Health

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Many pediatric hospitals across the country are experiencing a surge in patients, and one of the main reasons, experts say, is an increase in cases of the respiratory virus known as RSV. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but it can become serious, especially for infants. […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Feeding a baby is something a parent must do multiple times a day, every day, and yet it can be one of the most confusing and stressful things that any parent does. Before the recent headlines of a baby formula shortage, parents feeding their child baby food may have […]

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the surge in children’s respiratory illnesses, including rhinovirus and enterovirus, continues across the country, one children’s hospital is considering installing a field tent to deal with the influx of patients. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford confirmed to ABC News it is considering working […]

Courtesy Delia Chatwin (NEW YORK) — Carli Williams, of Texas, went from following an influencer on Instagram to crediting the woman with saving her life. Williams, 33, said she felt a small lump in her breast last year, but was told by doctors that it was probably just a cyst. When one doctor told her […]

IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pushing back on a claim made by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who said on his show this week that a CDC decision was likely coming to force kids to get COVID-19 vaccines in order to attend school. But that’s not actually within […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — Florida is seeing an increase in confirmed cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year due to the impact of Hurricane Ian, health officials said. The Florida Health Department has reported 65 confirmed cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, and 11 deaths so far this year as of Friday. […]

Priscilla and Emanuele Bruno (NEW YORK) — An Illinois toddler is home for the first time and has reunited with his six siblings, after spending most of his young life in the hospital. Francesco, now 2, has a rare condition called platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Torrance type, which affects his bone growth, especially in his […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey mom is on a mission to uncover more information that could shed light on a possible cancer cluster at her children’s high school. Edyta Komorek, an environmental scientist, told ABC News’ Good Morning America she was concerned her township was not doing enough to address concerns — […]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be hospitalized with the flu in the United States, new federal data shows. A new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday looked at data from the 2009-10 through the 2021-22 flu seasons — excluding the 2020-21 […]

lambada/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Women who use chemical hair-straightening products may be at a higher risk for uterine cancer, and Black women may be more affected due to their higher rate of use, according to a new study. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, found an association that women who self-reported […]