Health

ABC News (NEW YORK) — One reporter decided to get personal on air in order to give hope to others who may need it. Diane Pathieu said she was told her husband Nick Adamski only had a year to live. That was two years ago. Pathieu, who is a reporter with Chicago ABC affiliate WLS-TV, […]

Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While most people can keep up with their New Year’s resolutions through the first days of January, it is those days and weeks throughout the rest of the year that can catch up with even the best of intentions. So how do you make your New Year’s resolution […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tamara Walcott, a 38-year-old mother of two from Columbia, Maryland, said that if anyone had told her five years ago she’d be a world champion powerlifter, she would have laughed. This year, Walcott won the title for the heaviest raw deadlift in the world by a woman after deadlifting 639 […]

Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Danish concept of “hygge,” or “coziness,” can help fend off the seasonal blues. Spending time with loved ones and creating a cozy ambience with scents, lighting and sounds can improve mood and reduce stress during the wintertime. “Hygge is a mindset — an attitude and approach to living […]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite fears of a potential “tripledemic,” at least one of three viruses circulating in the United States seems to be trending downward. Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, appear to have peaked in mid-November and are now declining, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and […]

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new bivalent COVID booster this fall was relatively 80% effective at keeping older adults out of the hospital due to complications from the virus compared to seniors who were fully vaccinated with at least two shots but had let several months pass, according to a new study by […]

d3sign/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — About four in 10 adults say they’ve gotten the new bivalent booster or will get it as soon as they can, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor. In the survey, 22% of adults said they have gotten the shot, while around 16% said they will soon. The […]

Rainer Puster / EyeEm / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — China is reporting its first deaths linked to COVID-19 in weeks as cases surge amid the country lifting many of its so-called “zero COVID” policies. The deaths, which were reported on Monday by the National Health Commission and occurred in Beijing, are the first recorded […]

Carolina Gonzalez (NEW YORK) — A Virginia girl will be able to celebrate the holidays this year with a bright smile on her face thanks to a life-changing surgery that she is believed to be the first pediatric patient to undergo. Nicole Serna-Gonzalez, 11, was born with a condition called unilateral congenital facial paralysis, which […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s COVID-19 coordinator on Sunday said a sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations since Thanksgiving wasn’t “totally” surprising — and he reiterated that holiday gatherings would be safer if people received their updated vaccines. “We’ve seen increases each of the last two winters and then what else is happening? […]