Health

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The aftermath of the Maui wildfires may have a significant mental and physical health toll. Dangerous wildfires — fueled by dry conditions and strong winds — are continuing to sweep across Maui, ravaging the small Hawaiian island. At least 55 people have been killed and […]

Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Actress Sasha Pieterse is sharing more details of a health issue she faced while starring on the hit TV show Pretty Little Liars as a teen. Pieterse, now 27, said she struggled during her time on the show with polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, a reproductive hormone […]

Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A total of 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. This is a 2.6% increase from 48,183 in 2021 and the highest number ever recorded, according to provisional numbers released in a new report from the federal health […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amazon is beginning to open new locations of the primary care provider One Medical, which it acquired earlier this year, as the tech giant moves into the health care space. One Medical told ABC News it has just opened two locations in Connecticut, is planning to open a third office […]

Elke Meitzel/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood after the American Red Cross announced Monday it would follow recent guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA issued guidelines in May stating that all potential blood donors must answer a series of individual, risk-based questions […]

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new variant now makes up a plurality of COVID-19 cases in the United States, federal data shows. EG.5, an offshoot of the omicron variant and descendant of the XBB strain, has been circulating in the country since at least April. However, as of Aug. 5, it […]

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A popular drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for weight loss also has heart benefits, according to preliminary results of a new study released by the drug manufacturer. The drug, Wegovy, lowered the risk of major cardiovascular events by 20% in a clinical trial that included over […]

FatCamera/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new medication just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could revolutionize the treatment of postpartum depression, a condition that affects as many as 1 in 8 women who have recently given birth. The medication, zuranolone, to be sold under the brand name Zurzuvae, is the first oral […]

skaman306/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Illinois patients have successfully undergone double-lung transplants after being born with “flipped organs.” Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer, 50, and Yahaira Vega, 27, both have a rare genetic condition known as situs inversus, in which organs in the chest and abdomen developed reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of COVID-19 reinfections have been reported across the country yet just 11 states confirmed they are actively tracking them, according to an ABC News analysis. At least 18 states used to track infections but stopped once the public health emergency ended in May 2023. Public health experts said tracking […]