Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Why opioid overdose prevention programs work as NYC leads nation with 1st center
Getty Images/Erik McGregor, FILE(NEW YORK) -- It's been two months since New York City opened the first-ever overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United States, and public health experts said ...
Feb 19, 2022
Teenage girls had increased risk of developing eating disorders during pandemic: CDC
Stock Image/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a rise in eating and tic disorders among teenage girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ec...
Feb 18, 2022
Kids and masks in school: Doctors answer questions as mask guidelines change
Cavan Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New Mexico and Virginia this week joined a growing number of states, cities and local communities that are going “mask optional” as omicron variant c...
Feb 18, 2022
Parents remember 7-year-old daughter who died after contracting COVID-19
Jennifer Graviss(NEW YORK) -- A Tennessee family is speaking out to share memories of their 7-year-old daughter, who died Feb. 7, less than 72 hours after testing positive for COVID-19. "She was just ...
Feb 18, 2022
FDA warns about some powdered infant formula amid investigation of five illnesses
AlasdairJames/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use certain powdered infant formulas made at Abbott Nutrition's Sturgis, Michigan, facility amid an...
Feb 17, 2022
Omicron spread quickly at convention in New York City -- but boosters helped
iStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) -- Boosters helped reduce the risk of contracting the omicron variant after it spread at a convention in New York City, according to a new study published by the Centers for...
Feb 17, 2022
Mosquitos are so smart they're learning how to avoid pesticides used to kill them, study says
Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mosquitoes may be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research....
Feb 17, 2022
Linda Evangelista talks about injury from cosmetic procedure gone allegedly wrong
Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Fragrance Foundation(NEW YORK) -- Linda Evangelista is sharing photos of herself several months after suffering from a cosmetic procedure that she alleges left her "br...
Feb 17, 2022
As states drop COVID-19 restrictions, some experts warn it's premature to declare victory
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After months of unrelenting surges, COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are falling rapidly across the United States, a welcome reprieve for many...
Feb 17, 2022
CDC to loosen mask guidance as early as next week as COVID case numbers drop
John Paraskevas/Newsday via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was expected as early as next week to loosen its guidance on indoor masking as COVID cases and hospi...
Feb 16, 2022