Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
COVID may be with us for a long time. What kind of testing do we need?
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Throughout the pandemic, periodic surges in demand for COVID-19 testing -- typically during a spike in cases or prior to holiday travel -- have put stra...
Jan 12, 2022
'We're all hurting': Hospital workers plead for vaccination and help amid omicron surge
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When the omicron variant first began sweeping the country, there was some hope that because initial studies indicated it was less severe, it would prove to have ...
Jan 12, 2022
Ginger Zee on how she overcame the stigma of mental health to talk about suicide, therapy
Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images(NEW YORK) -- When ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee thinks back to one of the "darkest points' of her struggle with mental health, she thinks of a photo of herself...
Jan 12, 2022
Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of heart disease in women, study finds
SDI Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Breastfeeding has now been linked to another added benefit for moms. Women who breastfed at some point in their life were less likely to develop heart disease...
Jan 12, 2022
Family speaks out after man receives pig heart in 1st of kind transplant
GETTY/Arctic-Images(NEW YORK) -- A 57-year-old man who underwent a first-of-its-kind heart transplant involving a genetically-modified pig heart is in a "much happier place" after the transplant,...
Jan 11, 2022
Nursing homes struggle with low booster rates, staffing issues as omicron spreads
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the omicron variant causes a surge in coronavirus cases, many long-term care facilities are facing challenges not...
Jan 11, 2022
San Francisco reducing COVID testing hours because of staff shortages
iStock/koto_feja(SAN FRANCISCO) -- The San Francisco Department of Public Health said it is reducing hours at some COVID-19 testing sites due to staffing shortages. The decision comes despite warnings...
Jan 10, 2022
US hospitals strained with influx of patients amid latest COVID-19 surge, staffing shortages
Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Explosive COVID-19 surge strains hospitals and schools around the nation The number of hospitalized Americans who are positive for COVID-19 soare...
Jan 10, 2022
CDC warns about rabies linked to bats after three Americans die in recent weeks
Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Thursday about the risk of rabies after three Americans -- including a child ...
Jan 07, 2022
Only 1 in 10 adults eating enough fruits and vegetables, CDC finds
Oscar Wong/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Most American adults are not getting enough of their fruits and vegetables, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with even ...
Jan 06, 2022