(NEW YORK) -- The new COVID-19 variant, called BA.5, has been rapidly spreading across the country and is now estimated to make up more than 60% of new cases, according to the CDC. It is highly transmissible, compared to previous variants, and seemingly more resistant to prior vaccinations and immunities.…
(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) -- Abortions in West Virginia can -- at least temporarily -- resume after a judge struck down a pre-Roe ban Monday. Following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade last month, the Women's Health Center of West Virginia said in a statement on Facebook it would not…
(NEW YORK) -- After months of declining births during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of babies born may be rebounding in the United States, a new federal report finds. The report, published early Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found there was a 4% increase in births…
(NEW YORK) -- Oncologists worry restrictions on abortions in Republican-led states after Roe v. Wade's reversal could force pregnant cancer patients to delay critical treatments, like various chemotherapies. "This ruling is going to impact many different aspects of women's health and women's health care -- but specifically for cancer patients,…
(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval on Monday for Opzelura, which is the first topical JAK inhibitor cream for the treatment of vitiligo for people 12 and older. Vitiligo, which research estimates that 1.9-2.8 million adults in the U.S. have, is an autoimmune disorder caused…
(LONDON) -- Ghana on Sunday declared its first ever outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease. Blood samples taken from two patients in the southern Ashanti region were sent for testing to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana's capital, Accra, with preliminary results suggesting earlier this month…
(NEW YORK) -- American men are sicker and die earlier than men living in other developed nations, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund, a non-profit organization focusing on public health issues. The study looked at men from the U.S, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Germany, Australia, the U.K.,…
(NEW YORK) -- Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China. Facing yet another COVID-19 variant, this one said to be faster and stealthier than those before it, health officials say the calculus has changed and are urging booster shots even more…
(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Health and Human Services announced it is investigating reports of women being denied vital medication for chronic medical conditions unrelated to abortion in states that have banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It will also be issuing guidance to 60,000…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday his appointees to the President's Cancer Panel, ABC News can exclusively reveal. The Cancer Panel is part of Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative, which was relaunched in February, with a goal of slashing the national cancer death rate by 50% over the next…
