Health

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Things at Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin have not slowed down since July 2022. The center, which runs the 988 crisis hotline for the state, worked hard to expand its mental health services following the hotline’s national relaunch. Like many centers across the country, they have has experienced surging demand […]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Things at Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin have not slowed down since July 2022. The center, which runs the 988 crisis hotline for the state, worked hard to expand its mental health services following the hotline’s national relaunch. Like many centers across the country, it has experienced surging demand that […]

Michelle Gonzales-Reed (NEW YORK) — Michelle Gonzales-Reed’s son Dajon was in high school when she said she began noticing signs of mental health struggles in her teen son, signs that included a lack of interest in friendships and activities, to staying in bed all day. Over the next few years, as Gonzales-Reed tried to care […]

Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the conflict in Israel moves into its fourth day, thousands of people are caught in the war zone. Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians are dead, according to authorities, and more than 5,000 in Israel and Palestine have been injured since Saturday, when the militant group Hamas launched an […]

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two neonatal intensive care unit patients who were once given a 40% chance of survival are now thriving years later. Tate Lewis and Seth Rippentrop were born weeks apart in 2002. They were diagnosed in utero with hypoplastic heart syndrome, a congenital condition where the […]

Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Transplant centers across the United States are reporting more patients in need of a new liver than ever before, sometimes seeing double the number of patients needing transplants compared to pre-pandemic levels. In fact, alcohol-related liver disease has surpassed other conditions such as hepatitis C and fatty […]

TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Evelin Miranda first noticed something was off with her husband, Eddie, about 10 years ago, when he started picking her up from work late. Then, her son Miguel told her Eddie hadn’t been paying bills on time. “Things just weren’t getting better,” she told ABC News. “I […]

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With kids back in school, COVID hospitalizations on the rise across the country and flu season right around the corner, health experts say now is the time to get young people vaccinated. In addition to COVID-19 and flu, another respiratory virus, RSV, is also circulating, according to Dr. Edith […]

Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director signed off on the recommendation that all Americans aged 6 months and older receive the updated COVID booster on Tuesday amid rising cases and hospitalizations across the country. It comes just a day after the U.S. […]

Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID hospitalizations have risen nearly 9% in the most recent week, marking the eighth consecutive week of increasing new admissions in a row, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite the continued rise, the most recent week was the […]