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Medication abortion accounted for 63% of US abortions in 2023, new study finds
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Medication abortion accounted for 63% of all the abortions performed in the U.S. in 2023, according to a new study from the Guttmacher Institute.In the first full ca...
Mar 19, 2024
What to know about President Biden's executive order on women's health research
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order Monday promoting women's health research as the country continues to celebrate Women's History Month.T...
Mar 18, 2024
MIS-C cases in 2023 were mostly among unvaccinated children: CDC
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cases of MIS-C are still occurring in 2023 and children who are unvaccinated or have waning immunity from previous vaccination are at the highest risk ...
Mar 14, 2024
Christie Brinkley reveals she ahad surgery to remove skin cancer
Christie Brinkley attends the American Humane Hero Dog Awards at The Breakers on Nov. 10, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Mireya Acierto/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Actress and model Christie Brinkley re...
Mar 14, 2024
Man, 25, diagnosed with cancer shares his journey on social media to help others
Courtesy of Jace(NEW YORK) -- What began as symptoms of fatigue for one Florida man became a life-changing cancer diagnosis at age 25.Jace, who asked that his last name not be used to protect his priv...
Mar 13, 2024
New Mexico man dies of plague in state's 1st fatality since 2020: Health officials
Getty Images - STOCK(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- A New Mexico man has died from plague in the state's first human fatality since 2020, according to health officials.The man lived in Lincoln County -- located i...
Mar 12, 2024
CDC sending team to Chicago to help respond to city's 1st measles cases since 2019: CDPH
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a team to Chicago to help respond to the first measles cases detected in the city si...
Mar 11, 2024
Christina Applegate says she lives 'kind of in hell' battling multiple sclerosis
PHOTO: Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts speaks with actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate. Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts speaks with actresses Jamie-Lynn Sig...
Mar 11, 2024
COVID-19 timeline: How the deadly virus and the world's response have evolved over four years
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Monday marks four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.Since the first cases in Wuhan, China, in 2019, ...
Mar 11, 2024
Melinda Gates says using artificial intelligence in pregnancy could help save women's lives
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks with people in Malawi. -- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation(NEW YORK) -- Each day, almost 800 women around the world die du...
Mar 08, 2024