Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
COVID-19: A look back on where the US succeeded and where we didn’t
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- On the third anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic, public health experts can point to clear instances where the United...
Mar 19, 2023
Less staff, longer delays and fewer options: Rural America confronts a health care crisis
Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- More than 40,000 graduating medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next three to seven years of their medical training. W...
Mar 18, 2023
New report suggests COVID pandemic's origins linked to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report suggests the virus that causes COVID-19 may be linked to raccoon dogs that were illegally being sold at a wet seafood market in China. Firs...
Mar 17, 2023
Have deli sandwiches destroyed the American diet? Healthier alternatives and swaps
Doug van Kampen, van Kampen Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sandwiches have long been a staple on American lunch menus, piled high with deli meats and toppings tucked between fluffy yet hearty b...
Mar 17, 2023
Woman shares what happened after she stopped taking semaglutide
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For Meredith Schorr, a registered nurse, working in the medical field during the coronavirus pandemic, took both a mental and physical t...
Mar 17, 2023
Tick-borne illness babesiosis is spreading in the US, CDC report shows
rbkomar/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of new cases of babesiosis, a tick-borne illness, increased significantly between 2011 and 2019 in the United States, a new CDC report found. It’s al...
Mar 16, 2023
Double lung transplants successfully treat late-stage lung cancer, in a first with new technique
Shannon Fagan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new double lung transplant technique was successful for two patients with lung cancer, Northwestern Medicine announced. The hospital said it's leveraging that...
Mar 16, 2023
Utah governor signs bill banning abortion clinics across the state
Darwin Fan/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) -- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a bill into law banning abortion clinics in the state, making it the latest to restrict the procedure since the Supreme Cour...
Mar 16, 2023
Maternal mortality rates are increasing, highest among Black women
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to rise and Black women continue to be most affected, new data shows. Deaths of women during and just a...
Mar 16, 2023
Judge promises to rule soon on challenge to abortion drug, with potentially vast implications
Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(AMARILLO, Texas) -- A federal judge in Texas said Wednesday that he plans to rule soon on whether to overturn the federal governm...
Mar 15, 2023