Bsip/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new immunization to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV was approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The approved drug called nirsevimab,

ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — A new heat wave has left 60 million people across 13 states under heat alerts Thursday. Record or near-record high temperatures are possible Thursday in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden recently announced his administration’s plans to push private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for physical health services, improving upon a well-known hole

Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After several months of steady declines, COVID-19 hospitalizations appear to be ticking up again. For the week ending July 22, hospitalizations rose 12% from the previous week from 7,165 to 8,035, according

d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over 1.7 million women, nearly 3% of women of reproductive age in the United States, live in a county without access to abortion and with no access to maternity care, according to

FS Productions/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Cases of leprosy are rising in Florida, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the disease is still rare in the U.S. — with just 159 cases reported in

Fusion Medical Animation, Unsplash (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration announced Monday it is forming a new Office of Long COVID Research and Practice to study the condition and help those who have been diagnosed with it. The office, which

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Georgia resident has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, according to the state’s Department of Public Health. Health officials said in a release