(NEW YORK) -- Two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the South has become covered with abortion bans. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Texas -- along with Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota -- all now have near-total bans on abortion in effect. The clinics that had been…
Wesley Lapointe / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Since the COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for children under age 5 last month, states have been able to pre-order doses directly from the federal government. Roughly 300,000 children between ages six months and four years have received at least…
(HOUSTON) -- A Houston woman says the secret to her success in losing over 200 pounds was simply walking. Shenisha Armealine, 27, said she began walking in 2017, while at her heaviest weight of over 400 pounds. At the time, Armealine said she was not only at her heaviest weight,…
(NEW YORK) -- Monkeypox cases around the world have increased 77% in seven days, the World Health Organization said Thursday. There have been 6,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in 59 countries as of Monday, up 2,614 cases from June 27, the last time the WHO issued its report. Three deaths…
(NEW YORK) -- By the end of Thursday, roughly 300,000 children under the age of 5 years old will have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a senior Biden administration official told ABC News. The 300,000 shots in arms so far for kids under 5 is about…
(LANSING, Mich.) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday called on the Biden administration to "pull out all the stops" to ensure Americans are legally allowed to cross the U.S.-Canada border with abortion pills. Whitmer has been fighting a 1931 anti-abortion law in Michigan that was dormant under Roe v.…
(WASHINGTON) -- Following months of hardships and devastating losses in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse in New York, became a symbol of hope for people across the globe when she became the first person in the United States to receive a COVID-19…
(BALTIMORE) -- As federal officials move to address growing concerns over an outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S., an increasing number of positive cases are emerging across the country. Last week, Brian Thomas, 32, of Baltimore became the latest American to test positive for monkeypox -- a diagnosis he has…
(WASHINGTON) -- Popular e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, Inc. has been left in limbo after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is temporarily pausing a ban on the company’s products. The federal health agency announced Tuesday on Twitter that it was issuing an administrative stay because "there are scientific…
(NEW YORK) -- Amber Smith, the wife of country music star Granger Smith, is opening up about grief, living with loss and water safety three years after her son River died following a drowning accident. In 2019, the Smith family were outside their home when River, who was 3 at…
