Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Connecticut woman dies from rare tick-borne virus in 2nd fatality this year in US
Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Connecticut woman has died from the rare tick-borne disease Powassan virus, the state's Department of Public Health announced. This is the first fatality recorded in the st...
Jun 10, 2022
US to lift COVID testing requirement for air travelers entering country: White House official
Lu ShaoJi/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is lifting pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirements for international travelers to the United States, according to a senior White Hous...
Jun 10, 2022
Start-ups hope for a better baby formula in the future
ABC News(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- When Nurit Argov-Argaman was raising three young children while trying to advance in her career, she was struggling with time-management issues involving baby formula ver...
Jun 09, 2022
Monkeypox cases surpass 1,200 globally, but experts say the outbreak is 'controllable'
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Cases of monkeypox are continuing to crop up around the globe as the outbreak of the rare disease keeps spreading. As of Thursday, at least 1,2...
Jun 09, 2022
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases, deaths on the rise amid push for boosters: ABC News analysis
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the early months of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, breakthrough cases among fully-vaccinated people were a statistical anomaly. Preliminary clinical trial...
Jun 09, 2022
Vaccine orders for kids under 5 underway as approval process moves forward
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With the approval process underway for young children's COVID-19 vaccines, the White House is preparing a rollout to doctors' offices, pharmacies and...
Jun 09, 2022
Mom shares powerful message 15 years after son drowned
Courtesy Karen Cohn(NEW YORK) -- Fifteen years after her son’s drowning death, a Connecticut mom has channeled her family’s grief and tragedy into a lifesaving mission, working to spread a...
Jun 09, 2022
Mom becomes surrogate at 49 for daughter, gives birth to baby at 50
Courtesy Chalise Smith(NEW YORK) -- At 49 years old, Chalise Smith made a big decision. She committed to becoming a surrogate for one of her daughters, 25-year-old Kaitlyn Munoz, who for years had bee...
Jun 09, 2022
FDA warns of more food products made with recalled peanut butter due to Salmonella risk
Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since an initial voluntary recall on J.M. Smucker peanut butter in May, multiple other products -- from protein power snac...
Jun 08, 2022
Queen Latifah on why she got 'mad' when trainer categorized her as obese
Kevin Mazur/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Queen Latifah is speaking out about her weight and why she's angry at having been categorized as obese. The actress and singer opened up on a new episode of "Red Tab...
Jun 08, 2022