Health

CDC sends team to New York to investigate polio case

Monday, August 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed a federal team to New York to investigate the case of polio detected in Rockland County. The team will also help administer vaccinations in the county, according to ABC station WABC-TV. It's unclear how... Read More.

Climate change could aggravate over half of known human pathogens, scientists say

Monday, August 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have made a distressing discovery on how global warming will affect known infectious diseases. Climate hazards are expected to aggravate 58% of all known human pathogens, according to a study published Monday in Nature Climate Change. That's over half of infectious... Read More.

New abortion restrictions may push patients to more expensive, complicated care

Monday, August 8 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As more states enact near-total bans and restrictions on abortion, providers say many patients are experiencing delayed care which can force them into later stages of pregnancy. Abortion care options are becoming more limited and complex in some cases, which often means... Read More.

How the U.S. struggled to respond rapidly to the monkeypox outbreak: Experts

Saturday, August 6 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In early May, when the first cases of monkeypox surfaced in the United Kingdom and Europe, health officials in the United States advised Americans not to panic. There had been outbreaks of the rare disease before that had been controlled with testing and... Read More.

Adult at Illinois day care tests positive for monkeypox, children potentially exposed

Friday, August 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- An adult at an Illinois day care center has tested positive for monkeypox, and a number of children may have been exposed to the virus, health officials in Illinois announced on Friday. At this time, officials did not disclose the number of children... Read More.

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout off to sluggish start with just 7,000 doses in arms

Friday, August 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Following its emergency authorization last month, just 7,300 doses of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Americans across the country, newly updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals. According to John Brownstein, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at Boston... Read More.