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Wellness November 12, 2021

How climate change can harm your skin

PHOTO: Triple-negative disease is a unique class of breast cancer because it lacks receptors that drug therapies can target for treatment.

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Wellness October 11, 2021

New treatments bring hope for those with triple-negative breast cancer

PHOTO: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden says opening schools this year amid COVID-19 "will take all of us coming together."

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Family August 30, 2021

First lady Jill Biden shares back to school message for teachers, parents as year begins amid COVID-19

PHOTO: A person receives a COVID-19 vaccination dose, while carrying a baby in tow, on Aug. 3, 2021, in Los Angeles.

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Wellness August 18, 2021

5 ways parents can protect infants and toddlers from COVID-19

PHOTO: In this Jan. 19, 2020 file photo Christina Applegate at The Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles.

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Culture August 11, 2021

Christina Applegate reveals she's been diagnosed with MS

PHOTO: Sunlake High School students gather in the school gymnasium for P.E. orientation during the first day of school for Pasco County Students on Aug. 10, 2021, in Land O Lakes, Fla.

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Wellness August 11, 2021

How to protect teens' mental health as school year begins amid pandemic

PHOTO: Kindergarten students wearing face masks sit in their classroom on the first day of in-person learning at Maurice Sendak Elementary School in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Wellness July 29, 2021

Children remain unvaccinated as delta variant surges, prompting back-to-school concerns

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Wellness July 13, 2021

Children leaving quarantine results in summer surge of common winter virus RSV

PHOTO: A woman in a doctor's office.

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Wellness June 4, 2021

Pill shows promise in treating aggressive form of breast cancer

PHOTO: A pregnant woman is in a doctor's office in this undated stock photo.

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Wellness June 1, 2021

New recommendation issued on weight gain and pregnancy: What to know