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Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States now leads the globe in confirmed monkeypox cases, new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed. The U.S. has reported a total of 3,846 known monkeypox cases as of Monday, July 25, federal and global data shows, surpassing Spain, which has […]

Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Gett Images (CHARLESTON, W.Va.) — Lawmakers in West Virginia have advanced a new bill severely restricting abortion after a pre-Roe ban was blocked in court. The bill, passed Monday by the state’s House Health and Human Resources Committee and Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee, bans abortion at virtually every stage of pregnancy. […]

Courtesy Michelle Trites and Natalie Hadley (NEW YORK) — Some moms are opening up this July during Disability Pride Month and shining a light on a topic they feel gets overlooked and is often viewed negatively by others in society. Natalie Hadley of Omaha, Nebraska, posted on LinkedIn in honor of her son Ranier, who […]

IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It has been over a month since COVID-19 vaccines became available to children as young as six months, but with millions of kids still without a shot, officials continue to face an uphill battle in their push to get the youngest Americans vaccinated. Since the shots were authorized on June […]

EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cities and counties throughout the United States are considering reinstating mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. In Los Angeles County, 8,091 new infections were reported on Friday, the latest date for which data is available, according to the Department of Public Health. This is an increase […]

Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the 30 days since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the abortion landscape in the United States has dramatically changed. The 5-4 decision was related to a Mississippi law that banned abortions after 15 weeks. Chief Justice John Roberts voted with the […]

Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Well before the Supreme Court ruled in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, 9% of abortions in the U.S. were obtained by people who had to travel out of state, according to data released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, a policy organization that […]

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed the first cases of monkeypox in children, federal officials said Friday. The two cases are unrelated and were likely the result of household transmission, federal officials confirmed to ABC News. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky first disclosed the cases in an interview with […]

Roger Harris/Science Photo Library/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the New York State Department of Health announced a patient in Rockland County — north of New York City — had contracted polio, they revealed it was a case of vaccine-derived polio. Vaccine-derived poliovirus is different than poliovirus that originated in the wild which spreads naturally […]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As more infectious COVID-19 variants become dominant in the U.S., there are renewed signs that COVID-19 cases may be back on the rise across parts of the country. The national resurgence comes as the number of children testing positive for the virus also sees an increase again. New infections among […]