Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Texas governor’s much-touted mental health care expansion falls short of local, state need
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) -- A white tent looms over the grounds of the Uvalde County Fairplex, a sparse multipurpose venue that previously hosted rodeos, quinceañeras and the an...
Nov 06, 2022
How to beat the negative health effects of daylight saving time
Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- The "fall back" from daylight saving is linked to an uptick in car accidents and poor mood, but doctors say careful attention to sleep hygiene and a gradual adjust...
Nov 05, 2022
Pfizer, BioNTech say bivalent COVID-19 booster shot performs better against BA.5 omicron subvariant
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced Friday that a booster dose of their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine performs better ag...
Nov 04, 2022
New injection for newborns to protect against RSV approved in Europe
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In what could signal the promise of progress to come for newborn infants at risk for RSV, a new monoclonal antibody is being granted approval in Europe as a prev...
Nov 04, 2022
Women turn to at-home abortions, as unregulated pill sites expand operations
Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jane was living in rural New Mexico when she discovered she was pregnant. She never wanted to have children or carry a pregnancy and knew immediatel...
Nov 04, 2022
FDA warns parents not to use infant head-shaping pillows
Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration has released a safety bulletin urging parents and caregivers not to use head-shaping pillows intended to change an infant'...
Nov 04, 2022
CDC releases new guidelines for prescribing opioids to include people with short-term pain
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain to include people who are suffering from short-term ...
Nov 04, 2022
Food writer Julie Powell's death at 49 puts spotlight on cardiac arrest
Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The sudden death of 49-year-old author Julie Powell, whose life inspired the movie Julie & Julia, is raising new questions about her health, including a ...
Nov 04, 2022
Pfizer, BioNTech launch phase 1 trial on combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine
Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer and BioNTech have launched a clinical trial on a vaccine targeting both COVID-19 and influenza, the companies announced Thursday. The pha...
Nov 03, 2022
RSV cases hit 2-year-high, CDC data shows
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of people with the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has surged, with cases hitting a two-year high, according to data by the Centers for ...
Nov 03, 2022