(WASHINGTON) -- The Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General is launching an audit into how the Food and Drug Administration responded leading up to the massive February recall of baby formula and closure of Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis plant. OIG's review, first reported by ABC News, will examine whether…
(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. The ban, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023, ends the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The ordinance does not ban the possession or use of flavored…
(NEW YORK) -- The rate of young people taking their own lives with firearms in the U.S. has increased faster than for any other age group, and the youth suicide rate is at its highest point in more than 20 years, according to a new gun violence prevention report by…
(NEW YORK) -- From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the elderly have borne the brunt of the virus’ deadly wrath. Now, newly updated federal data shows that despite widespread vaccination among seniors, virus death rates among older Americans surged to near-record levels during the first omicron wave. Over 90%…
(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer announced Wednesday that it has completed its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a three-dose COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 6 months to under 5 years old, and the federal agency has accepted the application. "Pfizer and BioNTech completed a rolling application to…
(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans traveled for Memorial Day weekend at levels not seen since before the onset of the pandemic. It marked a return to normalcy for many and a chance to gather with family and friends. But in reality, the situation was far from normal -- with…
(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases in New York City have plateaued, signaling that the latest surge is at least slowing, if not over. An ABC News analysis of city data shows 4,204 confirmed and probable cases were recorded on May 24 -- the latest date for which data is available…
(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization said Monday it doesn't believe the monkeypox outbreak currently spreading around the world will turn into a pandemic. Since May 13, at least 257 cases of the rare disease have been confirmed in 23 countries where the virus is not endemic -- mostly…
(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A that is possibly linked to two brands of organic strawberries that were sold at several retailers in the U.S. and Canada. FreshKampo and HEB branded strawberries…
(NEW YORK) -- Despite widespread vaccination and several available treatments, the U.S. is recording as many COVID-19 cases now at the tail end of the omicron peak as it was last summer during the delta surge. On Wednesday, the latest date for which data is available, 181,000 new infections were…
