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New report warns about privacy of period-tracking, pregnancy apps after Roe v. Wade overturned
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report is shining a spotlight on potential privacy concerns loopholes in apps that collect women’s personal health information following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Abortion is [Read More…]
New COVID guidelines ease in-person work but won’t spur return to office, experts say
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS (WASHINGTON) — Apple on Monday made headlines as the latest major company to call its workers back to the office, setting a deadline for early next month that will require workers to do their [Read More…]
COVID-19’s negative impact on caregivers and 4 ways to help them
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented effects on our society and even more so on our senior population, as they struggle to manage care. In some cases, they are [Read More…]
This is how mifepristone and misoprostol induce abortions
Robyn Beck/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just under 1 million people utilized abortion services in the U.S. in 2020, according to recent data from the Guttmacher Institute. Another report from Guttmacher in 2016 showed that [Read More…]
CDC director acknowledges mistakes to staff in internal message
Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky made a remarkable acknowledgment of her agency’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic as she delivered a message to her staff Wednesday. [Read More…]
Child dies from suspected case of brain-eating amoeba in Nebraska, the state’s first
Larry Mayer/Getty Images (OMAHA, Neb.) — A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first known death [Read More…]
Biden signs into law bill named for toddler who died after swallowing a battery
flubydust/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button batteries was signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden. The legislation, known as [Read More…]
Baby girl born with one lung and given 20% chance of survival goes home
Courtesy Joshua Valliere (SAN DIEGO) — A California girl has beaten the odds to reunite with her twin and return home with her family after a six-month stay at a San Diego hospital. Charlotte and [Read More…]
Monkeypox vaccine not ‘a silver bullet’, WHO says, as breakthrough cases emerge
AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests there are breakthrough [Read More…]
World Health Organization renames two known clades of monkeypox virus
mseidelch/Getty Images (GENEVA) — The World Health Organization renamed the two known clades, or lineages, of the monkeypox virus Monday. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the lineages will be referred to going forward using Roman [Read More…]
New York City’s monkeypox vaccine rollout has had some issues. What went wrong?
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the monkeypox vaccine began being distributed in New York City, the rollout has been plagued with issues. The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has cycled through several [Read More…]
Over-the-counter hearing aids can be sold following FDA ruling
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Hearing aids can be sold over the counter in an effort to increase access and lower costs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday. The move [Read More…]
How to protect your pets from monkeypox after 1st-known case of human-to-pet transmission
Nico De Pasquale Photography/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Monkeypox and related viruses are known for their ability to transmit between humans and animals, but with increasing global spread, the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]
Updated COVID boosters could be available in 3 weeks, White House predicts
d3sign/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Newly updated COVID-19 boosters tailored to target a dominant strain of the virus will be available in the next three weeks or so, assuming the Food and Drug Administration and Centers [Read More…]
8th child in US tests positive for monkeypox
Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least eight children in the U.S. have now tested positive for monkeypox, after health officials in Harris County, Texas, confirmed to ABC News that a presumptive case had [Read More…]
Novavax asks FDA for emergency authorization of its COVID-19 booster
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Novavax has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster in adults that can be [Read More…]
New COVID bivalent vaccine expected in US in the fall
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. FILE (NEW YORK) — On Monday, the U.K. became the first country to approve a bivalent vaccine booster shot for adults, which would target both the original COVID virus and the Omicron [Read More…]
7th child in US tests positive for monkeypox
Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A child in Martin County, Florida, has tested positive for monkeypox, state health data shows. Across the U.S., at least seven children have now tested positive for monkeypox. The [Read More…]
6th child tests positive for monkeypox in US: What parents should know
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As monkeypox continues to spread across the U.S., the number of children infected with the virus is growing as well. At least six children have tested positive for monkeypox since [Read More…]
New York City officials host monkeypox town hall as disease continues to sweep city
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City officials are holding a town hall Monday to discuss the ongoing monkeypox outbreak as cases continue to climb and thousands of vaccine appointments over the weekend [Read More…]