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Battery-sized heart pump shows potential in helping kids waiting for heart transplants
The Jarvik 2015 15mm VAD, a miniature heart assist device, is shown. (Jarvik Heart, Inc.)(NEW YORK) -- New promising data finds that a small heart pum...
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Study of 100K Black women launches to figure out why more Black women are getting cancer
Courtesy American Cancer Society(NEW YORK) -- Jacque Berry and her daughter, Breanna Berry, are Black women who say they have been surrounded by cance...
May 07, 2024
Biden administration will expand health care coverage for immigrants under DACA
Participant holds a protest sign at a rally as immigration advocates and allies gathered at Battery Park, New York City, on Oct. 26, 2019. -- Erik Mcg...
May 03, 2024
ABC News' Becky Worley joins research study that could help millions of others
ABC News' Becky Worley undergoes testing at the University of California Davis Medical Center for the All of Us Research Program. -- ABC News(DAVIS, C...
May 03, 2024
Ariz. governor signs repeal of 1864 abortion ban, but law may still temporarily take effect
Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(PHOENIX, Az.) -- Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed repeal legislation of...
May 02, 2024
Novo Nordisk announces $6B investment in Ozempic, Wegovy amid shortages
Negelle Morris, senior vice president of Novo Nordisk, speaks out on "Good Morning America" about drugs used for weight loss. Via GMA(NEW YO...
May 02, 2024
Florida doctor speaks on latest six-week abortion ban in the state
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As Florida's six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday, Dr. Robyn Schickler, CMO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Centra...
May 02, 2024
More than 16K pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled for potential E. coli contamination
Via USDA(NEW YORK) -- A meat processor has recalled approximately 16,234 pounds of raw ground beef products processed in its Pennsylvania facility tha...
May 02, 2024
US maternal mortality rates fell in 2022 after three years of increases: CDC
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Maternal mortality rates in the United States fell in 2022 after at least three years of continuous increase...
May 02, 2024
No avian flu virus detected in sour cream, cottage cheese, powdered infant formula: FDA
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Retail dairy samples recently tested for the avian flu virus, including cottage cheese and sour cream, did ...
May 02, 2024