Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Less than 60% of kids are vaccinated against polio in some NYC neighborhoods
ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some of New York City's area have less than 60% of kids fully vaccinated against polio, according to data from the city's Department of Health. Just last wee...
Aug 19, 2022
New report warns about privacy of period-tracking, pregnancy apps after Roe v. Wade overturned
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report is shining a spotlight on potential privacy concerns loopholes in apps that collect women's personal health information following the reversal of Roe...
Aug 18, 2022
New COVID guidelines ease in-person work but won't spur return to office, experts say
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS(WASHINGTON) -- Apple on Monday made headlines as the latest major company to call its workers back to the office, setting a deadline for early next month that will require work...
Aug 18, 2022
COVID-19's negative impact on caregivers and 4 ways to help them
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented effects on our society and even more so on our senior population, as they struggle to manage care. In some cases, the...
Aug 18, 2022
This is how mifepristone and misoprostol induce abortions
Robyn Beck/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Just under 1 million people utilized abortion services in the U.S. in 2020, according to recent data from the Guttmacher Institute. Another report from Guttmacher ...
Aug 18, 2022
CDC director acknowledges mistakes to staff in internal message
Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky made a remarkable acknowledgment of her agency's failures during the COVID-19 pande...
Aug 18, 2022
Child dies from suspected case of brain-eating amoeba in Nebraska, the state's first
Larry Mayer/Getty Images(OMAHA, Neb.) -- A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first know...
Aug 18, 2022
Biden signs into law bill named for toddler who died after swallowing a battery
flubydust/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button batteries was signed into law Tuesday by President ...
Aug 18, 2022
Baby girl born with one lung and given 20% chance of survival goes home
Courtesy Joshua Valliere(SAN DIEGO) -- A California girl has beaten the odds to reunite with her twin and return home with her family after a six-month stay at a San Diego hospital. Charlotte and her ...
Aug 18, 2022
Monkeypox vaccine not 'a silver bullet', WHO says, as breakthrough cases emerge
AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests ...
Aug 17, 2022