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ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel breaks down what to know about new COVID-19 variant that causes “razor blade throat,” new skin cancer warnings for people of color, and more.

The early-stage study suggested a diabetes drug may lower pressure in the brain.

The variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has been nicknamed by some as “razor blade throat” due to the painful symptom.

Adriana Smith, a brain-dead woman in Georgia, was kept on life support until her fetus was viable. Experts say it raises ethical and legal questions.

Roads in parts of rural Uganda can be rough in dry weather and a churn of mud in wet

A Brazilian woman who says she became pregnant after being raped in March should have been granted access to a legal abortion

As of the week ending June 7, NB.1.8.1 is the second most dominant variant in the U.S., accounting for an estimated 37% of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

NB 1.8.1 is allegedly causing more painful sore throats in some patients.

Adriana Smith was eight weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead.

The national hotline launched a pilot program in 2022 focused on LGBTQ+ youth.

The 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will stop providing tailored support options to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults on July 17

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV

A new COVID-19 variant may be causing “razor blade” sore throats in people who get it

More employers are putting health insurance decisions in the hands of workers

A listeria food poisoning outbreak that has killed three people and led to one pregnancy loss is linked to newly recalled heat-and-eat chicken fettucine alfredo products sold at Kroger and Walmart stores

Cancer patients say they’ve grown sicker since Argentina’s radical libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to the public health system

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, and white people account for the vast majority of the deaths

Heinz said 10% of its products currently contain FD&C color additives.

The doctor calls it a "huge leap for health care."

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding for four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states

The bill would overturn a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.

UK Parliament votes to decriminalize abortion over concerns about prosecutions of some women in England and Wales

The baby of a Georgia woman who was declared brain dead and has been on life support for months has been delivered

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the funding system for abortions is battered

Kraft Heinz will be pulling certain artificial dyes from its U.S. products starting in 2027 and will no longer roll out new products with the dyes

Some estimates have suggested that up to $1.8 billion in research funding had been cut.

Some of the grants that were canceled involved LGBTQ+ issues.

RFK Jr. replaced the entire panel with eight new personally selected members.

All eligible U.S. states and territories have agreed to sign a $7.4 billion settlement with the company and family behind OxyContin, officials announced Monday.

A former Ohio doctor who was fired before being found not guilty on murder charges in the deaths of 14 patients has lost a defamation lawsuit against his former employers

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting

A new poll shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs Republicans in Congress have focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps

Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops.

Alternative therapies for cancer care can have dire consequences, experts say.

Breaking down barriers surrounding mental health was a personal mission for Jim Irsay, the beloved owner of the Indianapolis Colts who passed away last month

Israel's spy agency Mossad claimed Friday that it was able to attack Iran from within following a barrage of strikes that targeted the heart of the country's nuclear program.

Data shows stark differences in maternal age between urban and rural areas.

The next step is a vote from the CDC's vaccine advisory committee.

Unvaccinated patients were 5.54 times more likely to die in the hospital.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill plans to send a cease and desist letter to CVS for mass text messages sent to customers lobbying against legislation and is opening an investigation into whether the pharmaceutical giant improperly used customers’...

A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation through podcasts, nonprofits and summits that specifically address their experience

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion

The Supreme Court is siding with a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy in a ruling that could make it easier for families like hers to go to court over access to education

Every month, thousands of women evade abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them pregnancy-ending drugs through the mail

Casey Harrell, who lost his voice to ALS 5 years ago, can now communicate in real time thanks to an interface which turns brain activity into speech.