Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Investigation into mysterious pediatric hepatitis cases in the US expands
Westend61/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now investigating at least 180 cases of severe hepatitis with unknown cause among children — an increas...
May 18, 2022
First monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Massachusetts resident has tested positive for monkeypox, health officials confirmed Wednesday, making it the first case of the ra...
May 18, 2022
America's mental health care deserts: Where is it hard to access care?
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and two years into a global pandemic that has highlighted the need for increased access to mental health care, 570 ...
May 18, 2022
Parents of preemie describe their scramble to find baby formula
Courtesy of Mac and Emily Jaehnert(NEW YORK) -- Parents of babies on specialized baby formulas are continuing to sound the alarm as the nationwide formula shortage in the U.S. persists, three months a...
May 18, 2022
Nearly every state expected to see increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, forecast shows
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- As the nation's COVID-19 resurgence reaches its highest point since mid-February, daily hospital admission levels and new COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S...
May 18, 2022
Two years into COVID-19, some remain in complete isolation
Courtesy Sara Anne Willette(NEW YORK) -- For millions, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant working from home, seeing friends and family less and other changes to life as they knew it. In many cases, it al...
May 18, 2022
Demand for donor milk rises amid baby formula shortage
UC San Diego Health(NEW YORK) -- As the baby formula shortage continues to impact parents and children across the country, there is renewed interest in donor breast milk, or donor human milk, with som...
May 18, 2022
The danger of the 'strong Black woman' trope for mental health
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A growing movement is calling on Black women to do something long held out of their reach as the country faces an ongoing pandemic, racial conflict and a growing political divide...
May 18, 2022
1 in 6 deaths worldwide attributed to pollution: Review
Eric Yang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- One out of every six deaths in 2019 were attributed to pollution, according to a new estimate published in The Lancet Planetary Health. The analysis, led by an inte...
May 17, 2022
With Roe under threat, doctors worry about girls under 18 who may need abortion care
E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the Supreme Court's looming decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade, doctors are voicing concerns about th...
May 17, 2022