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ABC News Performing medicine can be difficult in any setting but perhaps no more challenging than during a humanitarian crisis. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals are often performing under extreme duress with a limited [Read More…]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Respiratory illness activity is elevated or increasing across most areas of the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In total, 15 [Read More…]

Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — For nearly a month, COVID-19 hospitalizations have been increasing following weeks of decline and relatively low levels throughout the summer, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK ) — Dangerous antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are spreading among patients in Ukraine amid the country’s war with Russia, new federal data shows. High rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) before Russia’s invasion of [Read More…]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of patients in the U.S. traveling out of state to obtain abortion care has doubled since 2020. Nearly one in five patients in the first half of 2023 [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eligible adults can now receive free at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions and at-home treatments for both COVID and influenza through a newly expanded federal government program. Initially launched as [Read More…]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is putting off its plan to ban menthol cigarettes until next March after an aggressive lobbying push by civil rights groups — some sponsored by Big Tobacco [Read More…]

Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tracking one of the deadliest living beings on Earth will be the key to saving thousands of lives each year, researchers at the University of South Florida say. [Read More…]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Biden administration recently announced a proposal that would require all lead water service pipes to replaced in the United States within the next decade. The proposal, led by [Read More…]

Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the long-running debate on whether a meat-free or meat-filled diet promotes better health, a new study is giving weight to the benefits of a meat-free diet. Researchers at [Read More…]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — CVS is the latest pharmacy to change its drug pricing formula, a move it said would increase transparency and simplify costs. The company will now base drug costs on [Read More…]

Courtesy Christie Martin (NEW YORK) — Nearly one year ago, Christie Martin, a mom and realtor in Las Vegas, said she started taking Ozempic to help her lose weight. Martin, 58, told ABC News’ Good [Read More…]

Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning consumers about a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to some cantaloupes. The CDC published another food safety alert on Friday, after [Read More…]

ATU Images/Getty Images (MASON, Ohio) — A county in Ohio has recorded 142 cases of pediatric pneumonia since August, caused by a mix of known infections, including common cold, strep and a bacterial infection called [Read More…]

Mats Silvan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Suicides by firearm have reached an all-time high, increasing 11% between 2019 and 2022, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Progress in women’s health since the 1960s is backsliding, with millennial and Gen Z women facing heightened risks to their physical well-being and safety compared to their moms [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In another effort to get Americans to test for COVID-19 this winter, the Biden administration announced it would begin distributing tests for free to all school districts nationwide. Schools [Read More…]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of suicides in the United States has hit a record high, new provisional federal data shows. In 2022, an estimated 49,449 people died by suicide, which is 3% [Read More…]

National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System (NEW YORK) — After two consecutive years of declines, life expectancy in the United States increased between 2021 and 2022, new provisional federal data shows. Life [Read More…]

Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — People with heroin dependency don’t use less of that drug if they start also using cannabis, according to a new study. The findings cast some doubt on [Read More…]