(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was expected as early as next week to loosen its guidance on indoor masking as COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to drop and the White House considers a new nationwide strategy to move past the pandemic. In a press briefing Wednesday,…
(INDIO, Calif.) -- Coachella is dropping all COVID-19 restrictions ahead of this year's festival. "In accordance with local guidelines, there will be no vaccination, testing or masking requirements at Coachella 2022," a statement on the Coachella website reads. The update comes after organizers announced last October that Coachella 2022 would…
(NEW YORK) -- Researchers revealed on Tuesday that an American, described as a middle-aged woman of mixed race, has likely been cured of HIV after undergoing a new transplant procedure using donated umbilical cord blood. The patient, who needed a stem cell transplant for leukemia, reportedly developed a new HIV-resistant…
(NEW YORK) -- Heide Spence, a mother of two, said she does not remember a time in her life since getting her first menstrual cycle at age 10 when she did not suffer from painful period complications. "I wouldn’t have a period for months at a time and then I…
(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 1,500 New York City municipal workers have been fired over their refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19. That number represents less than 1% of the city's workforce, but it appears to be the country's largest workforce reduction linked to COVID vaccines. Under a mandate set by…
(NEW YORK) -- The majority of children under age 5 are getting more screen time than is recommended by pediatricians, new research shows. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends babies and toddlers up to age 2 should avoid screen time other than video-chatting, while children ages 2 to 5…
(NEW YORK) -- A Missouri mom is warning fellow parents about a rare condition caused by a strand of hair that sent her 5-month-old son to the emergency room. Sara Ward, from St. Louis, shared a Facebook post explaining that her 5-month-old son, Logan, started developing a condition called hair…
(NEW YORK) -- Joan MacDonald went from struggling with stairs to being a fitness influencer on Instagram with more than one million followers -- and she did it while in her 70s. Her transformation journey began five years ago, when she said she was fatigued, suffering from painful arthritis and…
(NEW YORK) -- New York City began distributing free, at-home COVID-19 test kits across the five boroughs Monday. Tests, made by the company Flowflex, will be available at 27 public library branches and 14 cultural landmarks including the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Staten…
(NEW YORK) -- Actress Susan Lucci is opening up about her battle with heart disease. The 75-year-old, best known for her role as Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, told Good Morning America's Amy Robach that she recently underwent an emergency heart procedure for the second…
