Health

Participant holds a protest sign at a rally as immigration advocates and allies gathered at Battery Park, New York City, on Oct. 26, 2019. — Erik Mcgregor/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has finalized plans to expand government-subsidized health insurance for people brought to the country illegally as children but shielded […]

Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (PHOENIX, Az.) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed repeal legislation of a long dormant, near-total abortion ban that was recently revived by the state Supreme Court, stirring widespread controversy and debate. Hobbs’ signature will reverse the pending reactivation of the restrictive abortion law that […]

Negelle Morris, senior vice president of Novo Nordisk, speaks out on “Good Morning America” about drugs used for weight loss. Via GMA (NEW YORK) — An executive for Novo Nordisk, the maker of popular drugs used for weight loss including Ozempic and Wegovy, says the company is investing over $6 billion dollars to help meet […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Florida’s six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, Dr. Robyn Schickler, CMO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, discussed counseling patients who may be seeking abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy. Schickler recently had to inform her patients that Florida does not offer abortion services, and had to […]

Via USDA (NEW YORK) — A meat processor has recalled approximately 16,234 pounds of raw ground beef products processed in its Pennsylvania facility that may be contaminated with E. coli. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall Wednesday with Cargill Meat Solutions to alert consumers of six different types […]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Maternal mortality rates in the United States fell in 2022 after at least three years of continuous increases, new federal data shows. In 2022, 817 women in the U.S. died of maternal causes with a rate of 22.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the report published […]

Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Retail dairy samples recently tested for the avian flu virus, including cottage cheese and sour cream, did not detect any viable virus that would represent a risk to consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. In a joint press briefing with the Centers for Disease Control and […]

xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Even though one in five Americans lives with a mental illness, many feel it is not adequately addressed, with a new survey from West Health and Gallup suggesting that three in four Americans believe mental health conditions are not identified and treated in the same way as physical health conditions. […]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida’s law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect on Wednesday, becoming one of the most restrictive states in the country on abortion access. Florida’s six-week ban replaced the state’s previous 15-week abortion ban, prohibiting the procedure before most women know they are pregnant. In the […]

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit their lowest level ever reported since the pandemic began, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 5,615 COVID hospitalizations in the most recent week data that is available. In comparison, there were over 150,000 weekly admissions at the […]