Eric Strauss

New York

Executive Producer, Medical Reporting at ABC News

Executive Producer, @ABC News, Medical Unit | Former Producer 20/20 & Knight-Wallace Fellow, UMich, Tulane grad | Working and living extremely hardcore

Articles

FDA cancels pivotal advisory meeting about next season’s flu vaccine

2 months ago | southernillinoisnow.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Sony Salzman |Eric Strauss |Mark Abdelmalek

(WASHINGTON) — A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting that was set to discuss what flu strains to include in next season’s flu vaccine has been canceled, multiple sources told ABC News, leaving some to wonder if the meeting cancelation will delay next year’s flu vaccine delivery schedule. The meeting was canceled in an email sent from the FDA to members who were planning to attend the annual meeting in about two weeks.
FDA cancels pivotal advisory meeting about next season's flu vaccine

2 months ago | abcnews.go.com | Youri Benadjaoud |Sony Salzman |Eric Strauss |Mark Abdelmalek

Experts are concerned about the impact on upcoming flu vaccine availability. ByYouri Benadjaoud, Sony Salzman, Eric M. Strauss, and Dr. Mark AbdelmalekFebruary 26, 2025, 10:03 PMIn this Oct.
What policies could RFK Jr. actually change at HHS?

Nov 27, 2024 | thepulseofnh.com | Cheyenne Haslett |Lalee Ibssa |Eric Strauss |T. Michelle Murphy

(WASHINGTON) -- Named to lead the nation's sprawling Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big ideas for busting public health policy norms. His Senate confirmation hearings -- should they happen -- will come with lots of questions about what Kennedy's ideas would look like in practice.
Trump names COVID lockdown critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as pick for NIH director

Nov 27, 2024 | thepulseofnh.com | Lalee Ibssa |Cheyenne Haslett |Eric Strauss |T. Michelle Murphy

(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a critic of COVID-19 lockdown policies to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Health. In a statement, Trump said he has picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to serve as NIH director to work in cooperation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- whom Trump named as his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services -- to direct the nation's medical research.
Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials

Nov 25, 2024 | thepulseofnh.com | Eric Strauss |T. Michelle Murphy |Mary Kekatos |Youri Benadjaoud

(FRESNO, CA) -- After bird flu was detected in a retail sample of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers on Sunday to avoid consuming any from the same lot. At the state's request, the Fresno County-based company also issued a voluntary recall of the affected product: cream top, whole raw milk from lot No. 20241109 with a "best by" date of Nov. 27.
Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials

Nov 25, 2024 | southernillinoisnow.com | Eric Strauss |T. Michelle Murphy

(FRESNO, CA) — After bird flu was detected in a retail sample of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers on Sunday to avoid consuming any from the same lot. At the state’s request, the Fresno County-based company also issued a voluntary recall of the affected product: cream top, whole raw milk from lot No. 20241109 with a “best by” date of Nov. 27.
Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials

Nov 25, 2024 | willmarradio.com | Eric Strauss |T. Michelle Murphy

(FRESNO, CA) -- After bird flu was detected in a retail sample of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers on Sunday to avoid consuming any from the same lot. At the state's request, the Fresno County-based company also issued a voluntary recall of the affected product: cream top, whole raw milk from lot No. 20241109 with a "best by" date of Nov. 27.
Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials

Nov 24, 2024 | yahoo.com | Eric Strauss |T. Michelle Murphy

After bird flu was detected in a retail sample of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers on Sunday to avoid consuming any from the same lot. At the state's request, the Fresno County-based company also issued a voluntary recall of the affected product: cream top, whole raw milk from lot No. 20241109 with a "best by" date of Nov. 27.
Hawaii on alert for Tropical Storm Hone, extreme heat travels across country

Aug 24, 2024 | thepulseofnh.com | Daniel Amarante |Nadine El-Bawab |Patricio Chile |Eric Strauss

(NEW YORK) -- Hawaii is on alert for Tropical Storm Hone while extreme heat is expected to expand from the South to the Midwest, leaving 25 million Americans under heat alerts this weekend. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Big Island of Hawaii as Tropical Storm Hone passes by to the south of the islands. While it won’t be a direct hit, the storm is still close enough to deliver some potentially dangerous impacts.
Anthony Fauci Recovering After Hospitalization for West Nile Virus

Aug 24, 2024 | bigcountrynewsconnection.com | Patricio Chile |Eric Strauss

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was hospitalized with a case of West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson said. Fauci is expected to make a full recovery, the spokesperson told ABC News in a statement. West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States, according to the CDC.