Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Moms forced to make 'tough' decisions amid 'tripledemic'
Courtesy of Vanessa Desani/Abigail Murray(NEW YORK) -- Parents across social media are speaking out about their families' firsthand experiences as the ongoing "tripledemic" of respiratory syncytial vi...
Dec 13, 2022
COVID hospitalizations at least 3 times higher among seniors than other age groups: CDC
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 hospitalizations among seniors are at least three times higher than any other age group, according to data from the Centers for Disease Cont...
Dec 12, 2022
Climate change brings health issues, challenges for pregnant women
juanma hache/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Dr. Santosh Pandipati has seen up close the impact of climate change on his personal and professional life. “I've taken care of patients who've had to fle...
Dec 12, 2022
One teen's search for a bone marrow match leads to unlikely friendship
ABC(NEW YORK) -- Justice Brooks is 19 years old and a majority of his lifetime has been spent searching for a bone marrow donor. “I always knew that I had a medical condition and that … m...
Dec 12, 2022
How US came back from mpox outbreak
Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A couple of months ago, the mpox outbreak seemed poised to overwhelm the United States. Cases were, in some inst...
Dec 11, 2022
How companies are making single-use period products more sustainable
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Every year, an estimated 45 billion menstrual products are used around the world, with each person who menstruates generating more than 400 pounds of waste in t...
Dec 09, 2022
Should racism and discrimination be viewed as public health threats? A new study argues they should
Maskot/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Racism and discrimination must be acknowledged as public health threats in the fight to address global health disparities, according to a new study. As part of the four-...
Dec 09, 2022
What to know about stiff-person syndrome after Celine Dion reveals rare disorder
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) -- Céline Dion's public announcement that she has a neurological disease is shining a spotlight on the rare condition known as stiff-person syndrome...
Dec 09, 2022
Some parents concerned over empty drug store shelves, shortage of popular antibiotic
Susan L. Angstadt/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Across the country, parents are searching for solutions as demand for pediatric medications surges while over-the-counter ...
Dec 09, 2022
New COVID booster authorization will sway parents to get young kids vaccinated, FDA vaccine chief hopes
d3sign/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine chief, said he is well aware that COVID-19 booster uptake might be low for the latest shot, authorized by...
Dec 08, 2022