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3 hours ago

Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy

As schools across the U.S. grapple with the student mental health crisis, the use of telehealth therapy for students has skyrocketed
3 hours ago
Claudia Nogales of Hazel Health works to set up the company's telehealth app, during a demonstration of how Miami-Dade County public school students can use it to receive telehealth therapy services, on World Mental Health Day, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at Miami Arts Studio, a public 6th-12th grade magnet school, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
December 02

Everything you need to know about symptoms, treatments, vaccines for RSV

New vaccines and shots are available for infants snd some adults this year.
December 02
An electron micrograph shows the morphologic traits of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Rsv.
December 01

ABC News Live Prime: Friday, December 1, 2023

Congressman George Santos expelled in historic House vote; Remembering first female Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor.; Juju Chang sits down with Golden Bachelor after finale.
December 01
VIDEO: ABC News Live Prime: Friday, December 1, 2023
December 01

Everything you need to know about RSV

New vaccines and shots are available for infants and some adults this year.
December 01
New vaccines and shots are available for infants and some adults this year.
December 01

New California mental health court sees more than 100 petitions in first two months

An alternative California mental health court has received more than 100 petitions after seven counties began the program in October
December 01
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about mental health crisis before signing off on two major pieces of legislation to transform the state's mental health system and to address the state's worsening homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, on Oct. 12, 2023. Roughly 100 petitions to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care under an alternative mental health court program created by Newsom have been submitted in seven California counties as of Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
December 01

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

An appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive family planning grants — but only in Ohio
December 01
FILE - People gather in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections as people arrive for early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Nov. 2, 2023. A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 30 that a regulation allowing federal family planning grants for organizations that provide abortions will be paused, but only for Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
December 01

Tennessee's penalties for HIV-positive people are discriminatory, Justice Department says

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Tennessee’s decades-old aggravated prostitution statute violates the Americans with Disabilities Act
December 01
December 01

Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, US health officials say

U.S. health officials say flu is picking up steam while RSV lung infections may be peaking
December 01
FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. Seasonal flu continues to pick up steam in the U.S. But among respiratory viruses, COVID-19 remains the main cause of hospitalizations and deaths, health officials said Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
December 01

West Virginia places anti-abortion pregnancy center coalition at the helm of $1M grant program

A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to end their pregnancies
December 01
FILE - A sign advertises free pregnancy tests and abortion information outside the Woman's Choice Pregnancy Resource Center in Charleston, W.Va., on June 17, 2022. A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million in taxpayer dollars to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to end their pregnancies. (AP Photo/Leah M. Willingham, File)
December 01

Agriculture officials confirm 25th case of cattle anthrax in North Dakota this year

State agriculture officials have confirmed a new case of cattle anthrax in southwest North Dakota, bringing the number of cases in the state to 25 this year
December 01
FILE - In this June 11, 2014 file photo, longhorn cattle wander through the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, located in the Badlands of North Dakota. A new case of cattle anthrax has been confirmed in southwest North Dakota's Grant County, bringing the number of cases in the state to 25 this year, according to state agriculture officials, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
December 01

Pfizer nixes more study of twice-daily obesity pill treatment that made many patients nauseous

Pfizer shares sank Friday when the drugmaker announced that it was abandoning a twice-daily obesity treatment after more than half the patients in a clinical trial stopped taking it
December 01
FILE - The Pfizer logo is displayed at the company's headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. Pfizer shares sank Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, when the drugmaker announced that it was abandoning a twice-daily obesity treatment after more than half the patients in a clinical trial stopped taking it. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
December 01

Analysis: Aaron Rodgers' recovery sets new standard for players who tear Achilles tendon

Aaron Rodgers defied conventional medicine by returning to practice just 77 days after surgery for a torn Achilles tendon
December 01
FILE - New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers warms up before playing against the Buffalo Bills in an NFL football game, Sept. 11, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. Rodgers spoke to local reporters Thursday, Nov. 30, and said he's not yet close to being able to play after tearing his left Achilles tendon four snaps into his debut with the Jets on Sept. 11. But he also left open the door for him to be back under center before his initial goal of Dec. 24, saying he plans to ramp up his practice activities next week. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
December 01

For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing

It took eight years and the #MeToo movement to spur Sam Schultz to tell police they were sexually assaulted by an opera star and his husband
December 01
Samuel Schultz talks to reporters at his home, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in New York. It took eight years and the burgeoning #MeToo movement to spur them to go public and make a police report, and an additional five years for their attackers to plead guilty. Now, as much as Schultz hopes there’s a reckoning coming in gay and queer communities, too, it feels like they are the ones shouldering the blame, not the attackers: for coming forward, for harming the men’s reputations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
November 30

No link to foreign country with pneumonia outbreak in Ohio county: Medical director

There have been over 140 cases recorded since August.
November 30
A stock photo showing a doctor using a stethoscope to examine a young child's chest.
November 30

Don't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows

U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source
November 30
FILE - Cantaloupes are displayed for sale in Virginia on July 28, 2017. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, said it was advising people to stop eating precut cantaloupe if they don't know where it came from due to a deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning that continues to grow. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
November 30

New Jersey health system becomes latest victim in cyber attack affecting hospitals

The health system said it is prioritizing surgeries based on urgency.
November 30
A computer hacker is pictured in an undated stock image.
November 30

Suicides by firearm reach all-time high, increasing 11% since 2019, CDC report finds

An estimated 27,024 Americans died of by suicide by firearm in 2022.
November 30
Suicides by firearm have reached an all-time high
November 30

Bubba Wallace hit by depression following best friend Ryan Blaney's NASCAR championship

Bubba Wallace acknowledged it was difficult for him to find joy in best friend Ryan Blaney’s first NASCAR championship
November 30
FILE - Bubba Wallace speaks during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto racing media day Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Wallace acknowledged Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, it was difficult for him to find joy in best friend Ryan Blaney’s first NASCAR championship.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
November 30

Alternative healer faces manslaughter charge over woman's death at a UK slapping therapy workshop

An alternative healer who advocates a technique known as “slapping therapy” has been charged over the death of a woman at one of his workshops in England
November 30
November 30

The UK's former health secretary testifies at COVID inquiry that he argued for an earlier lockdown

Former British health secretary Matt Hancock has told the U.K.’s COVID-19 inquiry that Britain’s government would have saved many lives if it acted sooner and imposed a national lockdown three weeks earlier than it did in March 2020
November 30
This grab taken from the UK COVID-19 Inquiry Live Stream shows former health secretary Matt Hancock giving evidence at Dorland House during its second investigation (Module 2) exploring core UK decision-making and political governance, in London, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA via AP)
November 30

On 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries hit by disasters like flood and drought

Nearly all the world’s nations finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change, seen as a major first-day breakthrough at this year’s U.N. climate conference as early cash s...
November 30
FILE - Mitzi Jonelle Tan, of the Philippines, center, participates in a Fridays for Future protest calling for money for climate action at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 11, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
November 30

Pressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive takes over climate talks

The pressure to phase out fossil fuels is mounting on the oil company chief who is leading fragile international climate negotiations in what some say are contradictory dual roles
November 30
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks during the opening session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
November 30

Gen Z, millennial women face historic headwinds when it comes to their health: Report

Among the factors cited were the pandemic and harmful social media content.
November 30
November 30

Elton John addresses Britain's Parliament, urging lawmakers to do more to fight HIV/AIDS

Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS
November 30
FILE - Elton John performs on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Elton John is set to address Britain's Parliament on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, on his work fighting HIV at an event to mark World AIDS Day. The British star's AIDS Foundation has led campaigns to extend a pilot government program to test people visiting hospitals' emergency departments for HIV. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
November 30

Hundreds of thousands in North Carolina will be added to Medicaid rolls this week

Full Medicaid coverage starts this week for hundreds of thousands of uninsured adults in North Carolina
November 30
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signs a Medicaid expansion law at the Executive Mansion on Monday, March 27, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. Advocates say the bill could help 600,000 adults. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
November 29

Lawsuit alleges negligence in train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents from homes

A lawsuit filed in federal court is alleging negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents of a Kentucky town from their homes just before the Thanksgiving holiday
November 29
Emergency responders work at the scene of a derailment of a CSX train north of Livingston, Ky., on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Two of the railcars were carrying molten sulfur and at least one of them was breached, causing a fire that burned until Thursday. (WTVQ via AP Photo.)
November 29

Health officials concerned about rise in respiratory illnesses across the US

Officials hope the rise in illnesses are not a repeat of last year’s “tripledemic,” when doctors saw increases in flu, COVID-19 and RSV cases.
November 29
VIDEO: Health officials concerned about rise in respiratory illnesses across the US
November 29

WHO monitoring respiratory illness in China

ABC News contributor Dr. Alok Patel talks about a respiratory illness spiking in China and the World Health Organization’s efforts to monitor the spread.
November 29
VIDEO: WHO monitoring respiratory illness in China
November 29

South African company to start making vaginal rings that protect against HIV

A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available
November 29
FILE - A woman dances as she listens to music while attending a World AIDS Day commemoration at Nkosi's Haven in Johannesburg on Nov. 30, 2019 on the eve of World AIDS Day. AIDS experts said Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023 that an African-based company will start producing vaginal rings that protect against HIV within the next few years, potentially offering millions of women across the continent a cheap way to reduce their risk. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)
November 29

Residents in St. Croix sue government over water contaminated with lead and copper

A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix
November 29
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One in Norfolk, Va., Nov. 19, 2023. Biden declared an emergency over lead contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands water after tests on St. Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
November 29

Poland's new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization

State funding of IVF was introduced in 2013, but it was later banned in 2016.
November 29
Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks during a ceremony where he swore in Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and a new Cabinet in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday Nov. 27, 2023. Duda swore in a government that is expected to last no longer than 14 days, a tactical maneuver that allows the conservative Law and Justice party to hang onto power a bit longer — and make more appointments to state bodies. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
November 29

US schools to receive free COVID tests this winter

Schools will be able to place orders for the tests starting in early December.
November 29
A second grade student is given a at-home COVID-19 test at H.W. Harkness Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 11, 2022.
November 29

Britain's Parliament honors Elton John for his work fighting HIV in the UK and beyond

Elton John has addressed Britain’s Parliament at an event honoring his dedication to fighting HIV in the U.K. and beyond
November 29
FILE - Elton John performs on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Elton John is set to address Britain's Parliament on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, on his work fighting HIV at an event to mark World AIDS Day. The British star's AIDS Foundation has led campaigns to extend a pilot government program to test people visiting hospitals' emergency departments for HIV. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
November 29

New Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls in first 100 days

New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the agenda for his first three months in office
November 29
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon leaves his first post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP)
November 29

Number of suicides in the US reaches record level: CDC

An estimated 49,449 people died by suicide in 2022, the CDC said.
November 29
A stock photo of a teen holding their head.
November 29

After 2 years of declines, US life expectancy rose in 2022 due to fewer COVID deaths

Life expectancy rose from 76.4 in 2021 to 77.5 in 2022, the report found.
November 29
Tributes in art made by 20 community groups to those impacted by Covid-19, done in collaboration between Naming the Lost Memorials, City Lore and Green-Wood Cemetery, at Green-Wood Cemetery on May 8, 2023 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
November 29

Cannabis use does not reduce long-term heroin use, study finds

Researchers examined cannabis use among heroin users over a 20-year period.
November 29
November 28

Australia apologizes for thalidomide tragedy as some survivors listen in the Parliament gallery

Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery when Australia’s Parliament made a national apology for what was described as one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history
November 28
A girl wipes away tears from the face of a woman impacted by thalidomide, the anti-morning sickness drug, in the gallery as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, unseen, delivers a National apology in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. Australia's Parliament on Wednesday made a national apology to victims of thalidomide on the 62nd anniversary of the dangerous anti-morning sickness drug being withdrawn from sale in the country. (Lukas Coch/AAPImage via AP)
November 28

US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic
November 28
FILE - A couple walks through a park at sunset, March 10, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022 — by more than a year — after plunging two straight years at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new government report released Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. The rise was mainly due to the waning of the pandemic in 2022, researchers said at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
November 28

Texas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state's Supreme Court

The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether the state's abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications
November 28
FILE - Amanda Zurawski, left, who developed sepsis and nearly died after being refused an abortion when her water broke at 18 weeks, talks with Samantha Casiano, who was forced to carry a nonviable pregnancy to term and gave birth to a baby who died four hours after birth, outside the Travis County Courthouse, July 19, 2023, in Austin, Texas. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, the Texas Supreme Court scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious risks to their health. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
November 28

Mayo Clinic announces $5 billion expansion of Minnesota campus

The Mayo Clinic has announced a $5 billion expansion plan that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades
November 28
FILE - A pedestrian mall leads to the campus of the Mayo Clinic complex, center, on July 2, 2019, in Rochester, Minn. The Mayo Clinic has announced a $5 billion expansion plan that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)
November 28

Customer sues Chopt eatery chain over salad that she says contained a piece of manager's finger

A customer has filed a lawsuit against the fast casual chain Chopt over a salad that she says contained a piece of the manager’s finger
November 28
November 28

British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than 100 corpses

A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years without being detected
November 28
Undated handout file photo issued by Kent Police of David Fuller. A British government-ordered inquiry said Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 it found “serious failings” at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder had been able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over a 15 year period without being detected. David Fuller's necrophilia was only discovered in 2020 after police who used DNA to tie him to the 1987 slayings of two women discovered millions of images of sexual abuse in his home, including videos of him having sex with the dead bodies of women and girls in the mortuaries at two hospitals where he worked in southeast England. (Kent Police/PA via AP)
November 28

Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere

A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain with operations in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals
November 28
November 28

France to ban smoking on beaches, aims to avoid 75,000 tobacco deaths per year

France's government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas
November 28
An ashtray with cigarette butts at the edge of the beach, in Saint Jean de Luz, southwestern France, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. France's government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas. The measures are part of a national anti-tobacco plan presented by the health minister, who says tobacco products cause 75,000 avoidable deaths a year in France. (AP Photo Bob Edme)
November 27

Seeking justice in maternity care mistreatment

ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports on the mistreatment some women are experiencing in hospital maternity care wards and the advocates speaking out in search of solutions.
November 27
VIDEO: Seeking justice in maternity care mistreatment
November 27

Trump says he will renew efforts to replace 'Obamacare' if he wins a second term

Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act
November 27
FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the South Texas International Airport, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act. He posted on his social media site Saturday that he is "seriously looking at alternatives" to "Obamacare" if he wins a second term. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
November 27

Respiratory illness?surging in parts of China??

The National Health Commission and the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention say they are monitoring illnesses and encouraging vaccinations to prevent spread.
November 27
The National Health Commission and the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention say they are monitoring illnesses and encouraging vaccinations to prevent spread.
November 27

What to know about respiratory illnesses surging in some parts of China

China says the increase is due to common illnesses, including RSV and flu.
November 27
An upsurge of respiratory illnesses in China in video released by China Central Television on Nov 23, 2023.
November 27

UK government reaches a pay deal with senior doctors that could end disruptive strikes

Britain’s government has reached a deal with senior doctors in England that could potentially end a series of strikes
November 27
FILE - Junior doctors hold placards on a picket line outside St Mary's Hospital in London, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Britain's government reached a deal with senior doctors in England that could potentially end a series of disruptive strikes, officials said Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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