Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Smoking rate among US adults drops to record low as vape use rises: CDC
Signage outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Megan Varner/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Cigarette smoking among U.S. ...
Mar 26, 2026
Doctors say Pfizer's Lyme disease vaccine trial results 'encouraging' after more than 70% efficacy shown
Pfizer logo (Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Earlier this week, pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its partner Valneva announced that an experim...
Mar 24, 2026
Nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen voluntarily recalled
Bottles of children's ibuprofen, made for Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., are being recalled due to the potential presence of a foreign substance. (NIH)(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 90,000 bottles of childr...
Mar 20, 2026
1 in 10 ACA enrollees dropped their coverage due to rising health care costs: Poll
The healthcare.gov website on a laptop arranged in Norfolk, Virginia, US, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- When Jessica Chamberlain went to sign up...
Mar 19, 2026
Judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.'s efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy
(MASSACHUSETTS) -- A Massachusetts judge ruled on Monday in favor of medical organizations in their litigation against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his chan...
Mar 16, 2026
Many military members may get care at hospitals at risk of financial distress -- partly due to Trump cuts
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As many as 724,000 service members, their families and veterans may rely on health care at hospitals that face financial vulnerability, partly due to cuts in Pres...
Mar 11, 2026
Wyoming governor signs 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban into law
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon testifies during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Wyoming Gov. Mark Gor...
Mar 10, 2026
Acetaminophen use dropped among pregnant women in ERs after White House claim linked drug to autism
Tylenol (Acetaminophen) tablets are sold in a drugstore in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 17, 2026. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Acetaminophen or...
Mar 06, 2026
As Iran war escalates, children may face physical, mental health impacts
A woman and child walk by a damaged building, struck days earlier, during the U.S.Israeli military campaign on March 4, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- As the U.S.-Israe...
Mar 05, 2026
Maternal mortality rate in the US declines to its lowest since 2018: CDC
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data published on Thursday.The report, fro...
Mar 04, 2026