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Pope Francis died Monday morning at age 88.

Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs directly from the state under a program aimed at making the life-saving medication less expensive and more accessible

Officials say Pakistan has launched a weeklong second nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio

A woman in the southern African country of Namibia runs a program that harnesses the power but also the gentleness of horses to help children with learning disabilities and conditions like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism

Dr. Jessica Shepherd, chief medical officer for Hers, joins ABC News Live to discuss RFK Jr.'s comments about autism and measles cases across the U.S.

At least 27 states have reported at lease one case in 2025.

The website once had resources for vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19.

Dr. Alok Patel discusses the latest rise in measles cases and how newly published data shows that younger women are now binge drinking at higher rates than their male peers.

America’s two largest retailers want to deliver prescriptions to your doorstep, sometimes in a matter of hours

Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans each year

Dr. Katherine Saunders, at Weill Cornell Medicine, joined ABC News' to discuss a new daily weight loss pill by Eli Lilly saying it "opens up opportunities" to treat diseases.

The CDC reported 88 new cases in the previous week.

First, the nation’s top law firms

Dr. Rekha Kumar, endocrinologist and obesity medicine expert at Weill Cornell Medicine, joined ABC News Live to discuss the promising results from Eli Lilly's newly announced weight loss pill.

Seven cases have been confirmed in Michigan this year, say health officials.

Federal officials are circulating a draft budget proposal that would make dramatic additional cuts to federal health programs and serve as a roadmap for more mass firings

Taking a mental health leave from work is becoming more of an option for people in the United States even thought most of them probably don't know it

Kennedy has prioritized autism in his aim to “Make America Healthy Again."

Governors in four states said they'd submit a federal waiver to overhaul SNAP.

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition

Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlined the findings of a new survey from the CDC which found that autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the U.S.

ABC News' Will Ganss discusses people using movies and television to battle addiction and help with recovery.

Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, a health equity and maternal health advocate, joined ABC News Live to raise awareness about maternal health issues in America, especially among Black women.

Recent funding and staffing cuts undermine the future of the 988 program.

Baby food sold under Target's Good and Gather brand is being recalled due to "elevated levels of lead," according to the Food and Drug Administration.

European regulators have finally approved the Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi after an advisory committee initially rejected the drug last summer

Medical experts have previously told ABC News this increase is largely due to better awareness and better access to screening.

This is an increase from one in 36 children diagnosed in 2020.

Children and teenagers make up the majority of cases.

U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a transplant but temporarily attached outside the body

A new study has found that fewer people crossed state lines for abortions in 2024 than the previous year

ABC News’ Eva Pilgrim reported on the mothers and advocates who are working to change laws surrounding drug testing for pregnant women and their newborns after several devastating incidents.

An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours

A man has been arrested near UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters after threatening violence

Dr. Jessica Shepherd, chief medical officer for Hers, joins ABC News Live to discuss the results of the president’s physical.

Author Dr. Judith Joseph and Dr. Adjoa Smalls-Mantey join ABC News Live to discuss stress awareness month.

Holly J. Mitchell, Los Angeles County supervisor for the 2nd District, and gynecologist Dr. Jessica Shepherd join ABC News Live to discuss Black Maternal Health Week.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance

A private plane that crashed in upstate New York over the weekend was carrying six members of a close-knit family of physicians and distinguished student-athletes

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel discusses the latest medical news and studies.

A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities has been gutted in the federal health layoffs

A big cancer trial run by an NIH scientist has been in a holding pattern for a few months but is now back on track after a spending freeze was lifted.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting that, by September, his agency will "know what has caused the autism epidemic."

Researchers studying why women cry more than men have long cited how the sexes are wired differently. A new YouGov poll published this week sheds new light on when, where and how often people cry.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting that, by September, his agency will "know what has caused the autism epidemic."