the company Flowflex, will be avail...

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for American Heart Association(NEW YORK) -- Actress Susan Lucci is opening up about her battle with heart disease. The 75-year-old, best known for her role as Erica Kane on t...

Cristina Arias/Cover/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a new monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, shown to hold up against the omicron variant and BA.2...