(NEW YORK) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order Friday in response to the growing monekypox outbreak in the state and declared it to be a "disaster emergency." "After reviewing the latest data on the monkeypox outbreak in New York State, I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency…
(WASHINGTON) -- Amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence sweeping the nation, some top health officials are asking Americans to wear face masks again in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. Officials such as White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director…
(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is preparing to roll out 171 million newly formulated vaccines this September as part of a $5B effort aimed at trying to blunt the impact of the highly contagious omicron variant. The effort follows an internal debate among President Joe Biden's top officials on whether…
(NEW YORK) -- A Minnesota woman is sharing her health battle on TikTok, she says, in order to raise awareness and encourage women to advocate for themselves and their health. Raquel Rodriguez, 25, said doctors first found a cyst on her ovary in 2016 while doing testing to determine why…
(ALABANY, N.Y.) -- New York state's health commissioner declared monkeypox an "imminent threat to public health" on Thursday amid a rapid increase in cases. The declaration means that "local health departments engaged in response and prevention activities will be able to access additional State reimbursement, after other Federal and State…
(WASHINGTON) -- With new cases of monkeypox emerging rapidly across the country, the Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the growing outbreak a public health emergency, federal health officials said on Thursday. "We continue to monitor the response throughout the country on monkeypox," Health and Human Service Secretary Xavier…
(NEW YORK) -- A 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 is said to be free of both the HIV virus and cancer, following a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor for leukemia, according to a breakthrough announcement at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada. The…
(ATLANTA) -- Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the United States, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. During a telemedia briefing Thursday, Capt. Jennifer McQuiston, deputy director of the division of high consequence pathogens and pathology at the CDC, shared the first…
(NEW YORK) -- As the number of cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the United States, pregnant women are now among those affected. The first case of monkeypox in a pregnant woman in the U.S. has been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's…
(TETON COUNTY, Wyo.) -- "Trigger laws" that would place a near-total ban on abortion were temporarily blocked in Wyoming and North Dakota on Wednesday, just as they were to go into effect. Both states are among more than a dozen that had passed laws that would enact bans on abortion…
