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Nonprofit hits Coachella with lifesaving fentanyl test strips, Narcan
Narcan nasal spray, a medication that can revive someone who has overdosed on opioids, is shown at a training. -- ABC News(INDIO, Calif.) -- At Coachella, a group of independent volunteers handed out ...
Apr 25, 2023
Higher breast cancer risk among Black women shows need for earlier screening: Study
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images(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 disprop...
Apr 25, 2023
After Mexican president tests positive for third time with COVID, what do we know about reinfection?
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(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,...
Apr 25, 2023
After Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID, what do we know about reinfection?
ABC NewsOver 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...
Apr 24, 2023
Canada says it could offer access to mifepristone if the abortion drug is banned in the US
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images(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, J...
Apr 22, 2023
Weekly COVID deaths hit new record low, CDC data shows
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(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 Ame...
Apr 22, 2023
Popular beauty treatment taking heat after new reporting
Jeremy Drey/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report claims that the popular cosmetic treatment CoolSculpting may pose a higher risk for a serious side effect than prev...
Apr 21, 2023
How PFAS are entering America's water supply
Tim Graham/Getty Images(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 ...
Apr 21, 2023
Mom challenges others to learn about autism with new children's book
Courtesy Tiffany Hammond(NEW YORK) -- A Texas mom whose two kids have autism is challenging others to learn about autism spectrum disorder this April, which happens to be Autism Acceptance Month. It's...
Apr 21, 2023
One-third of US households used government's free COVID test website: CDC
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- About one-third of American households used the free at-home COVID-19 test site launched by the Biden administration, new federal data shows. COVIDTests.gov ...
Apr 20, 2023