(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 hospitalizations among seniors are at least three times higher than any other age group, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Dec. 7, new hospital admissions per 100,000 for those aged 70 and older sits at 6.93 per 100,000. The…
(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Santosh Pandipati has seen up close the impact of climate change on his personal and professional life. “I've taken care of patients who've had to flee wildfires,” the San Francisco-based physician told ABC News. “The same wildfires that led to the terrible air quality that my…
(NEW YORK) -- Justice Brooks is 19 years old and a majority of his lifetime has been spent searching for a bone marrow donor. “I always knew that I had a medical condition and that … my life was a little bit different,” Brooks told Good Morning America. Brooks was…
(NEW YORK) -- A couple of months ago, the mpox outbreak seemed poised to overwhelm the United States. Cases were, in some instances, doubling every week with no signs of slowing down. However, the outbreak has taken a dramatic turn in the right direction. The average number of daily cases…
(LONDON) -- Racism and discrimination must be acknowledged as public health threats in the fight to address global health disparities, according to a new study. As part of the four-paper series published in The Lancet medical journal Thursday, researchers from countries around the world, including the U.S., U.K., Brazil and…
(NEW YORK) -- Céline Dion's public announcement that she has a neurological disease is shining a spotlight on the rare condition known as stiff-person syndrome. In a taped video message shared to her Facebook and Instagram pages on Thursday, the iconic singer, 54, said, "Recently, I have been diagnosed with…
(NEW YORK) -- Across the country, parents are searching for solutions as demand for pediatric medications surges while over-the-counter medications, and a popularly prescribed antibiotic, are in reported short supply. Aselyn Schott, a mother from Colorado, said her 5-year-old daughter was prescribed amoxicillin for an ear infection. She said her…
(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine chief, said he is well aware that COVID-19 booster uptake might be low for the latest shot, authorized by the government on Thursday morning for young children over 6 months old, but he told ABC News that he's hopeful…
(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles County said Thursday it is holding off on issuing an indoor mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. During a press conference, LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said the county had moved into the "high" COVID-19 community transmission category, as defined by…
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- An ongoing measles outbreak in central Ohio has ballooned to 63 cases as of Thursday. Twenty-five children have been hospitalized. The state's health system is also fighting the surge in respiratory illness -- flu, RSV and COVID-19. The high rates of those illnesses are making it harder…
