Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
FDA approves new type of non-opioid pain medication, 1st of its kind in more than 20 years
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain.T...
Jan 30, 2025
Trump and Medicaid: Everything to know about the low-income health insurance program
Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- When the White House budget office released a memo this week that instructed all federal agencies to cease spending on any financial assistance programs...
Jan 30, 2025
Kansas faces largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history: Health officials
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials.As of Jan. 24, there have ...
Jan 28, 2025
Heart disease remains leading cause of death in US, new report finds
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report.The American Heart Association (AHA) report, published M...
Jan 27, 2025
Young people are fleeing fillers and opting for face-lifts
Beauty influencer Ashley Stobart discusses how she got a facelift after removing fillers from her face/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Celebrities are increasingly opening up about reversing cosmetic procedures...
Jan 24, 2025
Purdue Pharma, Sackler families boost contribution in opioid settlement to $7.4 billion
Purdue Pharma headquarters; Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The company and once-prominent family behind the drug OxyContin agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribut...
Jan 23, 2025
Moderna awarded $590M to help accelerate development of mRNA-based bird flu vaccine: HHS
Evgenia Matveeva/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an mRNA-based bird flu vaccine, alongside...
Jan 18, 2025
What 3rd case of bird flu with unknown source of infection could mean in fight against disease
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- A child in San Francisco was recently confirmed to be the third human case of bird flu in the United States in which it's unclear how...
Jan 17, 2025
Cancer diagnoses rising faster in women, especially those under 50: Report
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Women are now being diagnosed with cancer more often than men in certain age groups, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.Among adults aged 50-...
Jan 16, 2025
FDA bans use of Red No. 3 dye in food, drinks
Canned cherries made with red dye #3/Photo credit: Linnea Bullion For The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving to ban the use of Red No. 3 dy...
Jan 15, 2025