Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio

Every state has now moved to end universal indoor masking requirements
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Officials in every U.S. state and jurisdiction have now ended, or announced an end, to their indoor universal masking requirements. Over the last mont...
Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News Mar 09, 2022

Florida officials face pushback over decision to advise healthy children not get COVID vaccine
Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- There is growing pushback among the health care community over Florida's decision to advise against vaccinating h...
Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News Mar 08, 2022

COVID-19 infections linked to brain damage, studies find
Andrew Brookes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two studies published Monday show how COVID-19 infection is associated with higher rates of brain tissue abnormalities. These effects were subtle and it's poss...
Dr. Pooja Sharma and Sony Salzman, ABC News Mar 08, 2022

NYC drops most COVID mask and vaccine requirements
Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New York City dropped several of its COVID-19 mandates on Monday, including mask and vaccine requirements. Restaurants, bars and other indoor public ar...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Mar 07, 2022

Healthy food options available at dollar stores
ArtMarie/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As inflation continues to send food prices soaring, more Americans are turning to dollar stores to save on groceries. But can you find healthier options while still ...
ABC Audio Mar 07, 2022

Five ways we'll know COVID has become endemic: ANALYSIS
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images/Stock Photo(NEW YORK) -- Recently, an update to the national COVID-19 strategy was released, designed to manage the virus so most Americans can return to daily life with...
Dr. Jay Bhatt, ABC News Mar 05, 2022

How COVID-19 continues to impact birthing practices
Courtesy Kyaira White(NEW YORK) -- As many states relax COVID-19 protocols, birthing practices continue to be impacted by the virus nearly two years after the World Health Organization declared i...
Meredith Deliso, ABC News Mar 05, 2022

Black New Yorkers were hospitalized for COVID at a rate two times higher than white during omicron
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Black New Yorkers were hit disproportionately hard during the omicron wave compared to white New Yorkers, according to a new analysis from the city...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Mar 04, 2022

Florida passes ban on abortions after 15 weeks: What to know
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Florida's state Senate on Thursday passed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks, the same gestational limit currently being reviewed by the U.S. ...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Mar 04, 2022

Return to pre-pandemic normalcy not yet on the horizon for many immunocompromised Americans
Elena Hung and her 7-year-old daughter, Xiomara, of Maryland. Xiomara was born with a number of medical conditions affecting her airway, lungs, heart and kidneys. - Elena Hung(NEW YORK) -- When corona...
Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News Mar 04, 2022
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