(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order Monday promoting women's health research as the country continues to celebrate Women's History Month.The White House described it as the "most comprehensive set of actions" taken by a president to advance women's health research, which will focus on diseases and…
(NEW YORK) -- Cases of MIS-C are still occurring in 2023 and children who are unvaccinated or have waning immunity from previous vaccination are at the highest risk of developing the condition, according to a new federal report published Thursday.MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, is a rare but…
(NEW YORK) -- Actress and model Christie Brinkley revealed she has been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, in an Instagram post featuring photos of her recovery from surgery."The good news for me is we caught the basal cell Carcinoma early," said Brinkley, 70, in…
(NEW YORK) -- What began as symptoms of fatigue for one Florida man became a life-changing cancer diagnosis at age 25.Jace, who asked that his last name not be used to protect his privacy, told ABC News' Good Morning America he attributed the fatigue he experienced in early 2023 to…
(SANTA FE, N.M.) -- A New Mexico man has died from plague in the state's first human fatality since 2020, according to health officials.The man lived in Lincoln County -- located in the southeastern part of the state -- and was hospitalized from the disease before dying, the New Mexico…
(CHICAGO) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending a team to Chicago to help respond to the first measles cases detected in the city since 2019, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed to ABC News.Three cases of the highly infectious virus have been confirmed over…
(NEW YORK) -- Actresses Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler are opening up for the first time together about the health battle they both share: multiple sclerosis."I live kind of in hell," Applegate, 52, told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts about her battle with MS. She was diagnosed with the…
(NEW YORK) -- Monday marks four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.Since the first cases in Wuhan, China, in 2019, there have been millions of infections and deaths around the world.There have also been major successes including vaccines for nearly all age groups,…
(NEW YORK) -- Each day, almost 800 women around the world die due to preventable pregnancy and childbirth-related causes, according to the World Health Organization.Using artificial intelligence, or AI, to provide maternal health care to women, especially those in rural and low-income areas, could be a "game-changer" in saving the…
(NEW YORK) -- After two weeks of agonizing limbo for families in the midst of fertility treatment in Alabama, the state legislature on Wednesday night passed the final version of a bill to restore halted access to in-vitro fertilization in the state.Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill quickly after…