Health

Courtesy American Cancer Society (NEW YORK) — Jacque Berry and her daughter, Breanna Berry, are Black women who say they have been surrounded by cancer all their lives. “My great-grandmother had breast cancer,” Breanna Berry, 30, told ABC News’ Good Morning America. “I remember when I was like 10 and she’d say, ‘Sweetie, go get […]

ABC News’ Becky Worley undergoes testing at the University of California Davis Medical Center for the All of Us Research Program. — ABC News (DAVIS, Calif.) — Becky Worley is an ABC News correspondent based in California. Here, she documents her experience as a participant in the All of Us Research Program, a National Institutes […]

Participant holds a protest sign at a rally as immigration advocates and allies gathered at Battery Park, New York City, on Oct. 26, 2019. — Erik Mcgregor/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has finalized plans to expand government-subsidized health insurance for people brought to the country illegally as children but shielded […]

Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (PHOENIX, Az.) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed repeal legislation of a long dormant, near-total abortion ban that was recently revived by the state Supreme Court, stirring widespread controversy and debate. Hobbs’ signature will reverse the pending reactivation of the restrictive abortion law that […]

Negelle Morris, senior vice president of Novo Nordisk, speaks out on “Good Morning America” about drugs used for weight loss. Via GMA (NEW YORK) — An executive for Novo Nordisk, the maker of popular drugs used for weight loss including Ozempic and Wegovy, says the company is investing over $6 billion dollars to help meet […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Florida’s six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, Dr. Robyn Schickler, CMO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, discussed counseling patients who may be seeking abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy. Schickler recently had to inform her patients that Florida does not offer abortion services, and had to […]

Via USDA (NEW YORK) — A meat processor has recalled approximately 16,234 pounds of raw ground beef products processed in its Pennsylvania facility that may be contaminated with E. coli. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall Wednesday with Cargill Meat Solutions to alert consumers of six different types […]

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Maternal mortality rates in the United States fell in 2022 after at least three years of continuous increases, new federal data shows. In 2022, 817 women in the U.S. died of maternal causes with a rate of 22.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the report published […]

Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Retail dairy samples recently tested for the avian flu virus, including cottage cheese and sour cream, did not detect any viable virus that would represent a risk to consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. In a joint press briefing with the Centers for Disease Control and […]

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida’s law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect on Wednesday, becoming one of the most restrictive states in the country on abortion access. Florida’s six-week ban replaced the state’s previous 15-week abortion ban, prohibiting the procedure before most women know they are pregnant. In the […]