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Sorapop Udomsri / EyeEm/Getty Images(LONDON) -- It is one thing to make a New Year's resolution. It is, however, a very different thing to be able to keep it. Every year they are made with the best of...

Courtesy Amanda and Derek Banic(NEW YORK) -- A mom in Michigan credits her baby with saving her life during pregnancy, when she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that led to a life-threateni...

Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, according to a new study. Children who ...

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The American Red Cross said Monday it is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. According to the humanitarian organization, it is seeing the lowest number of pe...

PonyWang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Respiratory illness activity is elevated or increasing across most areas of the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...

MoMo Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A variant that has been circulating in the U.S. for the last couple of months currently makes up a majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States. JN.1, a d...

CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- If you have a friend who suggests grabbing dinner at 5 p.m., or a co-worker who you see eating her first meal at noon, she is probab...

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- While Dry January -- giving up alcohol for the month of January -- has been shown to have benefits like better sleep and increased energy, giving up drinks coul...

farmer images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a small group of veterans diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, treatment with a psychedelic drug, ibogaine was associated with improvements in daily f...

Grace Cary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The final food recall of 2023 could still be in some people's fridges or freezers, so it's time to check on any raw ground beef you may have on hand to ensure 2024...