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Baby girl born with one lung and given 20% chance of survival goes home
Courtesy Joshua Valliere(SAN DIEGO) -- A California girl has beaten the odds to reunite with her twin and return home with her family after a six-month stay at a San Diego hospital. Charlotte and her ...
Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News Aug 18, 2022

Monkeypox vaccine not 'a silver bullet', WHO says, as breakthrough cases emerge
AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests ...
Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News Aug 17, 2022

CDC: COVID guidance was ‘confusing and overwhelming,’ organization needs overhaul
Matt Miller/ABC(ATLANTA) -- A scathing review of how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handled COVID-19 has found that its approach toward the pandemic failed to meet the moment of crisis...
Sasha Pezenik and Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News Aug 17, 2022

World Health Organization renames two known clades of monkeypox virus
mseidelch/Getty Images(GENEVA) -- The World Health Organization renamed the two known clades, or lineages, of the monkeypox virus Monday. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the lineages ...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Aug 17, 2022

New York City's monkeypox vaccine rollout has had some issues. What went wrong?
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since the monkeypox vaccine began being distributed in New York City, the rollout has been plagued with issues. The city's Department of Health and Ment...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Aug 17, 2022

Over-the-counter hearing aids can be sold following FDA ruling
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Hearing aids can be sold over the counter in an effort to increase access and lower costs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday. The mo...
Emma Egan, ABC News Aug 16, 2022

How to protect your pets from monkeypox after 1st-known case of human-to-pet transmission
Nico De Pasquale Photography/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Monkeypox and related viruses are known for their ability to transmit between humans and animals, but with increasing global spread, the Centers...
Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News Aug 16, 2022

Updated COVID boosters could be available in 3 weeks, White House predicts
d3sign/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Newly updated COVID-19 boosters tailored to target a dominant strain of the virus will be available in the next three weeks or so, assuming the Food and Drug Adminis...
Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News Aug 16, 2022

Novavax asks FDA for emergency authorization of its COVID-19 booster
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Novavax has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster in ad...
Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News Aug 16, 2022

New COVID bivalent vaccine expected in US in the fall
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. FILE(NEW YORK) -- On Monday, the U.K. became the first country to approve a bivalent vaccine booster shot for adults, which would target both the original COVID virus and...
ABC News Aug 16, 2022
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