(NEW YORK) -- The City Council in Long Beach, California, voted Tuesday to ratify a local public health emergency order after an outbreak of tuberculosis sickened several people.The outbreak is linked to a single-room occupancy hotel, a form of affordable housing meant for low- or minimal income residents, according to…
(NEW YORK) -- From vegetables and legumes to fish and fresh herbs, Mediterranean ingredients provide a wide array of health benefits, and the Mediterranean diet is consistently ranked the top overall diet.Now, researchers have found new health associations between consuming more than 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil a day and…
(NEW YORK) -- Brooke Nelson said she was over 200 pounds and struggling to lose weight when she decided to take part in a clinical trial of a new, minimally-invasive weight loss procedure.Within six months of the procedure, Nelson said she had lost over 20 pounds and changed how she…
(NEW YORK) -- New promising data finds that a small heart pump device the size of a AA battery could help keep children in need of a heart transplant alive and at home as they wait for a new heart.With this small implantable device, children can go home until their…
(NEW YORK) -- Jacque Berry and her daughter, Breanna Berry, are Black women who say they have been surrounded by cancer all their lives."My great-grandmother had breast cancer," Breanna Berry, 30, told ABC News' Good Morning America. "I remember when I was like 10 and she'd say, 'Sweetie, go get…
(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has finalized plans to expand government-subsidized health insurance for people brought to the country illegally as children but shielded from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.Immigrants with DACA status receive protections from deportation but had been formerly barred from receiving health care…
(DAVIS, Calif.) -- Becky Worley is an ABC News correspondent based in California. Here, she documents her experience as a participant in the All of Us Research Program, a National Institutes of Health project that aims to study more than 1 million people from all backgrounds.It started like most Good…
(PHOENIX, Az.) -- Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed repeal legislation of a long dormant, near-total abortion ban that was recently revived by the state Supreme Court, stirring widespread controversy and debate.Hobbs' signature will reverse the pending reactivation of the restrictive abortion law that dates to 1864 -- but…
(NEW YORK) -- An executive for Novo Nordisk, the maker of popular drugs used for weight loss including Ozempic and Wegovy, says the company is investing over $6 billion dollars to help meet the increased demand for the drugs amid ongoing shortages and high prices.Negelle Morris, senior vice president and…
(NEW YORK) -- As Florida's six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, Dr. Robyn Schickler, CMO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, discussed counseling patients who may be seeking abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy.Schickler recently had to inform her patients that Florida does not offer abortion services, and…