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Grace Helbig Has Breast Cancer Diagnosis, YouTuber Says in Video

Popular YouTube content creator Grace Helbig announced that she has breast cancer in a video on Monday. In her video, she said she received the cancer diagnosis about a month ago.

Helbig said she was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer, which she called “super treatable and highly beatable.” She was diagnosed after noticing a small lump on her breast. She said in her video that she was unsure how to bring it up to her doctor because she was afraid of looking uneducated about her own body. But now, she urges everyone to go get checked.

“Get those lumps checked,” she said. “And don’t be afraid to ask the doctor what you think might be a stupid question.”

In addition to her YouTube channel, the 37-year-old internet personality and comedian co-hosts and co-created the podcast “This Might Get Weird” alongside Mamrie Hart. In 2015, Helbig hosted her own comedy talk show on E! Network called “The …

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New 2023/2024 COVID-19 Vaccine [Video]

On September 12, 2023, the FDA and CDC authorized a new mRNA Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for the 2023-2024 respiratory season for individuals 6 months of age and older. This vaccine replaces the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine and were developed to target the XBB.1.5 variant but demonstrate neutralizing antibodies across multiple strains. A revised formulation for Novavax, the only non-mRNA vaccine, is pending FDA approval.