Health

FDA approves first birth control pill for use without prescription

Thursday, July 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill in the United States that can be sold without a prescription Thursday.The progestin-only pill, called Opill, is made by French drugmaker HRA Pharma and its parent company Perrigo and the... Read More.

Why MIS-C cases are dropping dramatically across the US: Experts

Thursday, July 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most misunderstood complications children were experiencing was MIS-C.MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, is a condition in which different body parts can become inflamed -- such as the heart,... Read More.

Formerly conjoined twins go home after 6-hour surgery to separate them

Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Twin sisters who were born conjoined at the abdomen are now home, one month after a successful surgery to separate them.Ella Grace and Eliza Faith Fuller were discharged on Tuesday from Texas Children's Hospital, where they had been cared for in... Read More.

July has the highest number of drowning deaths. Here’s how to prevent them

Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The month of July has seen the highest number of unintentional drowning deaths since 2018, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Provisional data shows that nearly 800 people died in 2022 from an accidental drowning. According to... Read More.

Regulators examine reports of self-harm, suicidal thoughts among people taking Ozempic, Saxenda

Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Regulators in Europe have launched a review after three people in Iceland experienced thoughts of suicide or self-harm after taking popular diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Saxenda.The review is being led by the European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment... Read More.

Regulators examine 3 reports of self-harm, suicidal thoughts among people taking Ozempic, Saxenda

Tuesday, July 11 by ABC News

Dozens of beaches across Northeast closed for swimming due to high levels of bacteria in water

Monday, July 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Beaches in several states across the Northeast have recently been closed to swimmers due to high levels of bacteria in the water.Numerous beaches in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island were closed by public health officials due to unsafe water quality."When... Read More.

Ambitious new campaign aims to reduce veteran suicide rate by half

Monday, July 10 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Every day, Andre Rush, a retired Army officer and former White House chef, does 2,222 pushups. And every day, he thinks about what that number symbolizes: a tribute to the military veterans who die daily from suicide.Rush's ritual is more than just... Read More.

Amid mental health crisis, school teaches students how to help each other

Friday, July 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As federal data shows a rising mental health crisis among teens in the United States, one high school has decided to take a different approach to helping students.Officials at Alta-Aurelia High School, a public high school in Alta, Iowa, created teen... Read More.

Hospital sees baby boom with quadruplets, eight sets of twins at once in NICU

Thursday, July 6 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- A hospital in California is experiencing a baby boom of multiples in its neonatal intensive care unit.Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's hospital in Los Angeles is currently caring for one set of quadruplets in its NICU, as well as eight sets of twins.The... Read More.

CDC says 1 in 4 Americans hadn’t had COVID by end of 2022

Wednesday, July 5 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- By the end of 2022, about one in four American adults and older teenagers still hadn't contracted COVID-19, according to new federal data.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking seroprevalence -- antibodies in the blood -- by collecting... Read More.

Black and Native women had highest risk of maternal death in past two decades: Study

Tuesday, July 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Maternal mortality rates doubled for every race and ethnicity in the past two decades, according to a new modeling study.Researchers estimated maternal mortality rates -- which includes the death of women occurring up to one year after the end of pregnancy... Read More.

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FDA approves first birth control pill for use without prescription

Why MIS-C cases are dropping dramatically across the US: Experts

Formerly conjoined twins go home after 6-hour surgery to separate them

July has the highest number of drowning deaths. Here’s how to prevent them

Regulators examine reports of self-harm, suicidal thoughts among people taking Ozempic, Saxenda

Regulators examine 3 reports of self-harm, suicidal thoughts among people taking Ozempic, Saxenda

Dozens of beaches across Northeast closed for swimming due to high levels of bacteria in water

Ambitious new campaign aims to reduce veteran suicide rate by half

Amid mental health crisis, school teaches students how to help each other

Hospital sees baby boom with quadruplets, eight sets of twins at once in NICU

CDC says 1 in 4 Americans hadn’t had COVID by end of 2022

Black and Native women had highest risk of maternal death in past two decades: Study

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