Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Can high-tech air filtration systems lower the risk of COVID in autos?
Cris Cantón/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Still concerned about COVID-19 transmission in automobiles? One carmaker may have a novel approach to keeping passengers safe. British luxury marque Jaguar...
Jun 27, 2022
Experts looking for ways to prevent hot car deaths, new radar technology could detect heartbeats
Mykhailo Polenok / EyeEm/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Every year, approximately 38 children die from being left in a hot car, according to Kids and Cars Safety, a national nonprofit that tracks hot car ...
Jun 27, 2022
Overturning Roe v. Wade raises stakes for patients who need IVF, experts say
Cara Skowronski and her husband hold their daughter, who was born via a gestational surrogate. - Cara Skowronski(NEW YORK) -- Cara Skowronski and her husband are the parents of a 2-year-old daughter w...
Jun 27, 2022
With Roe v. Wade overturned, medication abortions take center stage
Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker (WASHINGTON) -- As reactions to the Dobbs decision roll in, Congressional Democrats are outraged. But don't expect that outrage to translate to passable legislation anytim...
Jun 24, 2022
Major US abortion pill producer says it has ample supply if demand soars
Mifeprex(NEW YORK) -- Editor's note: This story was published before Friday's Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade. A major producer of the abortion pill in the U.S. says it has ample supply if deman...
Jun 24, 2022
Violence against abortion clinics rose in 2021, report says
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Violence against abortion providers significantly rose in 2021, according to a report from the National Abortion Federation published Friday. T...
Jun 24, 2022
Mom opens up about getting ready to donate kidney to 2-year-old son
Courtesy Pamela Bish(NEW YORK) -- If you could give your child the gift of life, would you? Pamela Bish, a Georgia mom of three, recently got the chance to do so and she immediately jumped at the oppo...
Jun 24, 2022
CDC committee greenlights Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children 6-17
Westend61/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- A committee of advisers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Thursday to greenlight the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17...
Jun 23, 2022
FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes and vaping products to be taken off the market in US
Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it is taking Juul Labs e-cigarettes and other products off the market. It comes after the federal health...
Jun 23, 2022
How to find COVID vaccines for children under age 5
David Ryder/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 vaccines began to be rolled out for children between six months and 4 years old across the United States this week. This means roughly 20 million babies,...
Jun 23, 2022