Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Maternity care is getting harder and harder to access in the US, new report finds
March of Dimes/US Health Resources and Services Admin.(NEW YORK) -- Maternal care is becoming increasingly difficult to access in the United States, according to a report released Tuesday by the March...
Oct 11, 2022
Scientists pan analysis Florida's surgeon general posted on COVID-19 vaccines
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Vaccine experts are pushing back on an analysis published by Florida's surgeon general that warns COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-relat...
Oct 11, 2022
Flu cases on the rise as US prepares for possibly severe season, data shows
ABC News Photo Illustration(NEW YORK) -- Influenza cases are rising in the United States as the country prepares for a potentially severe season. During the week ending Oct. 1 -- the latest date for w...
Oct 10, 2022
Nurse who cared for baby for six months in NICU named his godmother
Austyn Evans/Texas Children's Hospital(HOUSTON) -- Carly Miller, a neonatal intensive care unit nurse in Texas, spent six months by the side of one of her most critically ill patients, a baby named Co...
Oct 10, 2022
World Mental Health Day: If you're feeling depressed or anxious, you're not alone
bortonia/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Shayla, a 22-year-old from Georgia, said she had days during the coronavirus pandemic when it was a struggle to get out of bed. The part-time college student said she was ...
Oct 10, 2022
COVID cases on the rise in Europe could spell trouble for US
iStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) -- As colder weather arrives and people head indoors in Europe, a COVID-19 wave may be looming on the continent -- and could signal what's to come for the United States. Dat...
Oct 07, 2022
E-cigarette use among teens increases 21% over previous year, study finds
Diego Cervo / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- About 2.55 million middle and high schoolers in the United States reported using e-cigarettes, an increase of 21.5% from those who reported using those pr...
Oct 07, 2022
Mom speaks out after 14-year-old daughter was denied arthritis medication due to abortion law
Kaitlin Preble(NEW YORK) -- For the past decade, Kaitlin Preble of Tucson, Arizona, said she has gone to her local pharmacy each month to pick up her daughter's prescription for methotrexate, a drug t...
Oct 07, 2022
Monkeypox has disproportionately impacted Hispanic and Latino men in US
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since the early days of the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, Hispanic and Latino men may have been disproportionately affected. While data from ...
Oct 07, 2022
86% of kids under 17 have antibodies from a past COVID infection, CDC data shows
Europa Press/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than eight in 10 kids under the age of 17 have antibodies from a past COVID-19 infection, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
Oct 06, 2022