Health

Rocky89/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Adding more plants to your diet can add years to your life, according to a new study. Researchers in Norway used computer models to compare a typical Western diet — heavy on animal-based proteins dairy and sugar — with a more ideal plant-based diet that’s heavy on fruits, vegetables, beans […]

Adene Sanchez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Losing weight can be hard and confusing, but a new study has found an easy way to help. Adding just one hour or more of sleep a night can help boost weight loss, according to the study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Participants in the study […]

American Heart Association (NEW YORK) — Megan Corbin has been a dancer since the age of 5, performing professionally in musicals and in a Las Vegas show until right before the coronavirus pandemic. Considering she was young, active and healthy, Corbin said she had no idea that the pain and pressure she felt in her […]

iStock/Favor_of_God (NEW YORK) — Several states across the country are considering lifting mask mandates in schools in an attempt to return to some semblance of normalcy. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Delaware Gov. John Carney announced Monday that mask mandates in schools will come to an end in March. Illinois school districts will be […]

Maja Hitij/Staff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During the Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, star gymnast Simone Biles shined a light on the mental health struggles many Olympians face when she decided to withdraw from competition. Now, the United States’ best figure skaters, skiers and snowboarders will be vying for gold medals as they also […]

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It has been nearly two years since Patricia Dowd, a 57-year-old San Jose resident, died of the coronavirus, in early February 2020. Although the virus would soon change the global landscape, upending our world, at the time, most Americans were still unaware of the mysterious disease spreading […]

Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new dashboard Friday that tracks COVID-19 in wastewater samples across the country. The data comes from the federal agency’s National Wastewater Surveillance System, which connects more than 400 sites across 28 states and the District of Columbia. More than […]

Carl Court/Getty Images (BEIJING) — For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, officials have established a series of rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This will mark the second Olympics since the pandemic began, which will be held between Feb. 3 and Feb. 20. The Paralympic Games will follow from March 4 to March […]

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 85.4% of gay and lesbian Americans above age 18 had received at least one vaccine dose as of […]

Montinique Monroe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over 50,000 customers are in the dark in Texas Thursday morning as a winter storm pummels the state with snow and ice. Here are safety tips to keep in mind: Ahead of an outage, federal emergency officials advise installing carbon monoxide detectors and stocking up on batteries. During a […]