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Doctors advise how to get kids 5-11 boosted when COVID vaccination rates in US are low
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two weeks ago, federal health officials authorized COVID-19 boosters for children between ages 5 and 11. Doctors think it will be a challenge to get ...
Jun 03, 2022
White House expects shots for kids under 5 as soon as June 21
Justin Tallis - Pool / Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House is expecting vaccinations for kids under 5 to begin as soon as June 21, White House COVID coordinator Ashish Jha said on Thursday. "W...
Jun 03, 2022
LA City Council votes unanimously to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products
Mario Tama/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. The ban, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023, ends the sa...
Jun 02, 2022
FDA audited over baby formula crisis
AlasdairJames/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General is launching an audit into how the Food and Drug Administration responded leading up to the massive...
Jun 02, 2022
Gun suicide soars as cause of death among youth: Report
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The rate of young people taking their own lives with firearms in the U.S. has increased faster than for any other age group, and the youth suicide rate ...
Jun 02, 2022
Older Americans bore brunt of COVID-19 deaths during the omicron wave
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the elderly have borne the brunt of the virus’ deadly wrath. Now, newly updated federal data shows that despite wi...
Jun 01, 2022
FDA accepts Pfizer application for COVID vaccine in kids under 5, clearing way for June timeline
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer announced Wednesday that it has completed its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a three-dose COVID-19 vaccine in ...
Jun 01, 2022
Reported COVID-19 infection levels nearly six times higher than last Memorial Day
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans traveled for Memorial Day weekend at levels not seen since before the onset of the pandemic. It marked a return to normalcy for many a...
Jun 01, 2022
COVID-19 cases plateau in New York City, indicating latest surge may be over
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases in New York City have plateaued, signaling that the latest surge is at least slowing, if not over. An ABC News analysis of city data shows 4,204 co...
May 31, 2022
Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will turn into a pandemic, WHO says
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization said Monday it doesn't believe the monkeypox outbreak currently spreading around the world will turn i...
May 31, 2022