Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
All types of hormonal birth control raise breast cancer risk slightly, study finds
Shana Novak/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study is offering more information for women about whether the type of birth control they take increases their risk of breast cancer more than another. The ...
Mar 22, 2023
Death toll linked to contaminated eye drops rising as more report vision loss
Jrgen Hopf / EyeEm/ Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The death toll of an outbreak linked to contaminated recalled eye drops has risen and more people have lost their vision. According to an update issue...
Mar 22, 2023
Gerber powdered infant formula voluntarily recalled due to possible bacteria exposure
FDA(NEW YORK) -- Some of Gerber's powdered infant formula products that were manufactured at a facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, have been voluntarily recalled due to possible bacterial contamination...
Mar 22, 2023
Potentially deadly fungus spreading rapidly in US health care facilities
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed the fungus Candida auris is spreading rapidly through U.S....
Mar 21, 2023
What to know about the drug xylazine and why it's making fentanyl worse
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that a powerful veterinary sedative is being combined illicitly with fentanyl, mak...
Mar 21, 2023
Flight attendants renew call to ban lap babies
EllenMoran/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Flight attendants are renewing calls to ban children 2 years and younger from sitting in the laps of their adult caregivers and parents while flying, citing safety...
Mar 21, 2023
White House hosts cast of Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" to discuss mental health
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will be hosting the cast of Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" at the White House Monday to discuss the importanc...
Mar 20, 2023
Mercyhurst University student whose unattended wheelchair was pushed down stairs hopes incident can bring change
Sydney Benes with head of security Nate Sanders at Sullivan's Pub. Sanders said Benes is looking to press charges against the two men who pushed her chair down the stairs and damaged it. -- Julia Zuko...
Mar 20, 2023
Texas abortion law means woman has to continue pregnancy despite fatal anomaly
A 28-week ultrasound of the baby's head shows normal brain structures that should have formed and then separated in the midline are not there. -- Courtesy Kylie Overdorf(NEW YORK) -- Kylie Beaton was ...
Mar 20, 2023
What is gender dysphoria and what does transgender youth care consist of?
CARME PARRAMON/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Across the country, Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that restricts transgender health care for minors. At least eight states have passed laws ...
Mar 19, 2023