Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Mom warns of COVID-19 misinformation after she says she became anti-vaccine influencer
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As experts warn about the spread of COVID-19 misinformation in online parent groups, one mom is speaking out about how she inadvertently became an anti-vaccine influencer. Heathe...
Apr 19, 2022
Health care workers in Northern California strike over short staffing, COVID protocols, pay
iStock/NanoStockk(NEW YORK) -- More than 8,000 nurses and health care workers in Northern California are planning a one-day strike Monday over staffing and other COVID-19-related concerns. The employe...
Apr 18, 2022
'90210' star Brian Austin Green battles ulcerative colitis: What to know about the condition
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Actor Brian Austin Green is opening up about his experience with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the inner lining of the digest...
Apr 18, 2022
FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 'breathalyzer' test
InspectIR Systems(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 test that uses breath samples -- the first of its kind to get the agency's g...
Apr 15, 2022
Woman shares warning on TikTok after learning streak on nail is cancer
Cavan Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For years, Maria Sylvia ignored a straight, brown streak that had appeared on her right thumbnail. The 25-year-old shared what it looked like in a TikTok video l...
Apr 15, 2022
As COVID-19 cases rise, disability advocates say CDC isn't doing enough
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After the omicron wave of COVID-19 receded earlier this winter, states and cities across the country moved quickly to ease mitigation measures, l...
Apr 15, 2022
Pfizer may have COVID-19 booster that addresses omicron, other variants by fall
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- By this fall, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its partner BioNTech could potentially have a COVID-19 booster that specifically addresses the omicro...
Apr 14, 2022
Florida governor signs law banning nearly all abortions after 15 weeks
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(KISSIMMEE, Fla.) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a bill that bans nearly all abortions after 15 weeks, the same gestational limit currently being revie...
Apr 14, 2022
Teacher shares how books can help students with anxiety, other emotions
Courtesy of Andrea Burns (KANSAS CITY, Kan.) -- A Kansas teacher is raising awareness about a teaching method that she says is helping students tap into their mental health and learn how to manage the...
Apr 14, 2022
Woman works to end Black maternal health crisis after daughter dies after giving birth
Wanda Irving(NEW YORK) -- When Wanda Irving looks into the eyes of her 5-year-old granddaughter, Soleil, she said she instantly sees her daughter, Shalon Irving, whose death shortly after giving birth...
Apr 14, 2022