Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Four more cases of 'monkeypox' reported in the UK: What to know
Jepayona Delita/Future Publishing via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Several people in England have tested positive for monkeypox, according to the U.K. Health Security Agency. Officials announced Monday fou...
May 17, 2022
FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots for children 5 to 11 years old
JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 years old, at ...
May 17, 2022
Mom whose daughter needs special baby formula speaks out on shortage
According to Weedman, Palmer gets a "severe" form of eczema after consuming milk protein, which can present as facial boils that then turn into scabs. - Kayzie Weedman(NEW YORK) -- The baby formula sh...
May 17, 2022
Despite White House guidance, aging school facilities still threaten kids’ health
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- By spring of 2021, Rashelle Chase-Miller knew she’d have to make some hard decisions. Schools in Portland, Oregon -- including her son Leo’s chart...
May 17, 2022
How a hospital treated victims of the Buffalo shooting
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- Dr. Michael Manka had just finished his shift at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, New York, Saturday afternoon and was getti...
May 16, 2022
300,000 US COVID deaths could have been averted through vaccination, analysis finds
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 vaccines could have prevented at least 318,000 virus-related deaths between January 2021 and April 2022, a new analysis found. The analysis used real-wo...
May 16, 2022
Without COVID-19 vaccines, death toll would be much higher: Pfizer analysis
MARK LENNIHAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the wake of the tragic milestone of 1 million official COVID-19 deaths in the United States, a new analysis found that without vaccines, the vir...
May 16, 2022
24-year-old woman gets new heart after suffering heart attack at 14
Jaelyn Kinchelow(AVON, Ind.) -- An Indiana women who suffered a heart attack at age 14 is now celebrating a new start in her life after undergoing a heart transplant. Jaelyn Kinchelow, of Avon, Indian...
May 16, 2022
COVID pandemic exposed inequities involving age, race, political affiliation
Calvin Chan Wai Meng/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United States has hit a grim milestone: 1 million COVID-19 deaths. During the past two years the virus has posed a deadly risk, but it hasn’t a...
May 15, 2022
One million COVID deaths but only 350K families have asked FEMA for funeral cost help
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite the U.S. recording more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths this week, few families have taken advantage of a government program to help cover the...
May 14, 2022