Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Medical groups sue HHS, RFK Jr. over 'unlawful' vaccine changes
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Several major medical organizations filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...
Jul 07, 2025
ER visits for tick bites near record levels this summer across US
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in tick bite cases, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.July has alrea...
Jul 07, 2025
Wyoming confirms 1st case of measles in 15 years as infections near 30-year high in US
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Wyoming is reporting its first measles case in 15 years as the infectious disease continues to spread across the United States.The state's ...
Jul 02, 2025
USAID programs now being run by State Department as agency ends operations
Ezra Acayan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a move officials say will restructure U....
Jul 01, 2025
How Trump's megabilll could affect Medicaid and who could lose coverage
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Republicans work to pass President Donald Trump's reconciliation bill by his July 4 deadline, many are worried about the changes that co...
Jun 30, 2025
Climate change is making it harder for us to sleep: Study
Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rising temperatures, amplified by climate change, are contributing to an increase in cases of sleep apnea, a condition in which breat...
Jun 30, 2025
CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human Services S...
Jun 26, 2025
CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy...
Jun 26, 2025
CDC vaccine advisory panel to study child immunization schedule, recommends RSV shot for babies
Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee voted on Thursday to recommend infants receive a newe...
Jun 26, 2025
Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure
Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(OHIO) -- Republican lawmakers in Ohio are planning on introducing a bill on Wednesday that would ban almost all abortions and criminalize the procedure.The "O...
Jun 17, 2025