Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
ER doctor warns about 'dangerous' grill brushes and injuries in viral video
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital(NEW YORK) -- An emergency room doctor is opening up about "one of the most interesting cases" she's seen in her career so far and, in the process, warning people ...
Mar 02, 2023
Couple sues fertility clinic alleging wife was impregnated with embryo with deadly cancer gene
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- A couple has filed a lawsuit against a California-based fertility clinic alleging the clinic transplanted an embryo with a cancer mutation during in vi...
Mar 02, 2023
Baby gets special homecoming parade from NICU
Samantha Desmond(NEW YORK) -- One baby got a special homecoming parade three months after he was born weighing only 1 pound and 15 ounces. Samantha Desmond, 28, of Peabody, Massachusetts, was only 25 ...
Mar 02, 2023
If an abortion drug is banned, could a 2nd medication be used as a safe alternative?
Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An imminent ruling from a Texas federal judge could soon block the use of a common abortion medication across the United States, leaving one drug avai...
Mar 01, 2023
Woman with tuberculosis to be arrested Friday unless she complies with court order to get treatment, isolate
Tacoma Police Department/FaceBook(TACOMA, Wash.) -- Health officials in Washington state said they are set to arrest a woman Friday after they said she has been avoiding treatment or isolation for tub...
Mar 01, 2023
Mississippi governor signs transgender health care ban for minors
Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill banning puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries for people under 18 in the state who are seeking ge...
Mar 01, 2023
One of the world's last cities with a mask mandate plans to drop it
Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong is ending its mask mandate Wednesday, becoming one of the world's last cities to drop rules demanding face coverings. In a press conf...
Feb 28, 2023
Obesity drugs often aren't covered by insurance. Experts say this limits access, increases disparities.
Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Deborah Horn wants to give her patients with obesity the best possible care. But too often, the conversation in appointments isn't focused on picking t...
Feb 28, 2023
What the 'lab leak' theory report about COVID's origins does and doesn't mean
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The news that the U.S. Department of Energy now believes with "low confidence" that the COVID-19 pandemic "most likely" was the result of a laborator...
Feb 28, 2023
Daughter surprises dad by being his kidney donor
Courtesy of Delayne Ivanowski(ST. LOUIS) -- For over nine months, Delayne Ivanowski of Kirkwood, Missouri, kept a secret from her dad that ended up saving his life. Delayne Ivanowski, a 25-year-old nu...
Feb 28, 2023