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What you need to know about medication abortion after the overturning of Roe v. Wade
ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, many pregnant people living in states where abortion is now illegal are expected to turn [Read More…]

Baby neck floats could lead to severe injury, death: FDA
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration issued a new alert this week, warning parents not to use baby neck floats on their children, particularly those with special needs, as part [Read More…]

Fauci says he’s taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment
Anna Rose Layden-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — After testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that he has joined a growing group of people experiencing a Paxlovid rebound, following [Read More…]

Health officials plan for updated vaccines with an eye on COVID’s unpredictability
APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines that could better match the more recent variants are on the way. On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s committee of independent advisors [Read More…]

Potential recession would harm mental health: Experts
elenaleonova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jey Austen, a brand designer at a fintech company, lost their job about two weeks ago. But the layoff didn’t come as a surprise, said Austen, 27, who is trans [Read More…]

HHS to send out nearly 300,000 monkeypox vaccine doses across US in coming weeks
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is planning to send out hundreds of thousands of monkeypox vaccines in response to the outbreak of the rare disease that has been identified in multiple non-endemic [Read More…]

Some pharmacies limiting Plan B pill purchases as demand spikes
Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two of the country’s largest pharmacy chains, CVS and Rite Aid, confirmed to ABC News this week that they had restricted the amount of Plan [Read More…]

Millions remain unboosted, as scientists say 3rd COVID shot provides ‘significant’ protection
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As advisors to the FDA consider what type of COVID-19 shots should be offered in the fall, new federal data reveals a significant proportion of Americans have yet to receive [Read More…]

Biden’s health secretary unveils ‘action plan’ on abortion access
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday unveiled what was called an “action plan” on abortion access as advocates call on President Joe Biden and his administration to [Read More…]

Evolution is on omicron subvariants’ side
Jens Schlueter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study finds that as the coronavirus continues to evolve, each new omicron subvariant is increasingly likely to lead to reinfection or breakthrough infection. However, researchers say current [Read More…]

Poor women of color will bear brunt of abortion bans following Roe reversal: Expert
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, women in states that now outlaw abortion have scrambled to cobble together piecemeal solutions, including traveling across state lines, an expert told [Read More…]

More than 150,000 births could occur in the US every year following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, report predicts
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The reversal of Roe v. Wade could lead to a dramatic increase of babies born in the United States, including thousands of high-risk births, a new report finds. [Read More…]

Can high-tech air filtration systems lower the risk of COVID in autos?
Cris Cantón/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Still concerned about COVID-19 transmission in automobiles? One carmaker may have a novel approach to keeping passengers safe. British luxury marque Jaguar Land Rover claims the Cabin Air Purification [Read More…]

Experts looking for ways to prevent hot car deaths, new radar technology could detect heartbeats
Mykhailo Polenok / EyeEm/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Every year, approximately 38 children die from being left in a hot car, according to Kids and Cars Safety, a national nonprofit that tracks hot car [Read More…]

Overturning Roe v. Wade raises stakes for patients who need IVF, experts say
Cara Skowronski and her husband hold their daughter, who was born via a gestational surrogate. – Cara Skowronski (NEW YORK) — Cara Skowronski and her husband are the parents of a 2-year-old daughter who was [Read More…]

With Roe v. Wade overturned, medication abortions take center stage
Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker (WASHINGTON) — As reactions to the Dobbs decision roll in, Congressional Democrats are outraged. But don’t expect that outrage to translate to passable legislation anytime soon. Any effort to codify a woman’s [Read More…]

FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes and vaping products to be taken off the market in US
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it is taking Juul Labs e-cigarettes and other products off the market. It comes after the federal health agency completed a nearly [Read More…]

How to find COVID vaccines for children under age 5
David Ryder/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccines began to be rolled out for children between six months and 4 years old across the United States this week. This means roughly 20 million babies, toddlers [Read More…]

Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who had COVID still have long-haul symptoms, data shows
Carol Yepes/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who have had COVID-19 are still suffering from long-haul symptoms, according to new data collected by the Census Bureau and Center for [Read More…]

Vaccinated, low-risk people won’t benefit from COVID-19 pill Paxlovid: Pfizer study suggests
Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19. The pills have shown to dramatically reduce the risk of [Read More…]