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(NEW YORK) -- During a speech earlier this week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the implementation of new fitness standards for the military.In addition to the newly proposed annual fitness exam, Hegseth's speech emphasized "gender-neutral" testing with men and women required to meet the same minimum physical performance benchmarks.Speaking to hundreds of high-ranking military officials in Quantico, Virginia, Hegseth said it was important that certain combat positions return "to […]

(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases are ticking up in the U.S. as children head back to school and the country prepares to enter the colder weather months.For the week ending Aug. 9, the COVID hospitalization rate was 1.7 per 100,000, double the rate from two months ago, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Additionally, for the week ending Aug. 23, 11.2% of weekly tests came back positive […]

(NEW YORK) -- Since the first Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiatives kicked off 40 years ago, major improvements have been made in treating the disease.While the rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer have increased, death rates have been declining, and five-year survival rates have risen.Additionally, most breast cancer cases are being diagnosed in early stages before the disease has spread, making it easier to treat."It’s so exciting to be someone treating […]

(NEW YORK) -- Since the start of Breast Cancer Awareness initiatives in 1985, over 517,000 lives have been saved from better treatment and proactive screening, according to the American Cancer Society."Today is a day to celebrate forty years of incredible progress in ending cancer as we know it, for everyone," Dr. Shanti Sivendran, senior vice president of cancer care support at the American Cancer Society and medical oncologist at Penn […]

(NEW YORK) -- Oct.1 marks the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society (ACS) is commemorating 40 years of spreading awareness about the condition.Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, with one in eight developing breast cancer in her lifetime, according to the ACS.However, the group also says that early detection can significantly improve treatment outcomes.ABC News has compiled resources to help you […]

(WASHINGTON) -- As President Donald Trump rambled and ad-libbed through an announcement meant to caution pregnant women about the possible links between the use of Tylenol and autism in children, his comments went beyond the available scientific evidence, and even the language of his own health department.He made clear he was aware he was, at times, speaking for himself."You know, I'm just making these statements from me," he said at […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee on Friday indefinitely postponed its planned vote on whether to stop recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, called ACIP, is expected to vote on the COVID-19 vaccine is still expected later Friday. It's not clear exactly what the advisors will vote on, but the discussion may include the FDA's recent narrowing of COVID-19 […]

(NEW YORK) -- Four Western U.S. states have come together to issue unified vaccine recommendations for the upcoming respiratory illness season, and California has enacted a new law to base the state's immunization guidance on independent medical organizations, rather than the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The West Coast states including California, Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii -- all led by Democratic governors -- banded together earlier this month to […]

(NEW YORK) -- Ahead of a key meeting amongst the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisors -- now with 12 members hand-picked by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. -- doctors, health officials and advocates are raising alarms that the panel could reverse a decadeslong guideline of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B at birth.On camera on Wednesday, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor specialized in treating liver […]