(NEW YORK) -- As the United States heads into the summer season, early indicators show the country is likely to experience an increase in COVID-19 infections.For the week ending June 8, the latest date for which data is available, COVID test positivity was 5.4% across the U.S., an increase of…
(NEW YORK) -- Brandee Artale was breastfeeding her newborn daughter late last year when, she said, she noticed something different in her daughter's eyes."I was really looking at her ... and I was like, something just looks weird in her eyes," Artale, of Bellevue, Nebraska, told ABC News' Good Morning…
(NEW YORK) -- Drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 in the United States, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which released data this month showing that drownings are on the rise among kids under the age of 15.While there are countless…
(GREENWICH, Conn.) -- For years, Jose Dominguez, 50, had wanted to donate blood, feeling it was part of his civic duty.But he was restricted by rules set in place by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that did not allow sexually active gay men from donating.That finally changed in May…
(NEW YORK) -- Creating a surgeon general's warning for social media is a necessary step to respond to the "defining public health challenge of our time," U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told ABC News' Elizabeth Schulze in an interview on Monday."We are living in the middle of a youth mental…
(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users."One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school was that in an emergency, you don’t have the luxury to wait for perfect information. You assess the available…
(NEW YORK) -- Rates of high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008-2021, but only 60% were treated for it, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Hypertension."One of the main drivers of adverse outcomes during pregnancy is due to high blood pressure," Stephanie Leonard, an Assistant…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users.“It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents,” Vivek H. Murthy wrote…
(MEXICO) -- The World Health Organization confirmed Friday that Mexican authorities believe the man with a rare human case of bird flu actually died from other co-morbidities.On June 5, the WHO shared an update that a 59-year-old patient died with the H5N2 strain of bird flu, or avian influenza. It…
(NEW YORK) -- Helen Macura has always wanted a dog, but the Prohibition-era home she has lived in since 1945 isn't safe for a potential pet. Her childhood dream of owning a dog finally came true a couple years ago, when Helen was in her late 90s.Today, at 101 years…
