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bymuratdeniz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Semaglutide, the active ingredient in drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, is also effective at reducing symptoms of heart failure, new research shows. A study publish...

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Just weeks into the new school year, districts in multiple states are canceling in-person classes for several weeks due to respiratory viruses, including COVID-...

SolStock/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Although lunch boxes and insulated containers to ensure temperature control have largely taken the place of brown paper bags at lunchtime, there are still a few easy...

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The updated COVID vaccine should become available in mid-September, along ...

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Health officials are urging the public to plan ahead when it comes to scheduling their vaccinations, as this year may look a little different than pr...

FDA(NEW YORK) -- Kroger and Food Lion shoppers who have purchased frozen veggies should check their freezer for products that have been recalled over potential listeria contamination. Twin City Foods,...

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, W.V.) -- West Virginia has the right to block the sale of the abortion drug mifepristone, even though federal regulators have decided the medication is safe,...

tzahiV/Getty Images, STOCK(SONOMA, Calif.) -- California health officials have issued an advisory after several people who competed in a Tough Mudder run and obstacle course competition last weekend f...

LightEyez and Dr. Berne's(NEW YORK) -- Consumers should not purchase and immediately stop using certain eye drops due to potential bacterial or fungal contamination, according to a warning issued by t...

pablohart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Asthma-related emergency room visits spiked in New York in June following a wave of toxic smoke from the Canadian wildfires, according to new federal data. Research...