Health

Cannabis-related ED visits increased among young Americans during COVID pandemic: CDC

Thursday, July 13 by ABC News

(ATLANTA) -- Emergency department visits involving cannabis increased for children, teens and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, new federal data suggests.A report published... Read More.

How to keep you and your family safe in a heat wave

Thursday, July 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As heat waves persist and temperatures across the country continue to soar, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting... Read More.

FDA approves first birth control pill for use without prescription

Thursday, July 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill in the United States that can be sold without a... Read More.

Why MIS-C cases are dropping dramatically across the US: Experts

Thursday, July 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most misunderstood complications children were experiencing was MIS-C.MIS-C, or multisystem... Read More.

Regulators examine reports of self-harm, suicidal thoughts among people taking Ozempic, Saxenda

Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Regulators in Europe have launched a review after three people in Iceland experienced thoughts of suicide or self-harm after taking popular... Read More.

July has the highest number of drowning deaths. Here’s how to prevent them

Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The month of July has seen the highest number of unintentional drowning deaths since 2018, according to data from the Centers... Read More.

Formerly conjoined twins go home after 6-hour surgery to separate them

Wednesday, July 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Twin sisters who were born conjoined at the abdomen are now home, one month after a successful surgery to separate them.Ella... Read More.

Regulators examine 3 reports of self-harm, suicidal thoughts among people taking Ozempic, Saxenda

Tuesday, July 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Regulators in Europe have launched a review after three people in Iceland experienced thoughts of suicide or self-harm after taking popular... Read More.

Dozens of beaches across Northeast closed for swimming due to high levels of bacteria in water

Monday, July 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Beaches in several states across the Northeast have recently been closed to swimmers due to high levels of bacteria in the... Read More.

Ambitious new campaign aims to reduce veteran suicide rate by half

Monday, July 10 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Every day, Andre Rush, a retired Army officer and former White House chef, does 2,222 pushups. And every day, he thinks about... Read More.

Amid mental health crisis, school teaches students how to help each other

Friday, July 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As federal data shows a rising mental health crisis among teens in the United States, one high school has decided to... Read More.

Hospital sees baby boom with quadruplets, eight sets of twins at once in NICU

Thursday, July 6 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- A hospital in California is experiencing a baby boom of multiples in its neonatal intensive care unit.Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's hospital in... Read More.