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My husband died trying to save our kids from drowning. Here's what you need to know.
Ali Joy/Float Don't Fight(NEW YORK) -- A mother has made it her mission to ensure her family's tragedy will not be repeated after her husband died trying to save their two daughters from drowning. Ali...
May 27, 2021
Plans for COVID-19 booster shots need to start now, say long-term care advocates
Daisy-Daisy/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Five months after the first COVID-19 vaccine doses made their way to the nation's nursing homes, long-term care advocates are sounding the alarm about the need for a pl...
May 27, 2021
Anti-transgender legislation reignites classroom hardships for trans students
Courtesy Esmée Silverman(NEW YORK) — Esmée Silverman, an openly transgender senior in Massachusetts, says her high school experience "had a lot of its ups and downs ... mostly down...
May 26, 2021
This is why vaccine lottery prizes may work for some, according to psychology experts
simon2579/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Maryland drew a winner for its first $40,000 vaccine lottery prize Tuesday, kicking off 40 days of drawings meant to encourage state residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine...
May 26, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Ashton on her anxiety attacks, why anxiety affects more women than men
Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Jennifer Ashton's anxiety attacks started to happen after she had a severe allergic reaction to a food. "I had a couple of episodes where I thought mistakenly th...
May 26, 2021
US health agencies will decide on COVID-19 booster shots -- not vaccine companies
MarsBars/iStock(NEW YORK) -- With coronavirus variants popping up across the globe, new questions are beginning to arise about how long the immunity from the vaccines will last, and whether booster sh...
May 26, 2021
COVID-19 infections are exceedingly rare after full vaccination: CDC
Narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The United States reached a major milestone this week, with the White House reporting that over half of all adults in the U.S. are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Th...
May 25, 2021
Half of US adults now fully vaccinated against COVID-19: CDC
Wavebreakmedia/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. passed another major milestone Tuesday in its race to vaccinate the population against COVID-19. Half of U.S. adults -- more than 129 million people -- ar...
May 25, 2021
CDC releases data on rare 'breakthrough' COVID-19 infections among fully vaccinated Americans
bluecinema/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday announced that they have identified just over 10,000 so-called "breakthrough infections" of COVID-19 amo...
May 25, 2021
Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine 100% effective in kids ages 12 to 17
Chaz Bharj/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective in children ages 12 to 17, the company said Tuesday, in announcing results of their latest clinical trials. In addition to i...
May 25, 2021