Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Kraft Heinz to remove artificial dyes from food products over next 2 years
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday that it would be removing artificial food dyes from its products within the next two years.The company said 10% of its products c...
Jun 17, 2025
Federal judge rules Trump directives canceling NIH grants are 'void,' 'illegal'
ftwitty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Monday that directives from the Trump administration that led to the cancellations of several research grants from the Natio...
Jun 17, 2025
FDA expands approval of Moderna's RSV vaccine to some adults under age 60
Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded its approval of Moderna's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine on Thursday...
Jun 13, 2025
RFK Jr. has promoted 'freedom of choice' while limiting vaccines, food
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Prior to becoming Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had espoused the idea of "medical freedom," the ability of people to make personal hea...
Jun 06, 2025
Baby saved by gene-editing therapy 'graduates' from hospital, goes home
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia(PHILADELPHIA) -- KJ Muldoon, a 10-month-old baby who sparked nationwide headlines after receiving a first-of-its kind gene-editing treatment, was release...
Jun 04, 2025
4-year-old from Mexico receiving 'lifesaving medical treatment' can remain in US: Lawyer
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(BAKERSFIELD, CA) -- A 4-year-old girl receiving "lifesaving medical treatment" in the United States was granted humanitarian parole for one year, all...
Jun 04, 2025
Trump administration rescinds Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to perform emergency abortions
Allison Joyce/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration announced on Tuesday it is rescinding Biden-era guidance that uses a federal law to require hospitals to stabilize patients...
Jun 04, 2025
1st measles case of the year in South Dakota as CDC updates travel guidance
Natalya Maisheva via Getty Images(MEADE COUNTY, SD) -- South Dakota has reported its first case of measles this year. The state is now the 33rd in the country to confirm a measles case, with at least ...
Jun 03, 2025
Most US counties saw decline in childhood MMR vaccination rates: Report
Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Most counties in the United States have seen a decline in childhood measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rates over the last five years, accord...
Jun 02, 2025
Another COVID-19 variant is rising abroad. Doctors say there's no need to panic
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, a descendent of the Omicron variant, are on the rise in some parts of the world, according to the World Health Organiz...
May 28, 2025