Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Nearly 225,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 since the start of 2022 despite viral declines, data shows
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS(NEW YORK) -- Although the daily death rates have ticked down slightly from August, updated federal data shows that the U.S. is still losing hundreds of Americans to COVID-19 ev...
Sep 22, 2022
CDC director weighs in on whether pandemic is over, says bivalent COVID shot is 'critically important'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky became the latest American to receive the new bivalent COVID-19 booster&nb...
Sep 22, 2022
Some school uniforms were found to have high levels of potentially harmful PFAS chemicals
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesHigh levels of chemicals called per-and polyfluoroalky substances (PFAS) were detected in water-proof or stain-resistant school uniforms in the United States and Canada, accordi...
Sep 22, 2022
Updated boosters for elementary school-aged children 'weeks' from authorization: FDA vaccine chief
IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New boosters for 5- to 11-year-olds are just weeks away from authorization, the vaccine chief at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Peter Marks, said Tuesday....
Sep 22, 2022
Toddler goes home after over 500 days in the hospital
Tyler Robinson(NEW YORK) -- An Illinois mom says it's "wonderful" to have her daughter home with her after the 18-month-old spent more than 500 days in the hospital, first in the neonatal intensive ca...
Sep 22, 2022
Cancer deaths in US declined by 2% every year since 2016, report says
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG(NEW YORK) -- Cancer deaths in the United States are continuing to decline, according to a new report from the American Association for Cancer Research. The report, publishe...
Sep 21, 2022
October the best time to get COVID boosters, flu shots, experts say
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With doctor's offices and pharmacies now offering seasonal flu shots and updated COVID-19 boosters, experts are urging Americans to get both, with many...
Sep 21, 2022
Internal FDA report on infant formula crisis details shortfalls in response
AlasdairJames/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An internal review of the Food and Drug Administration's actions leading up to the infant formula crisis finds a combination of human error, antiquated techno...
Sep 21, 2022
FDA warns against 'very unsafe' social media trends targeted at teenagers
Government Accountability Office(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning parents and teens about "very unsafe" social media trends, including a recent one that has begun trending onli...
Sep 21, 2022
"GMA" marks 10 years since Robin Roberts' lifesaving bone marrow transplant
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Robin Roberts is no stranger to facing adversity. She received a breast cancer diagnosis in 2007 and then a diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a rare blood disorder tha...
Sep 21, 2022