Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
When you should be using your at-home COVID tests
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans have purchased rapid COVID-19 tests online or at local stores and signed up to receive test kits through a free g...
Feb 03, 2022
What to know about power outage, carbon monoxide safety
Montinique Monroe/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Over 50,000 customers are in the dark in Texas Thursday morning as a winter storm pummels the state with snow and ice. Here are safety tips to keep in mind:...
Feb 03, 2022
Biden relaunches cancer 'moonshot' initiative to help cut death rate
Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday relaunched the federal government's cancer "moonshot" initiative, with the goal of cutting the death rate fro...
Feb 02, 2022
Pfizer requests authorization of COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5: What to know
KoldoyChris/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic, children ages 5 and under are one step closer to being eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pfizer on Tue...
Feb 01, 2022
Parents of toddlers face struggles as they wait for vaccine authorization
Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For many parents of unvaccinated toddlers in the U.S., a return to normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic seems out of reach. Many have been forc...
Feb 01, 2022
Experts say the COVID-19 emergency could end this year. What would it look like?
Scott Heins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- On the cusp of the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is battling back the biggest surge of the virus yet with the omicron variant. Cases, eve...
Jan 31, 2022
Amid scarce supplies, some unvaccinated patients prioritized for COVID treatments
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- When retired four-star Gen. Pete Chiarelli tested positive for COVID-19, getting a treatment prescribed wasn't the problem. Filling it, and find...
Jan 31, 2022
Promising COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, in scarce supply, as doctors, patients compete for access
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Albert Lam, a geriatrician who works with nursing home patients in Palo Alto, California, was excited to be among the first to prescribe the new a...
Jan 29, 2022
Boston risks losing 'disproportionate' number of educators of color with city's vaccine mandate
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn(NEW YORK) -- There's growing concern among union leaders in Boston that a "disproportionate" number of educators of color may leave their jobs because of a vaccine mandate for...
Jan 28, 2022
COVID-19 live updates: US cases down nearly 25%
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 879,000 Americans, according to r...
Jan 28, 2022