Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Ashton Kutcher says he's ‘lucky to be alive’ after developing rare autoimmune disorder
Mark Sagliocco/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Ashton Kutcher says he's "lucky to be alive" after he says he developed vasculitis, a rare condition. In a first look from Monday night's new episode of National ...
Aug 09, 2022
CDC sends team to New York to investigate polio case
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed a federal team to New York to investigate the case of polio detected in Rockland County. The te...
Aug 08, 2022
Climate change could aggravate over half of known human pathogens, scientists say
TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have made a distressing discovery on how global warming will affect known infectious diseases. Climate hazards are expected to aggr...
Aug 08, 2022
New abortion restrictions may push patients to more expensive, complicated care
Science Photo Library/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As more states enact near-total bans and restrictions on abortion, providers say many patients are experiencing delayed care which can force them into l...
Aug 08, 2022
How the U.S. struggled to respond rapidly to the monkeypox outbreak: Experts
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In early May, when the first cases of monkeypox surfaced in the United Kingdom and Europe, health officials in the United States advised Americans not to p...
Aug 06, 2022
Adult at Illinois day care tests positive for monkeypox, children potentially exposed
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An adult at an Illinois day care center has tested positive for monkeypox, and a number of children may have been exposed to the virus, health officials in Il...
Aug 05, 2022
Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine rollout off to sluggish start with just 7,000 doses in arms
Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Following its emergency authorization last month, just 7,300 doses of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Americans across the count...
Aug 05, 2022
Monkeypox vaccine available for kids on case-by-case basis, FDA says
Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With over 6,000 cases of monkeypox confirmed in the United States, including five children, the demand for the monkeypox vaccine is h...
Aug 04, 2022
7 ways to reduce your risk of monkeypox
Mike Kemp/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as the number of cases continue to rise, the most i...
Aug 04, 2022
Biden administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Amid growing calls from health officials across the country, the Biden administration declared the current monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency in...
Aug 04, 2022