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Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials in several states are raising concerns about West Nile virus after detecting cases among residents, including some deaths. Counties in Georgia, Maryland and Texas have detected [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the United States and a new updated vaccine becomes available, many have questions on how to best keep their families safe. Much [Read More…]

Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The first cases of patients likely contracting Legionnaires’ disease from transplanted organs have been identified in a new report. The Pennsylvania Department of Health was informed in July 2022, [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration on Wednesday advised against the updated COVID-19 shots for people under the age of 65 — a rebuke to federal agencies, which greenlit the [Read More…]

Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The latest, updated COVID-19 vaccines should soon be available to everyone and offered largely free of cost, according to the Centers for Disease Control [Read More…]

ABC News Photo Illustration, CVS, Walgreens (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued letters to several companies — including major pharmacy chains — this week, warning them against manufacturing or selling unapproved eye [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration on Wednesday advised against the use of the new COVID-19 booster for people under the age of 65, even as infections and hospitalizations tick upward [Read More…]

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With kids back in school, COVID hospitalizations on the rise across the country and flu season right around the corner, health experts say now is the time to get [Read More…]

Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director signed off on the recommendation that all Americans aged 6 months and older receive the updated [Read More…]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Women in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee filed legal actions against their states over abortion bans, saying they were denied abortions despite having dangerous pregnancy complications. Four women in Idaho [Read More…]

Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise across the country, Florida is seeing higher admissions levels than other states. As of Monday, 43 of Florida’s 67 counties reported moderate levels of weekly new hospital [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections — as seen by first lady Jill Biden’s recent bout with the virus — public health experts are tracking the numbers but aren’t “predicting that this [Read More…]

Thanasis/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the United States, many Americans may be wondering how to best keep themselves and their loved ones safe. In the years since the pandemic [Read More…]

ftwitty/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida state Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in a legal challenge seeking to throw out the state’s 15-week abortion ban, claiming it violates the state’s constitution. The hearing [Read More…]

US Department of Agriculture (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that ConAgra Brands Inc. is recalling approximately 245,366 pounds of frozen chicken strip products due to possible contamination with extraneous materials, specifically [Read More…]

ftwitty/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Friday in a legal challenge seeking to throw out the state’s 15-week abortion ban, claiming it violates the state’s constitution. [Read More…]

US Department of Agriculture (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that ConAgra Brands Inc. is recalling approximately 245,366 pounds of frozen chicken strip products due to possible contamination with extraneous materials, specifically [Read More…]

Science Photo Library – CDC/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this week that cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, are rising among young children in some parts of [Read More…]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With COVID-19 cases rising across the country, you may be inclined to pull out one of those leftover at-home rapid tests received months ago from the Biden administration. Even [Read More…]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Newly released data from the Guttmacher Institute shows a sharp increase in the first six months of 2023 in estimated abortions performed in states bordering those with abortion [Read More…]