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FDA authorizes 1st over-the-counter combo flu and COVID test outside of emergency use

Tuesday, October 8 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first over-the-counter combination COVID-19 and flu test outside of emergency use on Monday evening.This means the Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test is available without a prescription. The FDA said the test is...

Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week abortion ban, reversing lower court ruling

Monday, October 7 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- The Georgia state Supreme Court reinstated the state's six-week abortion ban on Monday after a lower court allowed abortions to resume in the state.The ruling goes into effect at 5 p.m. ET and will remain in place while the court hears the...

Doctor discusses report detailing drop in breast cancer cases, deaths

Friday, October 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Lisa Newman, the chief of the section of breast surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, sat down with ABC News to discuss breast cancer prevention, early screenings and diagnosis discrepancies.A new American Cancer Society report, released in October, which...

Supply chain issues hit hospitals, dialysis centers after Hurricane Helene

Tuesday, October 1 by ABC News

(DURHAM, N.C.) -- As hospitals and health care facilities work to get back up and running after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Big Bend, affecting several states, the medical supply chain could be at risk.Baxter International, a health care and medical technology company, announced...

Breast cancer deaths decrease as cases among Asian Americans and younger adults rise, new report finds

Tuesday, October 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Breast cancer deaths have fallen by 44% compared to 35 years ago, saving nearly 520,000 lives, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society.The dramatic decrease is a major milestone in the fight against breast cancer, according to Dr....

A public health emergency was declared in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Heres what that means

Tuesday, October 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- North Carolina became the latest state to have a public health emergency declared by U.S. health officials in response to Hurricane Helene.In a press release on Sunday evening, the Department of Health and Human Services said its Administration for Strategic Preparedness...

Flu deaths in children hit new record as vaccination rates decrease: CDC

Tuesday, October 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The number of kids dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 season has set a new record for a regular flu season, after one new death was reported last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).There were 200...

California sues hospital for denying patient an emergency abortion

Tuesday, October 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state is suing a hospital in Eureka for allegedly refusing emergency abortion care to women whose lives are in danger.The lawsuit, filed Monday in Humboldt County Superior Court, alleges Providence St. Joseph Hospital violated...

Why progress against HIV/AIDS has stalled among Hispanic and Latino Americans

Sunday, September 29 by ABC News

While the United States has made considerable progress fighting the HIV/AIDS crisis since its peak in the 1980s, headway has not been equal among racial/ethnic groups.Overall, HIV rates have declined in the U.S. and the number of new infections over the last five years...

FDA approves first new drug for schizophrenia in more than 30 years

Friday, September 27 by ABC News

(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first new drug to treat people with schizophrenia in more than 30 years.Cobenfy, manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb, combines two drugs, xanomeline and trospium chloride, and is taken as...

Researchers investigate potential link between RSV and sudden unexpected infant deaths

Thursday, September 26 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A rise in rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths may have been linked to an off-season surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in 2021, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Open Network.Sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID)...

Americans can again order four free at-home COVID tests from the federal government

Thursday, September 26 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Americans can once again order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting Thursday ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season.This is the third year in a row the Biden-Harris administration has allowed Americans to order over-the-counter tests at no...

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