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amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 remained the leading cause of law enforcement deaths in 2022 despite the number attributed to the virus dramatically declining. A new report released Wednesday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund looked at preliminary data and found that 226 federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement officers died […]
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that New York will invest $1 billion to address mental health needs. Hochul laid out her plans for addressing the mental health care system in a speech at the Assembly Chambers in Albany on Tuesday afternoon. “When it comes to keeping […]
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tens of thousands of Americans have reported a COVID-19 test result to the National Institutes of Health’s website that launched in November. The site, MakeMyTestCount.org, allows people to anonymously report the results of any brand of at-home COVID-19 test. In updated data exclusively provided to ABC News, 24,000 people […]
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The nurses strike in New York City has extended into its second day with more than 7,000 walking out of two major hospitals. Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem say that low pay, lack of staffing and unsafe […]
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — Seattle Public Schools, the largest school district in the state of Washington, filed a lawsuit Friday against multiple social media giants, in an effort to hold the companies “accountable for the harm they have wreaked on the social, emotional, and mental health of its students,” the district claimed. “It has […]
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Opening statements in the federal trial of a Manhattan, New York obstetrician/gynecologist charged with sexually abusing female patients highlighted a rare but devastating type of sexual misconduct — that of a patient by a medical professional. Robert Hadden, a former obstetrician/gynecologist at Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, […]
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More schools across the United States are putting mask mandates in place as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Before winter break, districts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania announced they would temporarily be requiring masks among students and staff members amid a surge of respiratory illnesses. Now schools in Massachusetts and […]
Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Children and adolescents should be proactively evaluated and treated for obesity, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics around childhood obesity. The guidelines note that treatments, including medications and weight loss surgery, can be effective and can help reduce the risk of developing other health conditions. […]
JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Did you know that working out in old sneakers can do more harm to your body than good? According to podiatrist Dr. Priya Parthasarathy, you should test your sneakers to see if it is time for new ones. “Most experts say [you should replace shoes after every] 300 to […]
thebirdspapaya/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Amid the influx of messages on weight loss and change and resolutions that come with the New Year, one woman is sending a different message. Sarah Nicole Landry, a mom of four, took to Instagram to remind her followers that the first day of a new year is just another day […]