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Millions of seniors can’t afford their prescription medications: Study

Trevor Williams/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of American seniors are having a hard time affording their prescription medications, a new…

3 months ago

How much radiation Starliner astronauts may have been exposed to while waiting to come home

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As two NASA astronauts gear up for a months-long unplanned stay on the International Space…

3 months ago

As mosquito-borne illnesses spread, here’s how to tell West Nile, dengue and EEE apart

mrs/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As mosquito season continues, public health officials in the U.S. have been tracking several different illnesses…

3 months ago

What to know about polio vaccination campaign in Gaza after 1st first case in 25 years

Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A mass polio vaccination campaign is underway in Gaza to inoculate children after the…

3 months ago

Health officials report three West Nile virus deaths; warn of mosquito-spread illnesses

mrs/Getty Images(MADISON, Wis.) -- Health officials are warning of the dangers of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus after three…

3 months ago

Four years into COVID, isolation continues for some disabled residents

Sara Anne Willette and her family plan on moving to the countryside in the South as COVID-19 continues to impact…

3 months ago

What you need to know about ‘sloth fever’ after 21 cases confirmed among US travelers

mrs/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Health officials are warning Americans about a rare insect-borne virus that has infected several travelers.As of…

3 months ago

US surgeon general issues advisory on parents’ mental health

xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. surgeon general is calling for a "fundamental shift" in how the mental health and…

3 months ago

What the end of the CDC’s COVID vaccine access program means for uninsured Americans

Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Updated COVID-19 vaccines will soon be rolled out ahead of the fall and winter season,…

3 months ago

New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for EEEV in state’s 1st human case since 2014

Getty Images - STOCK/Yana Tatevosian(NEW YORK) -- A New Hampshire resident died after being infected with a rare mosquito-borne disease,…

3 months ago