Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Superbugs are a leading global health risk: UN report
Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Superbugs are now a leading global health risk, according to a major U.N. report published Tuesday. Major industries like the pharmaceutica...
Feb 07, 2023
Mom says she suffered heart attack during PTA meeting at child's school
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Donnese Tyler said she was at a routine PTA meeting at her son's Maryland school last year when she suddenly felt an unusual feeling. "I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, what was that?'" Tyl...
Feb 07, 2023
Major recall on ready-to-eat sandwiches, salads, snacks and more due to listeria concerns
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 400 types of ready-to-eat food products sold under multiple brand labels have been recalled over possible listeria contamination. Fresh Ideation F...
Feb 06, 2023
New York City to end COVID vaccine mandate for city workers
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New York City workers will no longer need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be employed by the city, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. T...
Feb 06, 2023
'I felt powerless': Black Americans suffering from long COVID say they have trouble accessing care
Chimére Smith, 40, from Baltimore, Maryland, during a function at the school where she was a teacher in Feb. 2020, before she contracted COVID-19. - Courtesy of Chimére Smith(NEW YORK) -...
Feb 06, 2023
The science behind the zombie fungus from 'The Last of Us'
Kevin Schafer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The hit HBO series "The Last Of Us" describes a post-pandemic world devastated by a mass outbreak of a "zombie fungus" that infects and takes over the mind of i...
Feb 05, 2023
Eye drops recalled after 55 reports of bacterial infection, one death in 12 states
EzriCare(NEW YORK) -- Two types of artificial tears eye drops have been voluntarily recalled following 55 reports of adverse use effects, including eye infections, vision loss and even a bloodstream i...
Feb 03, 2023
As US reels from Tyre Nichols video, what makes people act violently as a group?
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Many were stunned when videos were released of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, being beaten to death by five Memphis police officers during a traffic sto...
Feb 03, 2023
How long eggs stay fresh, tips to store them and how to check if eggs are still safe to eat
d3sign/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Shoppers have seen significant price spikes on eggs as of late and since everyone wants to make the most of their hard-earned money, there are a few simple rules and t...
Feb 03, 2023
A public health success story: How the Mpox crisis was controlled within 6 months
Vincent D. Johnson/Xinhua via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When the highly infectious Mpox virus, formerly called Monkeypox, was declared a public health emergency in August of last year, more than 450 p...
Feb 02, 2023