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Scientists say some tests may be able to identify the markers of prolonged COVID symptoms in the future
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- While there is no specific test to determine if someone is experiencing long COVID, a new study published in Nature used blood tests to find new insight...
Sep 27, 2023
About 18 million US adults have had long COVID: CDC
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans say they've had long COVID, and some say they're still battling it, according to new federal data. Two new reports, published early Tuesday...
Sep 26, 2023
California's CARE Court program to tackle mental illness starts next month. What you need to know
Elvira Laskowski/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- California's controversial new CARE Court program, meant to address serious mental illness and the state's homelessness crisis, will go into effect next w...
Sep 25, 2023
Overdose crisis reaches historic levels in New York City
Icy Macload/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The overdose crisis has reached historic levels in New York City, according to new data from the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Provisional data ...
Sep 25, 2023
How hospitals have been coping with COVID as number of admissions tick up
MoMo Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Weekly COVID hospitalizations have been ticking up over the past 11 weeks, rising to 20,538 for the week ending Sept. 9, the highest figures seen since March...
Sep 22, 2023
Why the CDC recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months get the updated COVID vaccine
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An independent panel of advisers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that everyone over the age of 6 months get the updated COVID v...
Sep 22, 2023
Couple speaks out about embryo donation after fertility treatment
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Fertility treatments can be a very emotional process filled with complex decisions, including what to do with extra embryos. It's a dilemma Ryann and Richard He...
Sep 22, 2023
FDA discusses using artificial wombs to help save preemie babies: What to know about the new technology
Maskot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration met Wednesday to discuss something that was once thought to be only science fiction: the use of artificial wombs to help prematur...
Sep 21, 2023
Morning exercisers tend to have healthier habits, which can help with weight loss, study finds
Guido Mieth/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study finds that people who tend to exercise early in the morning also tend to have healthier eating habits and lower weight. Although research is mixed on ...
Sep 21, 2023
Federal government relaunches free at-home COVID test program
Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government program used for the last two winters to send free COVID tests to Americans' homes started up again Mond...
Sep 20, 2023