Health

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shortly after a Tennessee trigger ban on abortion went into effect last September, a group of maternal fetal medicine specialists, family planning physicians, bioethicists, neonatologists and a lawyer gathered to form a panel tasked with determining whether the facility could provide medically necessary abortion care in line with state law. […]

ABC News Photo Illustration / Alex Gilbeaux (NEW YORK) — Dr. Nicole Teal, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, had just finished her training in North Carolina, when she was offered a good position in the state that would have allowed her to stay closer to family. But there was one problem: North Carolina’s 12-week abortion […]

Martina Paraninfi/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Monthly e-cigarette sales skyrocketed during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between January 2020 and December 2022, monthly unit sales increased by 46.6%, from 15.5 million units to 22.7 million units, the study […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccine for older adults could soon be available after an advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend them Wednesday. During a meeting, the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices looked at clinical trial data for […]

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Infants eligible for a measles vaccine should receive one prior to international travel, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said amid rising cases of the highly contagious disease during the summer travel season. The guidance came as part of a Health Alert issued by the CDC this week, […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Saturday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion. As a result, the landscape of abortion access has shifted dramatically over the past year, with the decision of access left up to […]

ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A group whose recommendations become the standard medical policy nationwide has issued a recommendation saying all adults under the age of 65 should be screened for anxiety during their lifetime. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation, issued Tuesday, is the final version of the draft recommendation it issued […]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued an advisory Wednesday warning about identifying mental health symptoms and conditions linked to long COVID. Long COVID occurs when people recover from the virus but experience ongoing symptoms lasting three months or longer, such as coughing, headaches, fatigue, sleep […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical company that makes Ozempic and Wegovy, filed multiple lawsuits Tuesday against off-brand versions of the wildly popular drugs. In a press release, the company announced that legal action is being taken against certain medical spas, weight loss or wellness clinics, and compounding pharmacies for “the […]

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A majority of OBGYNs say the overturning of Roe v. Wade last summer is linked to more maternal deaths, according to a new survey released early Wednesday from KFF. The decision — known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — determined there is no constitutional right to an abortion […]