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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…

3 weeks 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…

3 weeks 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 influenza (HPAI)…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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…

4 weeks ago