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ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Influenza and other respiratory viruses are starting to circulate but so far remain lower than this time last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control an...

Maskot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Carolina Pino was pregnant, she discovered she lived in a so-called maternal care desert, a county with limited or no access to maternity care services. Pino said...

Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, stories of devastation have emerged including injuries, disablement, destruction of buildings and loss of life. Howev...

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Convinced social media platforms are fueling a mental health crisis among the nation’s youth, public officials in New York announced new legislation...

eGenesis(BOSTON) -- Harvard-affiliated scientists say they have been able to keep a monkey alive for two years with a genetically engineered pig kidney. Although preliminary, transplant experts s...

Alexander Spatari/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Andrew, a 39-year-old New Yorker who identifies as queer, says he got lucky with his first primary care provider, who was very queer friendly. "He was strai...

xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Things at Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin have not slowed down since July 2022. The center, which runs the 988 crisis hotline for the state, worked hard to expa...

Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the conflict in Israel moves into its fourth day, thousands of people are caught in the war zone. Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians are dead, accordin...

Michelle Gonzales-Reed(NEW YORK) -- Michelle Gonzales-Reed's son Dajon was in high school when she said she began noticing signs of mental health struggles in her teen son, signs that included a lack ...

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two neonatal intensive care unit patients who were once given a 40% chance of survival are now thriving years later. Tate Lewis and Seth Rippentrop...