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Monkeypox: What public health experts want you to know
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since the first case of monkeypox was detected in the United States in mid-May, the outbreak has led to more than 10,300 reported cases across the country as of...
Aug 11, 2022
Harvard doctor on study claiming climate change intensifies pathogens
MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers found that climate change is expected to aggravate 58% of the w...
Aug 10, 2022
Hundreds of Americans still dying of COVID each day despite signs the latest surge may be slowing
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After several weeks of steady increases in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations, there are encouraging signs that the latest viral resurgence may be a...
Aug 10, 2022
Monkeypox patient speaks out about what it's like to have the disease
Courtesy Jeffrey Todd(NEW YORK) -- When the first lesion appeared on Jeffrey Todd's right cheek in mid-July, the 43-year-old didn't pay too much attention to it. "I noticed I had like a pimple or like...
Aug 10, 2022
Bug bites begone! Experts break down how to treat itchy skin and stings this summer
Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It's time to say "bye-bye" to bug bites. As summer is still in full effect, so are lots of bugs that are ready to bite or sting exposed skin. Whether you ar...
Aug 10, 2022
Vaccine for Lyme disease enters final stage of clinical trial
rbkomar/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Researchers are one step closer to developing a vaccine for Lyme disease, which affects nearly half a million people each year in the United States, according to the ...
Aug 10, 2022
From patient to doctor: One woman's resilient fight after six brain surgeries, stroke
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Texas doctor who survived six brain surgeries and a stroke is now treating people at the same hospital where she used to be a patient, bringing a unique perspective to her prac...
Aug 10, 2022
New monkeypox vaccine strategy underway to increase availability
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is moving forward with a plan to increase the U.S. monkeypox vaccine supply by as much as five times. I...
Aug 09, 2022
Monkeypox and your skin: How to prevent and treat post-infection scarring
Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Last week monkeypox was declared a public health emergency in the U.S. and now with more than 8,900 confirmed cases of monkeypox, thousands of Americans ...
Aug 09, 2022
Couple speaks out on decision to get abortion after fetus diagnosed with rare genetic conditions
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The same month the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, a couple in Kansas, thousands of miles away from Washington, D.C., faced their own abort...
Aug 09, 2022