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Teen births in US fall to record low, as overall total drops by 2%: CDC
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The overall number of births in the United States dropped in 2023 as teenage births reached a record low, accor...
9h ago
USDA announces changes coming to school meals: What to know
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The nearly 30 million kids who eat meals at schools each day in the United States will soon see some changes to...
10h ago
Traces of bird flu virus found in some milk and pasteurized dairy, FDA says
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As federal agencies and state partners continue investigating outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian ...
Apr 24, 2024
Woman becomes first patient to undergo combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the wor...
Apr 24, 2024
Possible measles exposure at Indiana children's museum during total eclipse event, officials say
Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) -- People who attended a total solar eclipse event at a children's museum in India...
Apr 22, 2024
Ground beef potentially contaminated with E. coli, USDA warns
USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service(NEW YORK) -- A public health alert has been issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and In...
Apr 22, 2024
Mom of three survives stroke after giving birth, followed by car crash
Christina Aleksanian(GRANADA HILLS, Calif.) -- A mom-of-three in California is speaking out after surviving two near-death experiences in a span of si...
Apr 22, 2024
New race-neutral kidney evaluation moves thousands of Black patients up transplant waitlist
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jazmin Evans is one of more than 14,000 Black kidney transplant candidates who found out that an ...
Apr 22, 2024
ParkRx aims to provide 'prescription for wellness' by getting more people outside
ABC News Medical Correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton walks through Rock Creek National Park in Washington, D.C. with Walk with a Doc board member Chaun Hi...
Apr 22, 2024
4-year-old who received new heart after waiting 1,025 days goes home from hospital
Texas Children's Hospital(NEW YORK) -- A 4-year-old girl was discharged from Texas Children's Hospital on Thursday after waiting on the organ transpla...
Apr 19, 2024