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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 sale of flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The ordinance does not ban the possession or use of flavored tobacco for […]

AlasdairJames/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — 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 February recall of baby formula and closure of Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis plant. OIG will examine whether the FDA upheld its duty “to safeguard the […]

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 widespread vaccination among seniors, virus death rates among older Americans surged to near-record levels during the first omicron wave. Over 90% of seniors […]

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 children aged 6 months to under 5 years old, and the federal agency has accepted the application. “Pfizer and BioNTech completed a rolling application […]

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 and a chance to gather with family and friends. But in reality, the situation was far from normal — with confirmed COVID-19 […]

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 confirmed and probable cases were recorded on May 24 — the latest date for which data is available — with […]

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 into a pandemic. Since May 13, at least 257 cases of the rare disease have been confirmed in 23 countries where the virus is not endemic — […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tuesday, May 24 marked yet another tragic day in America, after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in rural Texas, leaving 19 children and two teachers dead, and dozens of family members and friends in mourning. As the nation reels from the tragedy, politicians and pundits have […]

JUDY GRIESEDIECK/Star Tribune via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of monkeypox continue to rise as a recent outbreak reaches countries in North America and Europe, where the disease is not commonly found. As of Wednesday, 189 infections were confirmed and 94 are suspected in 19 non-endemic nations, according to Global Health. Of those cases, […]

Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite widespread vaccination and several available treatments, the U.S. is recording as many COVID-19 cases now at the tail end of the omicron peak as it was last summer during the delta surge. On Wednesday, the latest date for which data is available, […]