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iStock/Andrei StanescuBY: KELLY MCCARTHY (WASHINGTON) — As more consumers turn to plant-based meat alternatives, a new study that swapped Beyond Meat for beef, pork and chicken found that the non-animal protein products lowered some cardiovascular risk factors.

atakan/iStockBy GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News(NEW YORK) — If there’s one issue dividing parents at this moment, it’s the back-to-school debate. And while it seems few people can agree on the right course of action for the

sujit kantakad/iStockBy KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dentists are fighting tooth and nail to get back to business amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization released its new recommendation that people should put

Daisy-Daisy/iStockBy LAURA ROMERO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — At a time when nursing homes continue to be among the hardest hit settings in the coronavirus pandemic, new studies are beginning to offer insight as to why some

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. counties predominantly composed of white people have reported the fewest coronavirus cases, while diverse counties have been hit disproportionately harder by COVID-19, new research shows. Researchers analyzed

narvikk/iStockBy DR. NATE WOOD, ABC News As the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, concerns are already rising that it may not work in obese patients, arguably one of the groups that needs it most. More than

ABC NewsBY: KARMA ALLEN (WASHINGTON) — Researchers are pointing to an alarming medical study about fatal surgeries among Black youth, saying the data sheds light on why doctors and hospitals should to do more to confront their

guvendemir/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Diane Borsvold’s husband and children tested positive for COVID-19 in June, it was her 10-year-old son, M.J., who suffered the most emotionally. “He broke down crying,” Borsvold told

Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty ImagesBy CATERINA ANDREANO, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC News’ Deborah Roberts that he seriously doubts the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V and touted by President Vladimir Putin, has been proven

triocean/iStockBy THE GMA TEAM, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The stress of the coronavirus pandemic is causing people’s hair to fall out in a phenomenon doctors are calling “shock hair loss.” “There’s no symptoms, there’s no itching,