Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Here's what you need to know as Google expands its health care AI
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Google is expanding use of its health care artificial intelligence, including helping detect diseases, such as cancer, earlier and answering me...
Mar 15, 2023
Why some protesters are dressed as kangaroos and clowns amid Texas hearing on abortion pill
ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images(AMARILLO, Texas) -- A ruling is expected to come down from a federal judge in Texas Wednesday that could see an abortion medication being taken off the market i...
Mar 15, 2023
CBD hit the mainstream as a trendy sleep aid, but does it work?
ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Social media users, online groups, and even celebrities like Martha Stewart, are touting CBD as a real aid for sleep, but some are beginning to wonder if...
Mar 15, 2023
Only 13 countries and regions achieved normal air quality standards last year: Report
Pongmanat Tasiri/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In 2022, only 13 countries, territories and regions globally have met the World Health Organization's guidelines for healthy...
Mar 14, 2023
Illinois man accused of defrauding US government of $83M in COVID testing scheme
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- An Illinois man has been indicted for allegedly cheating the U.S. government out of millions of dollars for his pop-up COVID testing company a...
Mar 14, 2023
Masks are effective but here's how a study from a respected group was misinterpreted to say they weren't
Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Recently, a review from the Cochrane Library set off a firestorm after headlines declared research published by the respected organization's stu...
Mar 14, 2023
More than 60 Omega-3 dog and cat supplements recalled by Stratford
Mensent Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Stratford Care USA, Inc has recalled 62 brands of Omega-3 supplements for cats and dogs over concern for "potentially elevated levels of Vitamin A," ...
Mar 14, 2023
Mediterranean diet may reduce risk of dementia, study finds: What to know about the diet
Natalia Gdovskaia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Following a diet rich in plant-based foods and seafood can help lower the risk of getting dementia, according to a new study. The study, published Mond...
Mar 14, 2023
Texas judge asks lawyers to keep quiet on key hearing on abortion medication
Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(AMARILLO, Texas) -- A federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, sought to delay publicly divulging details about a major hearing on abort...
Mar 14, 2023
EPA proposes first-ever limit on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WILMINGTON, N.C.) -- The Environmental Protection Agency proposed its first-ever rule to reduce the prevalence of PFAS chemicals in drinking water Tuesday, taking the first ste...
Mar 14, 2023