Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Measles cases are rising in the US, mainly among those who are unvaccinated: Health officials
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Measles cases are rising in the U.S. with infections confirmed in at least five states so far this year.Cases have been reported in Ala...
Feb 11, 2025
Billions of NIH scientific research dollars set to be cut by federal government
Scott J. Ferrell/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government has drastically lowered some of the funding that universities and research institutions receive from medical a...
Feb 10, 2025
Cancer research group calls on Trump administration to restore data access
In this undated stock photo, signage for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is shown. (STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock)(WASHINGTON) -- Medical groups are expressing deep concern about the sudden re...
Feb 08, 2025
Doctors' visits for flu highest in 15 years, most since swine flu pandemic: CDC
Guido Meith/Getty(NEW YORK) -- Outpatient health care visits for flu illnesses are at their highest levels in 15 years, according to data updated Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...
Feb 07, 2025
Dairy cows infected with 2nd form of bird flu for the 1st time: USDA
Herd of cows eating hay in a dairy farm. (STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock)(NEW YORK) -- A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced ...
Feb 06, 2025
Percentage of emergency visits related to fire, smoke inhalation rose eightfold after LA wildfires: Report
Apu Gomes/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to fire and smoke inhalation rose dramatically in the days immediately after the Los Angeles wildfires...
Feb 06, 2025
Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests
Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 1 million children may have been affected by long COVID in 2023, new federal data published Monday suggests.Long COVID, a condition that ...
Feb 03, 2025
Multiple health agency websites on HIV, contraception taken down to comply with executive orders
Jessica McGowan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Government agency webpages about HIV, LGBTQ+ people and multiple other public health topics were down as of Friday evening due to President Donald Trump's e...
Feb 01, 2025
5 years since COVID declared public health emergency in US, still killing thousands
UIG via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Friday marks five years since the COVID-19 virus was declared a public health emergency by the United States. But five years later, the virus is still...
Jan 31, 2025
Patients who allegedly got fake Botox or Botox from unlicensed injectors speak out
Henry Callander says his forehead blew up like "a giant bee sting" after a Botox treatment. Via ABC News.(NEW YORK) -- JGL Aesthetics' Instagram profile promised its clients radiant skin, friendly ser...
Jan 31, 2025