Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
It's a match: Wife donates lifesaving kidney to ill husband
Dexter and June Holaday(NEW YORK) -- One couple found out that they are truly a match -- in more ways than one. After being together for more than 20 years, a husband and wife pair learned they were r...
Apr 14, 2023
Toxicologist explains 5 food chemicals that a new bill seeks to ban
Os Tartarouchos/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new bill introduced in California could potentially do away with some additives that appear in ingredient lists of processed foods from candy to cereals. Ea...
Apr 13, 2023
Everything you need to know about the rare fungal infection that's infected nearly 100 people in Michigan
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 100 cases of a rare, fungal infection have been linked to a Michigan paper mill. Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM...
Apr 13, 2023
For Black women, most pregnancy-related deaths happen weeks or months after childbirth
Wanda Irving(NEW YORK) -- Shalon Irving knew her newborn daughter Soleil for less than one month. Three weeks after giving birth to Soleil, now 6, Shalon Irving, who is Black, died from complications ...
Apr 13, 2023
Appeals court rules on mifepristone: What it means for access to abortion medication across the country
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Well before a federal judge in Texas issued his ruling on the abortion drug mifepristone, abortion providers across the country said they had been preparing f...
Apr 13, 2023
Appeals court keeps abortion pill on market, but will be harder to get
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The abortion pill mifepristone will remain on the market for now -- but come Saturday morning, access should be severely restricted, a federal appeals court ruled la...
Apr 13, 2023
Paul Edmonds, fifth person apparently cured of HIV, steps forward to share his story
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- One of only five people in the world to achieve full remission of HIV is stepping forward to share his story in an ABC broadcast exclusive. Paul Edmonds’ journey into medic...
Apr 13, 2023
Mom of two says she had seizure after teens placed bucket on her head in Target store
Courtesy Lana Clay-Monaghan(NEW YORK) -- A California woman is speaking out about the lasting injuries she says she suffered after a group of teenagers allegedly placed a bucket over her head while sh...
Apr 13, 2023
Suicides increased in 2021, reaching highest level since 2018: CDC report
xijian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Suicides increased during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new federal data shows. There were 48,183 people who died by suicide in 2021, according to a report...
Apr 13, 2023
Second formerly conjoined twin goes home, reunites with sister
Cook Children's(NEW YORK) -- A Texas baby has been discharged from the hospital and reunited with her twin sister and parents Amanda Arciniega and James Finley of Saginaw. Baby AmieLynn was released f...
Apr 12, 2023