Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Mandatory vaccines for some New York state-run hospital workers
iStock/Brianna Mancini(NEW YORK) -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced that all patient-facing health care workers in hospitals run by the state will be required to get vaccinated. ...
Jul 28, 2021
NYC, California turn to COVID testing mandate to boost vaccination numbers -- will it be enough?
Ergin Yalcin/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As contentious debates over vaccine mandates continue with new coronavirus cases on the rise among the unvaccinated, elected officials are starting to fine-tune the id...
Jul 28, 2021
NASA’s new mission studies how intense thunderstorms may influence climate change
iStock/LaserLens(SALINA, Kan.) -- NASA recently began new research to investigate how extreme summer weather may be affecting the upper layers of earth's atmosphere. Kenneth Bowman, Ph.D., the princip...
Jul 28, 2021
Why Olympic weightlifter Mattie Rogers documented her IUD journey while training
Melissa Majchrzak/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. weightlifter Mattie Rogers set two records at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, a qualifier event for the Tokyo Olympics, including a snatc...
Jul 28, 2021
CDC backtracks on masks guidance for vaccinated people, schools
georgeclerk/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reversed its mask guidance to specifically target areas of the country with the highest levels of the c...
Jul 27, 2021
Heated tobacco products: The next generation of smoke-free alternatives targeting teens
Zhang Rong/iStock(NEW YORK) — In the last decade, the popularity of traditional cigarettes -- particularly among teenagers -- has declined tremendously, while the use of electronic cigarettes ha...
Jul 27, 2021
Woman shares warning on TikTok after having 7-pound cyst removed
5./15 WEST/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Kayley Reese first noticed what seemed like a growing bump in her stomach over a year ago. "The reason I really noticed it was because I own a clothing store and am in a...
Jul 27, 2021
Over 50 major health care organizations call for mandating vaccines in their own industry
scaliger/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association have joined up with over 50 other health care organizations to call for mandatory vaccinations in thei...
Jul 27, 2021
Heartbroken mom pushes for vaccines after unvaccinated daughter dies of COVID-19
Courtesy Kimberle Jones(ST. LOUIS) -- Erica Thompson, a mother of three in St. Louis County, Missouri, died of COVID-19 on July 4 -- a death her mother said could have been prevented. Thompson, 37, wa...
Jul 27, 2021
FDA says its 'working as quickly as possible' to review for full approval of vaccines
Grandbrothers/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- As pressure grows for the Food and Drug Administration to give full approval for the vaccine, a move that could drive up vaccinations by allowing vaccine mandates i...
Jul 27, 2021