Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
COVID-19 infection after vaccination and what to do next
Prostock studio/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- Vaccines work to dramatically reduce the risk of developing COVID-19, but no vaccine is perfect. Now, with 174 million people already fully vaccinated, a sm...
Sep 07, 2021
Why some US Blacks and Latinos remain COVID-19 'vaccine deliberate'
iStock/MarsBars(NEW YORK) -- Much has been made about people of color being hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Numbers have shown that Black and Latino vaccination rates are lagging behind those...
Sep 05, 2021
Gas leak that likely originated at Ford plant prompts evacuation recommendations in Michigan: Officials
iStock/fredrocko(FLAT ROCK, Mich.) -- A gas leak that likely originated at a Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Michigan has prompted health officials to recommend that residents evacuate as th...
Sep 05, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy eases in teeth of the delta surge: POLL
ABC News/Washington Post polls(NEW YORK) -- Vaccine hesitancy has subsided in the face of the delta surge, with the share of Americans who are disinclined to get a coronavirus shot now just half ...
Sep 05, 2021
Mom battling COVID-19 gives birth after evacuating Hurricane Ida
(Courtesy Ross and Angeline Eschette) Ross and Angeline Eschette pose with their newborn daughter at Nacogdoches Medical Center, in Nacogdoches, Texas.(LOCKPORT, La.) -- Ross and Angeline Eschette and...
Sep 03, 2021
With Texas abortion law, out-of-state clinics expect surge of patients
krblokhin/iStock(NEW YORK) -- When Kat, a 23-year-old living in Central Texas, discovered they were pregnant, it was five days before a law that bans nearly all abortions after six weeks was to go int...
Sep 03, 2021
Daughter donates part of her liver to save her critically ill dad
Courtesy Molly Maudal(CARLOS, Minn.) -- A Minnesota father is celebrating a new chance at life thanks to his daughter, who donated part of her liver to save his. "Now I can take all of Molly’s p...
Sep 03, 2021
Delta variant is example of evolution before our eyes
Lazy_Bear/iStock(NEW YORK) -- In a stunningly short period of time, the delta variant has changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic by evolving to become more transmissible than previous versions of...
Sep 03, 2021
How schools are addressing students' mental health needs due to trauma of COVID-19
SelectStock/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As students return for a third school year affected by the coronavirus pandemic, trauma and grief support are top of mind among educators addressing the wide-reaching i...
Sep 02, 2021
Study finds 'sweet spot' of sleep needed to help prevent Alzheimer's disease
nicolesy/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Sleeping too much or too little each night can harm adults' brain performance, increase symptoms of depression and weight and raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, accord...
Sep 01, 2021