Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
New York City COVID-19 cases surge as unvaccinated take the brunt
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases are continuing to surge in New York City and unvaccinated residents are bearing the brunt. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Jul 20, 2022
CDC finds significant increase in opioid overdoses among minority groups
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE(ATLANTA) -- A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a significant increase in opioid overdose death rates among Black and ...
Jul 20, 2022
Strangers rally to offer free mental health help after deadly Fourth of July parade attack
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) -- A therapy resource for people affected by the mass shooting during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, is going ...
Jul 20, 2022
'Aftershock' explores the high mortality rate among Black expectant mothers
Onyx Collective(NEW YORK) -- Expectant mothers Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac both died from preventable childbirth complications, their families say, and the women's deaths have had a devastatin...
Jul 19, 2022
Dad with rare cancer fights to get lifesaving treatment
Courtesy of Anthony Di Laura and Jackie Cucullo(NEW YORK) -- A New York man is determined not to give up when it comes to fighting the rare disease he's been living with the last two years. Anthony Di...
Jul 19, 2022
In-clinic 'surgical' abortion procedures: What are they, who needs them?
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Kate Coleman found out she was pregnant, she was overjoyed, she said. She and her husband shared the happy news with family and friends. But three months late...
Jul 19, 2022
Will the BA.5 COVID strain force new mask mandates?
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The new COVID-19 variant, called BA.5, has been rapidly spreading across the country and is now estimated to make up more than 60% of new cases, accor...
Jul 19, 2022
Abortions can resume in West Virginia after judge blocks pre-Roe ban
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) -- Abortions in West Virginia can -- at least temporarily -- resume after a judge struck down a pre-Roe ban Monday. Following the Supreme Court's reversa...
Jul 19, 2022
For pregnant women with cancer, doctors fear abortion bans 'could be a death sentence'
JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Oncologists worry restrictions on abortions in Republican-led states after Roe v. Wade's reversal could force pregnant cancer patients to delay critical treat...
Jul 19, 2022
Second half of 2021 sees first increase of births since pandemic: CDC
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After months of declining births during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of babies born may be rebounding in the United States, a new federal report finds. The ...
Jul 19, 2022