Health

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is tracking a new lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19 after it was detected in the United States. Named BA.2.86, the strain was first detected in Denmark on July 24 of this year, then Israel, followed by Michigan in […]

Courtesy of Aubrey Vailoces (NEW YORK) — Aubrey Vailoces, a mom of three, was breastfeeding her 10-month-old daughter in her Maui home last week when she said alarms started going off and she saw her entire neighborhood was covered in black smoke. “You couldn’t even see the neighbors’ houses,” Vailoces told ABC News’ Good Morning […]

KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The source behind a norovirus outbreak that sickened a few hundred people last year has been identified, according to a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report looked at the outbreak in Tazewell County, Illinois, which includes part of Peoria, which saw […]

thianchai sitthikongsak/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NFL Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s televised sudden collapse on Jan. 2 appears to have significantly raised awareness of lifesaving CPR, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). The AHA says it saw a 620% increase in page views to the “Hands-Only CPR” content pages on its website, along […]

Rajat Mohanty/500px/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Florida health officials are issuing a warning about dengue as the virus continues to increase in South Florida. Four cases of locally acquired dengue were reported in Miami-Dade County and for the first time in Broward County, during the week ending Aug. 5, according to a report from Florida Health. In […]

Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health (NEW YORK) — Doctors at NYU Langone in New York City announced Wednesday that they have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney into a human who was declared brain dead, in what they called “a landmark step forward.” A surgical team removed the kidneys of the human recipient in July 2023 […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The growing use of artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in recent years, with a growing number of industries starting to use the technology that’s predicted to revolutionize certain sectors. The technology fuels excitement, but there are also concerns about potentially negative impacts on people and society. In her […]

Chris Rogers/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — After a three-year manhunt, a Utah man has been arrested on charges of allegedly selling a fake COVID-19 cure, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah announced Monday. Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, of Cedar Hills — 30 miles south of Salt Lake City — allegedly appeared in […]

Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the week ending Aug. 5, COVID hospitalizations increased 14.3% from 9,026 to 10,320 weekly hospitalizations, data from the federal health agency updated Monday shows. While the percentage jump […]

Chris Rogers/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — After a three-year manhunt, a Utah man has been arrested on charges of allegedly selling a fake COVID-19 cure, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah announced Monday. Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, of Cedar Hills — 30 miles south of Salt Lake City — allegedly appeared […]