WATCH LIVE The abortion pill is the most common method to terminate a pregnancy in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC, in a report published Wednesday, found that about 51% of abortions in 2020 were performed with the […]
Month: November 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci to give likely final Covid briefing as top White House health official
WATCH LIVE Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday will give what is expected to be his last public briefing on the Covid-19 pandemic as the White House chief medical advisor. Fauci announced earlier this year that he will step down in December after serving as the […]
Watch live: Dr. Anthony Fauci gives expected last Covid briefing as top health official
WATCH LIVE [The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday will give what is expected to be his last public briefing on the […]
Anthony Fauci says he will cooperate fully with possible House Republican investigation into Covid origins
WATCH LIVE White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that he will fully cooperate with House Republicans if they launch an investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. GOP lawmakers vowed in August to open such a probe and call on […]
Fauci says he never imagined Covid would kill a million Americans
WATCH LIVE Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday reflected on the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic in what was likely his last public briefing as the nation’s top infectious disease expert. Nearly three years after Covid-19 first arrived on America’s shores, Fauci said he never […]
Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now
At least 4.4 million people have fallen ill with the flu, 38,000 have been hospitalized, and 2,100 have died since the season started. Seven kids have died from the flu so far this season. “When we have more H3N2, we usually have a more severe […]
Pfizer says omicron booster is better against new subvariants like BQ.1.1 than old shots
WATCH LIVE In this article PFE Pfizer said its omicron booster triggers a stronger immune response against a number of emerging Covid subvariants circulating in the U.S. The booster triggered more antibodies against omicron sublineages BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BA.2.75.2 and XBB.1 in adults older than 55 […]
Children’s hospitals call on Biden to declare emergency in response to ‘unprecedented’ RSV surge
Some days the hospital is full and children have to be held in the emergency room until an inpatient bed opens up, Pitetti said, but UPMC has been able to create new beds every day to move kids out of the ER. More than 80% […]
Bird flu is threatening British food staples, from the English breakfast to Christmas dinner
WATCH LIVE LONDON — The classic English fry-up and traditional Christmas turkey dinner could be under threat as Britain deals with the impact of rising cases of avian flu. Fried, poached, scrambled and boiled eggs may well be off the menu as some British supermarkets […]
Several Kentucky supreme court justices sound skeptical of state’s near-total abortion ban
Several Kentucky supreme court justices on Tuesday sounded skeptical of the state’s abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the U.S., during oral arguments in a case that will decide whether women have any access to the procedure in the foreseeable future. EMW’s Women’s […]