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What Hegseth’s military fitness rules may mean for women servicemembers

Saturday, October 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- During a speech earlier this week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the implementation of new fitness standards for the military.In addition to the newly proposed annual fitness exam, Hegseth's speech emphasized "gender-neutral" testing with men and women required to meet... Read More.

Breast cancer by the numbers: How survival rates have improved over the past 40 years

Friday, October 3 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Since the first Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiatives kicked off 40 years ago, major improvements have been made in treating the disease.While the rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer have increased, death rates have been declining, and five-year survival rates have... Read More.

Breast cancer resources: What you need to know about diagnosis, treatments, support

Wednesday, October 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Oct.1 marks the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society (ACS) is commemorating 40 years of spreading awareness about the condition.Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, with one in eight developing breast cancer... Read More.

‘I’m giving my opinion’: Trump deviates from scientific evidence, own FDA, in autism remarks

Wednesday, September 24 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- As President Donald Trump rambled and ad-libbed through an announcement meant to caution pregnant women about the possible links between the use of Tylenol and autism in children, his comments went beyond the available scientific evidence, and even the language of his... Read More.

CDC hepatitis B vaccine vote delayed: What parents should know about possible changes

Friday, September 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee on Friday indefinitely postponed its planned vote on whether to stop recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, called ACIP, is expected to vote on... Read More.

Why doctors say the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is still necessary

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Ahead of a key meeting amongst the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisors -- now with 12 members hand-picked by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. -- doctors, health officials and advocates are raising alarms that the panel... Read More.

West Coast states issue joint vaccine guidelines in shift away from CDC

Thursday, September 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Four Western U.S. states have come together to issue unified vaccine recommendations for the upcoming respiratory illness season, and California has enacted a new law to base the state's immunization guidance on independent medical organizations, rather than the U.S. Centers for... Read More.

CDC finds 4% drop in US death rate in 2024. Experts say decline may be due to COVID

Wednesday, September 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows.The overall rate declined from 750.5 per 100,000... Read More.

Florida pediatrician warns vaccine mandate removal could harm vulnerable residents

Friday, September 5 by ABC News

(FLORIDA) -- A top Florida pediatrician warned Thursday that the state's plan to eliminate all vaccine mandates could lead to outbreaks of preventable diseases and put vulnerable populations at risk.Dr. Lisa Gwynn, a former president of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Florida chapter, told ABC... Read More.

Using your phone on the toilet raises your risk of hemorrhoids, study suggests

Thursday, September 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- People who use their smartphones while sitting on the toilet face are at higher risk for painful, itchy hemorrhoids, according to new research published in the journal PLOS One.Researchers investigated the bathroom habits of 125 adults undergoing screening colonoscopies at Beth... Read More.