Health

Philip Gould/Getty Images(LOUISIANA) -- New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has signed an emergency declaration over an intrusion of saltwater into the Mississippi River that officials say could impact the water supply in the region.......

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 of this year.......

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 vaccine this fall.......

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 Hendrickson had to face.......

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 premature babies survive.......

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......

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 will get up-and-running once again in the coming days, Health......

Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The number of babies born with syphilis in Mississippi has risen 10-fold over the last several years, according to a new report. Between 2016 and 2022, congenital......

Brais Seara/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The smoke from wildfires in recent years has been so intense that it is decreasing air quality in the majority of the U.S., reversing some of the improvements made to......

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Jose Montijo sought treatment for shortness of breath, doctors realized he was experiencing heart failure. "They told me your heart is working at 20% and you are a......