Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Kindergarten vaccination rates dip below target for 2020-2021
Cavan Images/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- National vaccination coverage for kindergarteners during the 2020-2021 school year fell below the nationwide target of 95% coverage, according to a new Centers fo...
Apr 21, 2022
Baby born at 23 weeks gets special surgery to fix incomplete esophagus
HCA Healthcare's Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children(NEW YORK) -- A 1-year-old girl is back at home in Nebraska after receiving life-saving treatment in Colorado, including a surgery with magnets tha...
Apr 21, 2022
Almost half of Americans breathing more unhealthy air than ever before: Report
Eric Yang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Almost half of Americans -- 137 million people -- are experiencing more days of "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" air quality than in the previous two decades combin...
Apr 21, 2022
FDA issues warning about false results with prenatal genetic screening tests
FatCamera/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Common prenatal tests done to test for genetic abnormalities are the subject of a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA issued a n...
Apr 20, 2022
C-sections explained: From what to expect to the questions women should ask
Petri Oeschger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- During her pregnancy with her first child, Emily Brown said she planned to have a natural, non-medicated birth. But the way Brown, 34, of Oklahoma, ended up gi...
Apr 20, 2022
What to know about COVID-19 risks as travel mask mandate is lifted
Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Confusion abounded after a federal judge in Florida struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's travel mask mandate Monday. The mandate, fir...
Apr 20, 2022
Why meat with 'raised without antibiotics' labels could be misleading
Kilito Chan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study found that meat labels may be misleading shoppers in search of beef "raised without antibiotics." Labels represent an important source of information ...
Apr 20, 2022
These airlines, companies have ended mask mandates after federal ruling
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- After a federal judge struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel mask mandate Monday, several airlines and companies moved to ac...
Apr 19, 2022
Americans suffer deadly fentanyl overdoses in record numbers
duckycards/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a record number of Americans died from drug overdoses. Although months of data is still incomplete, statistics sho...
Apr 19, 2022
2-year-old 'miracle' girl back at home after 848-day hospital stay
Courtesy Aliesha and Chris Smith(SAN DIEGO) -- A 2-year-old girl who spent the first two years of her life in the hospital is back home with her parents and younger brother in California. It was a joy...
Apr 19, 2022