Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
FDA issues warning letters to companies selling unproven mpox treatments
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new warning from the Food and Drug Administration urges consumers to beware of marketers attempting to sell illegal and unproven mpox "medication" and...
Feb 02, 2023
Is Ozempic safe to take during pregnancy or while trying to conceive? Experts weigh in
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The growing popularity of drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, designed to help people with Type 2 diabetes and obesity, has raised new questions about what...
Feb 02, 2023
If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs?
Icy Macload/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With the nation still in the grips of an opioid epidemic that began decades ago, the crisis has deepened in recent years with the introduction of fentanyl, a synt...
Feb 01, 2023
Ten-year-old Uvalde shooting survivor healing from trauma with EMDR therapy
Gladys Gonzales and her 10-year-old daughter Caitlyne Gonzales. - Courtesy of Gonzales family(UVALDE, Texas) -- Gladys Gonzales says she felt the urgent need within hours to find mental health service...
Feb 01, 2023
Excessive screen time during infancy may be linked to lower cognitive skills later in childhood
Pavlina Popovska/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The amount of time babies spend watching computer, TV and phone screens in their first year of life may be indirectly linked to lower cognitive skills later ...
Feb 01, 2023
What the end of the COVID-19 emergencies in the US means
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- On May 11, the U.S. will no longer officially be in a COVID-19 emergency for the first time since the pandemic began three years ago. While hundreds of ...
Feb 01, 2023
US births increased in 2021 for first time in seven years: CDC
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of births in the United States increased in 2021 for the first time in seven years, reversing trends that continued during the pandemic, according to ...
Jan 31, 2023
US Surgeon General says 13-year-olds are too young to be on social media
Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said he believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms, despite some of the most popular platforms, ...
Jan 31, 2023
COVID-19 pandemic 'is probably at a transition point,' WHO says
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization said Monday that COVID-19 remains a public health emergency but the pandemic is at a "transition point." The agency said i...
Jan 30, 2023
COVID-19 may have impacted our children’s learning progress in school: Where do we go from here?
Geo Piatt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- School-aged children faced significant learning loss during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, data shows. The finding shows that, even though we have develop...
Jan 30, 2023