Health

Texas Children’s Hospital (HOUSTON) — A 4-year-old from eastern Louisiana is on the road to recovery at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston after receiving a bilateral lung transplant nearly three months ago. Now, her family and medical team are raising awareness of organ donation, especially since Feb. 14 is National Donor Day. Ava has a […]

Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Potentially more lives were saved Sunday when a man disarmed the alleged Monterey Park, California shooter after he had allegedly killed 11 people and wounded nine others at a nearby location. Brandon Tsay told ABC News’ Good Morning America Monday that “something came over me” when he managed to […]

Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering a new COVID-19 vaccine strategy that would see Americans getting a single annual shot, similar to the flu vaccine. Up until now, Americans who’ve gotten a primary series have received boosters that have targeted specific variants, with the most […]

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eggs prices are on the rise due to an ongoing avian flu outbreak limiting supply, and while they are still safe to eat, many people are seeking alternatives to keep costs down, as experts say it may take months for prices to fully normalize. Customers aren’t just looking for swaps […]

mixetto/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — A plastic surgeon and three others in Utah were charged with allegedly selling people seeking fraudulent COVID-19 immunization records an estimated $97,000 worth of fake CDC cards without administering vaccines, the Department of Justice said in a Friday release. Dr. Michael Kirk Moore Jr., 58, of the Midvale practice […]

GETTY/David Sacks (IDAHO) — An Idaho woman who documented her 19-day miscarriage on social media said it was days before she could receive care due to the state’s strict abortion laws. Carmen Broesder, 35, from Nampa — 20 miles west of Boise — a mother-of-one was just six weeks pregnant when she began miscarrying on Dec. […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Starting in March, a new rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will go into effect for foods labeled organic. The agency announced an update to the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations in an effort to crack down on fraud and further enforce the production, handling and sale of organic […]

Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — Reports of children in Mississippi who found and ate marijuana-laced candies and chocolates at home resulting in emergency room visits increased sharply last year, the state’s poison control center said in a statement. In 2019, the medical center received two calls concerning the ingestion of edible […]

Michael Duva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fullei Fresh has issued a voluntary recall of alfalfa sprouts after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted an unannounced inspection that found a strain of E. coli in the fresh vegetables. The recalled products’ lot number is 336, according to a company recall announcement on the FDA’s website. […]

Vitor P. Teixeira/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams contended that the city’s strategy for combating homeless and mental health issues needed a bold reform. But after proposing a measure that would send officers, EMS workers and other city agents to involuntarily take individuals who appear “to be mentally ill” and […]