Health

Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, as hospitals became overrun, a group of doctors began touting an anti-parasitic medicine called ivermectin as a viable treatment for COVID-19, one going as far as calling it a “miracle cure” for the coronavirus, despite experts in the medical […]

Courtesy of Sarah Granados (NEW YORK) — A North Carolina woman who had been unable to eat solid foods for over a decade due to a rare condition underwent a life-changing multiorgan transplant that gave her a new stomach, pancreas and intestines. Sarah Granados, a mom of three from Gastonia, North Carolina, waited 444 days […]

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies, children are experiencing devastating consequences of being caught up in the war zone. At least seven children have been killed, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and several more have been injured during air strikes and blasts. Dozens of […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States marked a new stage in the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic when President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address Tuesday that “COVID-19 no longer need control our lives.” The World Health Organization declared a global pandemic in March 2020 due to […]

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sandra Lee opened up on social media about the latest on her yearslong breast cancer journey, sharing the news with her 119,000 followers that she was going in for hysterectomy surgery. The former Food Network star of Semi-Homemade fame, cookbook author and expert of all things home and kitchen […]

AlasdairJames/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use certain powdered infant formulas made at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan, facility amid an investigation into five infant illnesses. Previously, the federal agency had said it was investigating four cases and issued an update on Feb. 28 identifying a fifth […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday released a sweeping new 96-page plan on COVID, marking a new era in the pandemic in which the virus is still circulating but can hopefully be managed so that Americans can return to daily life without disruption. The strategy, that President Joe Biden […]

Ana Maria Serrano/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Jeopardy! contestant Christine Whelchel has been competing on the popular TV game show since last week but it wasn’t just her winning performances that have been capturing viewers’ attention. The piano teacher and church organist from Spring Hill, Tennessee, appeared without a light brown wig during Monday’s episode […]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of births declined in the U.S. in 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics — a branch of the CDC — compared […]

Courtesy of Katelyn Sample (NEW YORK) — A Georgia mom is on a mission to spread joy and raise awareness after her 1-year-old son was diagnosed with uncombable hair syndrome, a hair disorder she’d never heard of until last year. The boy’s mother, Katelyn Samples, told Good Morning America that a stranger messaged her last […]