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ABC News “Eclipse Across America,” will air live Monday, April 8, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+ and Hulu as well as network social media platforms. Millions of people across North America will soon be gathering to watch the historic total solar eclipse on […]

Mpox virus particles. Via CDC/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (NEW YORK) — Mpox cases are on the rise in the U.S., increasing to almost double what they were at the same time last year, according to new CDC data. There is a national year-to-date estimate of 511 cases as of mid-March, […]

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Videos and images of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore have become ubiquitous in the past few days and may cause strong emotions in some – but mental health professionals say there are some things you can do to help protect your mental health and […]

Aedes aegypti mosquito, a known trasmitter of dengue. Photo via CDC (SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency as the number of dengue fever cases continues to rise. So far this year, there have been 549 cases reported with the plurality occurring in San Juan, according to the island’s […]

John Turner/U.S. Air Force It is a little-known mission within the United States Air Force that operates almost entirely underground, shrouded in secrecy – and is critical to national security. Those tasked with the job are known as missileers. Their work requires them to be on alert 24/7, and they are responsible for the maintenance, […]

Boris Lopez and Cecia Juarez (LOS ANGELES) — A 10-month-old who was born at 26 weeks gestation has beaten the odds to return home from the hospital. Ellyannah, the daughter of Cecia Juarez and Boris Lopez, was discharged from Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s in Los Angeles on March 15 after spending the first eight months of […]

India Baston (NEW YORK) — A Georgia woman is calling for doctors’ offices to have separate waiting areas for expecting patients and patients who are experiencing pregnancy loss. In a March 15 TikTok video, India Batson opened up in her car after a doctor’s office visit. “Sitting in that waiting room next to tons of […]

Courtesy of Hanna Castle (NEW YORK) — A mom’s hospital bills for her quadruplets’ neonatal intensive care unit stay, totaling over $4 million, is sparking a conversation about the high cost of health care in the United States. Hanna Castle, a mom of four from the Columbus, Ohio area, shared details of the bills in […]

AlexSava/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Life expectancy in the United States increased in 2022 after two years of decline, according to new final federal mortality data. In a report published early Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), data showed life expectancy at birth was 77.5 years […]

Peter Cade/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A surgical team said Thursday it has conducted the world’s first genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a living human. During a four-hour procedure earlier this month, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital connected the pig kidney’s blood vessels and ureter — the duct that carries urine from the kidney to […]