Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Los Angeles County holds off on mask mandate even as it enters 'high' COVD transmission category
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles County said Thursday it is holding off on issuing an indoor mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. During a pres...
Dec 08, 2022
At least 63 children are sick with measles in Ohio
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- An ongoing measles outbreak in central Ohio has ballooned to 63 cases as of Thursday. Twenty-five children have been hospitalized. Th...
Dec 08, 2022
FDA authorizes updated COVID-19 boosters for kids under 5
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized bivalent COVID-19 boosters for children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years old Thursday. ...
Dec 08, 2022
CDC report shows how infectious mpox is and how important vaccination was in stemming outbreak
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows how infectious mpox can be and how important vaccination was in reducing the outbreak over...
Dec 08, 2022
FDA weighs whether Lasik patients should be given extra warning about possible risks
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether or not surgeons should provide additional warnings about the risks of Lasik, a popular corrective eye-sig...
Dec 08, 2022
Doctors should ask heart patients if they take supplements to manage heart failure
Chris Rogers/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Doctors should ask patients with heart failure if they’re using any supplements, specific diets, or other types of complementary and alternative medicines ...
Dec 08, 2022
Walgreens launches free Paxlovid delivery service with DoorDash and Uber
patty_c/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Walgreens has launched a new delivery service for the COVID-19 oral antiviral therapy Paxlovid in partnership with DoorDash and Uber to get the treatment "directly to...
Dec 08, 2022
What to know about Pfizer's RSV vaccine for older adults as FDA prepares to review
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, vaccine for older adults could be on the horizon after Pfizer announced Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...
Dec 08, 2022
Kirstie Alley's death at 71 puts spotlight on colon cancer: What women need to know
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Kirstie Alley's unexpected death at age 71 has put a spotlight on colon cancer, the disease that took her life. Alley had been recently dia...
Dec 07, 2022
Experts share advice on making New Year's resolutions that last
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For a New Year's resolution that lasts, start now, start simple and be specific. Almost half of all Americans make a New Year's resolution each year, r...
Dec 07, 2022