(WASHINGTON) -- Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections -- as seen by first lady Jill Biden's recent bout with the virus -- public health experts are tracking the numbers but aren't "predicting that this is going to be a tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths the way we saw a year or…
(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the United States, many Americans may be wondering how to best keep themselves and their loved ones safe. In the years since the pandemic began, protocols and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been updated as new…
(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- The Florida state Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in a legal challenge seeking to throw out the state's 15-week abortion ban, claiming it violates the state's constitution. The hearing was part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Planned…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that ConAgra Brands Inc. is recalling approximately 245,366 pounds of frozen chicken strip products due to possible contamination with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of plastic. According to an announcement Saturday on the Food Safety and Inspection Service website, the potentially affected…
(WASHINGTON) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this week that cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, are rising among young children in some parts of the Southeastern United States. Traditionally, RSV season begins in the fall and continues through the winter, similar to the flu and…
(NEW YORK) -- With COVID-19 cases rising across the country, you may be inclined to pull out one of those leftover at-home rapid tests received months ago from the Biden administration. Even if the box says the tests have passed their expiration date, experts told ABC News you may want…
(NEW YORK) -- Newly released data from the Guttmacher Institute shows a sharp increase in the first six months of 2023 in estimated abortions performed in states bordering those with abortion bans and in states that have protections for access to abortion. States that saw an increase in the number…
(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to rise in the United States but there is hope that the uptick could be stemmed with the new boosters. Hospitalizations increased 15.7% for the week ending Aug. 26 from 15,050 to 17,418, according to data updated Monday by the Centers for Disease Control…
(WASHINGTON) -- The upcoming COVID-19 booster is expected as early as next week -- potentially as soon as Sept. 13 -- and is expected to protect against severe disease and death from currently circulating variants. First, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize or approve the shots, which they…
(NEW YORK) -- A California mom is being remembered for her selflessness, even in death, after she collapsed on the field during her son's football game. Lucinda Daniels, a mom of four, ran to the side of her son Dillon, a varsity football player at Mountain View High School in…
