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Los Angeles County investigates death of person with monkeypox
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles County is investigating the death of a person who had been diagnosed with monkeypox, county officials said during a press conference Thur...
Teddy Grant, ABC News Sep 09, 2022

Obamacare cannot order employers to cover HIV drugs, judge rules
Giacomo Abrusci/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On the same day that former President Barack Obama returned to the White House to witness the unveiling of the new presidential portraits, a federal judge i...
ABC News Sep 08, 2022

What Australia's flu season could foreshadow in the US this fall
Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Australia is nearing the end of its worst flu season in at least five year...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Sep 08, 2022

New Apple Watch feature designed to help women track fertility: What to know
Apple(NEW YORK) -- The newest model of the Apple Watch will offer women features to track their menstrual cycles and when they may be the most fertile, Apple announced Wednesday at a launch event at t...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Sep 08, 2022

Here's what to know about hiking safety in the heat
Gaj Rudolf / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As excessive heat continues to grip the West Coast, people are at a higher risk of experiencing heat-related illnesses, officials warn. Temperatures in Liv...
Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News Sep 08, 2022

Cancers in adults below 50 have 'dramatically increased': Report
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Early onset cancers defined as cancers discovered in adults younger than 50 years old, have "dramatically increased" around the world over the last few decades, a...
Teddy Grant, ABC News Sep 07, 2022

What you need to know about 'original antigenic sin' with fall COVID boosters around the corner
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With new COVID variant-specific booster shots set to roll out in the coming week, vaccine scientists argue that more research is needed to understand how a perso...
Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News Sep 07, 2022

Pediatric COVID-19 infections increase as kids head back to school
Marko Geber/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As children head back to the classroom for the academic year, new data shows that pediatric COVID-19 infection rates have increased for the second consecutive wee...
Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News Sep 06, 2022

Mystery as to why new COVID variants have stalled in growth
Carol Yepes/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Throughout much of the pandemic, there has been a constant shifting in terms of which COVID-19 variants are most dominant, at a given time, in the U.S. Howe...
Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News Sep 06, 2022

Black and Hispanic Americans are less likely to receive monkeypox vaccines: CDC
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Black and Hispanic Americans make up the majority of monkeypox cases in the United States but are underrepresented when it comes to vaccine distribution. Accordi...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Sep 06, 2022
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