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What we know about Trump’s health care plans after Harris says he’ll roll back protections
Maskot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump will roll back health care protections if he wins the presidential election. Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin, Harris said [Read More…]
Number of people sickened in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders rises to 90: CDC
Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The number of cases in the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has risen to 90, federal health officials said in an update on Wednesday. Cases [Read More…]
Police take down crime group accused of making illegal cannabis edibles packaged like name-brand candy
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA) — Police in Canada said they have arrested six people and taken down an organized crime group believed to have produced tens of thousands of counterfeit cannabis-laced candy [Read More…]
Weight loss drugs like Ozempic may help reduce overdose risks: Study
Iuliia Burmistrova/Getty (NEW YORK) — A new study suggests that GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic, which are used for diabetes management and weight loss, may help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in [Read More…]
Kellogg’s faces protests over food dyes in popular breakfast cereals
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (BATTLE CREEK, Mich.) Hundreds of people gathered outside the WK Kellogg headquarters in Michigan on Tuesday calling for the company to hold up its promise to remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals sold [Read More…]
Indigenous women continue to face barriers to breast cancer care, report finds
Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nicole Hallingstad credits her cat, Rudy, with finding her breast cancer. Despite an unremarkable mammogram screening just seven months earlier, the 42-year-old knew something was wrong [Read More…]
COVID-19 infections during 1st wave linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke: Study
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — People who were diagnosed with severe COVID-19 infections from the first wave of the pandemic could face double the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study has [Read More…]
St. Petersburg officials turn off water after main breaks during Milton landfall. Here are the health risks
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — Residents of St. Petersburg — on Florida’s central-west coast — were temporarily left without clean drinking water after a water main break occurred during Hurricane Milton. [Read More…]
FDA authorizes 1st over-the-counter combo flu and COVID test outside of emergency use
Healgen (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first over-the-counter combination COVID-19 and flu test outside of emergency use on Monday evening. This means the Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test [Read More…]
Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week abortion ban, reversing lower court ruling
Jason Marz/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Georgia state Supreme Court reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban on Monday after a lower court allowed abortions to resume in the state. The ruling goes into effect at [Read More…]
Doctor discusses report detailing drop in breast cancer cases, deaths
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Lisa Newman, the chief of the section of breast surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, sat down with ABC News to discuss breast cancer prevention, early [Read More…]
Supply chain issues hit hospitals, dialysis centers after Hurricane Helene
Getty Images – STOCK/David Sacks (DURHAM, N.C.) — As hospitals and health care facilities work to get back up and running after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend, affecting several states, the medical supply [Read More…]
Breast cancer deaths decrease as cases among Asian Americans and younger adults rise, new report finds
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Breast cancer deaths have fallen by 44% compared to 35 years ago, saving nearly 520,000 lives, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society. The dramatic [Read More…]
California sues hospital for denying patient an emergency abortion
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state is suing a hospital in Eureka for allegedly refusing emergency abortion care to women whose lives are in danger. The lawsuit, filed [Read More…]
Flu deaths in children hit new record as vaccination rates decrease: CDC
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of kids dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 season has set a new record for a regular flu season, after one new death was reported last week, [Read More…]
A public health emergency was declared in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Here’s what that means
Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — North Carolina became the latest state to have a public health emergency declared by U.S. health officials in response to Hurricane Helene. In a press release on [Read More…]
Why progress against HIV/AIDS has stalled among Hispanic and Latino Americans
CDC While the United States has made considerable progress fighting the HIV/AIDS crisis since its peak in the 1980s, headway has not been equal among racial/ethnic groups. Overall, HIV rates have declined in the U.S. [Read More…]
FDA approves first new drug for schizophrenia in more than 30 years
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images, FILE (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first new drug to treat people with schizophrenia in more than 30 years. Cobenfy, manufactured by [Read More…]
Researchers investigate potential link between RSV and sudden unexpected infant deaths
CDC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY (NEW YORK) — A rise in rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths may have been linked to an off-season surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in 2021, according to a new study [Read More…]
Americans can again order four free at-home COVID tests from the federal government
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans can once again order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting Thursday ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season. This is the third year in a [Read More…]