(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Tuesday to treat a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The drug Qalsody (tofersen) is expected to help people with a very specific mutation, SOD1, which applies to only 2% of the ALS population. In a statement,…
(NEW YORK) -- American Samoa has issued a public health emergency after an outbreak of measles has spread across the U.S. territory. As of Tuesday, there has been one laboratory-confirmed case among an 8-year-old and 31 suspected and/or probable cases of the highly infectious disease, according to the Department of…
(INDIO, Calif.) -- At Coachella, a group of independent volunteers handed out fentanyl test strips and carried the overdose treatment Narcan in an effort to curb overdoses related to the deadly synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin. The nonprofit Team Awareness Combatting Overdose, or TACO, was…
(NEW YORK) -- A study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association last week has shed some new light on how breast cancer rates have been disproportionately affecting Black female patients and pressed for earlier screenings. The study found that Black women had the same risk of dying…
(NEW YORK) -- Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Lopez Obradour, who suffered a heart attack in 2013, wrote on Twitter on Sunday that his case is mild and that "my heart is at…
Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Lopez Obradour, who suffered a heart attack in 2013, wrote on Twitter on Sunday that his case is mild and that "my heart is at 100 percent." Studies…
(NEW YORK) -- A Canadian health official said on Friday Americans could access an abortion drug up north if a ban is upheld in the United States. In an April 7 decision, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas ruled in favor of Alliance Defending Freedom -- a…
(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 deaths hit a new low this week, reaching levels not seen since late March 2020, when the pandemic was just beginning. An estimated 1,160 Americans died from the virus this week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The next lowest point was the…
(NEW YORK) -- A new report claims that the popular cosmetic treatment CoolSculpting may pose a higher risk for a serious side effect than previously thought. A recently published New York Times examination, which reportedly included a review of "internal documents, lawsuits, medical studies and interviews," concluded that the risk…
(NEW YORK) -- Synthetic chemicals are being detected in America's water supply at a rapid rate, potentially affecting millions of people over the past two decades, according to a data analysis by ABC News. Researchers say that when people are exposed at high levels, these chemicals can increase certain health…
