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One dead, 11 sickened in Legionnaires' disease outbreak in California county
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NAPA, Calif.) -- Health officials are investigating a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a northern California county. Twelve residents of Napa...
Aug 04, 2022
Mom shares warning after 3-year-old son nearly dies from tick bite
Jamie Simoson(NEW YORK) -- A Pennsylvania mom is sharing details of her son's near-death experience to raise awareness of Powassan virus disease, a tick-borne illness. Jamie Simoson told ABC News' Goo...
Aug 04, 2022
Officials suspect 2-year-old died after being in hot car, marking 14th hot car death this year
Marin Tomas/Getty Images/STOCK PHOTO(SCRANTON, Kan.) -- Officials in Scranton, Kansas, suspect heat played a role in the death of a 2-year-old, who died after being found unresponsive in a car Sunday ...
Aug 03, 2022
Dallas City Council committee passes resolution to limit impact of Texas abortion law
Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(DALLAS) -- A Dallas City Council committee passed a resolution Tuesday looking to limit the impact of Texas's strict abortion law. The council's Quality ...
Aug 03, 2022
New study warns young children may be susceptible to eating disorders
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Children as young as 9 years old have engaged in disordered eating behaviors, according to a new analysis published in JAMA this week. The analysis, which w...
Aug 03, 2022
Monkeypox case trajectory could outpace current vaccine supply, vaccine expert says
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. is currently in a race to have the necessary tools and medicines to stop the growing spread of monkeypox, and ...
Aug 03, 2022
Moderna considering creating an mRNA monkeypox vaccine amid growing demand for shots
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- Amid growing concerns over the potential threat of monkeypox, executives from Moderna said Wednesday they have initiated a research program to consider w...
Aug 03, 2022
New government reports on long COVID lay out existing help, what more should be done
Sebastian Condrea/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government took an initial step forward in its response to long COVID-19 Wednesday, releasing two reports that compile what federally-funded s...
Aug 03, 2022
Fifth child tests positive for monkeypox in US: What parents should know
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As monkeypox continues to spread across the U.S., the number of children infected with the virus is growing as well. At least five children have tested positive for monkeypox sin...
Aug 02, 2022
Near-total abortion bans reinstated in Kentucky
Photography by Daniel Light/Getty Images(FRANKFORT, Ky.) -- Abortions have once again stopped in Kentucky after an appeals court reinstated two bans. One ban, a so-called trigger law -- designed to go...
Aug 02, 2022