Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Airline mask mandate extension 'on the table' as traveler numbers soar
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The White House says extending the federal mask mandate for airlines and other forms of transportation is still possible despite urging from GOP la...
Apr 12, 2022
Oklahoma governor signs law making nearly all abortions illegal
Murat Taner/Getty Images(OKLAHOMA CITY) -- It will now be a felony to perform an abortion in Oklahoma under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. The bill passed in the state ...
Apr 12, 2022
Man walks one year after being paralyzed in bicycle crash
Courtesy Cory Moses(NEW YORK) -- A 27-year-old New York man can walk less than two years after being paralyzed when he was hit by a car while on a bicycle. Cory Moses, of Brooklyn, was on his way to m...
Apr 12, 2022
Philadelphia reinstates indoor mask mandate as infections rise
Images By Tang Ming Tung/ Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) -- Philadelphia has become the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate, following an increase in COVID-19 infections, in recent...
Apr 11, 2022
Black women turn to doulas as maternal mortality crisis deepens
LeoPatrizi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- April 11-17, 2022, is Black Maternal Health Week, a time to put a spotlight on and have a national conversation about Black maternal health in the U.S., according ...
Apr 11, 2022
COVID-19 cases rise in Los Angeles County due to BA.2 variant
yorkfoto/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles County as the BA.2 variant continues to spread throughout the United States. Data from the L.A. County Department of...
Apr 08, 2022
COVID-19 vaccine campaign prevented millions of deaths, hospitalizations in U.S., study finds
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite a recent increase in COVID-19 breakthrough infections, an updated report illustrates the significant impact the nation's vaccine campaign has had in...
Apr 08, 2022
"The Home Edit"'s Clea Shearer undergoes surgery for breast cancer
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Clea Shearer, co-founder of The Home Edit, a home organizing company, announced she has breast cancer and shared a message encouraging women to be their own advocate...
Apr 08, 2022
COVID-19 infection increases risk of serious blood clots three to six months later: Study
Daniel Knighton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Being infected with COVID-19 raises the risk of developing serious blood clots, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers from Sweden, the Un...
Apr 08, 2022
Toddler who weighed 1 pound at birth goes home after 19 months in the NICU
Darlene Foster(BOSTON) -- A Massachusetts toddler who weighed just over one pound when she was born at 25 weeks is home after spending the first 19 months of her life hospitalized. Bradi Foster, of Pl...
Apr 08, 2022