Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Women not getting equal medical advice when it comes to heart health, study finds
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women, but women may not be receiving the same treatment, according to a ne...
Dec 06, 2022
Some schools close to stem flu outbreaks -- but is it a good long-term solution?
ljubaphoto/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some schools across the United States have been closing early in an attempt to stem influenza outbreaks. In Maine, students at Casco Bay High School in Portland we...
Dec 06, 2022
Firearm deaths among Black men at 28-year high, doctors are taking steps to reframe gun violence as one of America's major health crisis
DBenitostock/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- There's been a substantial increase in firearm-related deaths in the United States over the past three decades and Black men are the most affected, according to ...
Dec 06, 2022
Pediatrician and mom shares the protections she's taking amid 'tripledemic' of flu, RSV and COVID-19
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez/Instagram(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez says she knows firsthand the worry that comes with being a parent amid what some health experts are calling a "tripledemic," wi...
Dec 06, 2022
Health officials make urgent push for flu and COVID shots as hospitals feel the strain
Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health officials are making another urgent push to encourage flu and COVID vaccinations, as multiple respiratory v...
Dec 05, 2022
Poison center reports for child marijuana use rose 245% in last 20 years: Study
Jamie Grill/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) -- Between 2000 and 2020, reports to poison centers for child and teen marijuana use increased by 245%, according to a new study from the Oregon Health and Sc...
Dec 05, 2022
Los Angeles County mask mandate could return as COVID cases rise
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles County may soon reimpose indoor mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in the area. During a press confe...
Dec 02, 2022
New study finds some natural hair loss supplements may actually work
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pumpkin seed oil, zinc and other nutritional supplements may help with hair loss, according to new research published in JAMA Dermatology. Researchers in Boston...
Dec 02, 2022
Suffering from flu, RSV or COVID-19? How you can tell the difference
Westend61/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. is facing a surge of respiratory viruses, mainly driven by COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Flu and RSV have appeared earlier t...
Dec 02, 2022
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy advises on flu, RSV and COVID-19
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Health officials are warning of a "triple threat" of flu, RSV and COVID-19 across the country and hospitals are continuing to see a su...
Dec 02, 2022