Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
When cancer and gender identity collide: Transgender patients fight stigma and disease
iStock/peterspiro(NEW YORK) -- Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be scary and life-altering. It takes strength to navigate the world following a diagnosis, so any additional barriers to this proce...
Jun 27, 2021
Mom gives birth while sedated amid months-long battle with COVID-19
Ryan Nash(NEW YORK) -- Jennifer Nash was 24 weeks pregnant when she contracted COVID-19 in March, just as vaccinations for the virus were being distributed more widely across the United States. Nash, ...
Jun 25, 2021
Woman shows men what it's like to work out at nine months pregnant
Michelle Duboc(NEW YORK) -- A woman is showing men what it's like to work out while nine months pregnant and motivating others to hit the gym. In late May, Michelle Duboc, a CrossFit coach and co-owne...
Jun 25, 2021
Pandemic helped cause biggest drop in US life expectancy since WWII, study finds
narvikk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A new study estimates that life expectancy in the United States decreased by nearly two years from 2018 to 2020, primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, marking the larg...
Jun 24, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines safe for kids despite rare heart complication: What parents should know
baona/iStock(ATLANTA) -- Amid more than 300 confirmed cases of heart inflammation in teens and young adults who have received COVID-19 vaccines, the nation's leading health experts say the Pfizer and ...
Jun 24, 2021
Doctors unsure on recommending new Alzheimer's treatment
juststock/iStock(NEW YORK) -- This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease -- the first in nearly 20 years. But the decision was not without cont...
Jun 24, 2021
Vaccine or virus? CDC says vaccines are still safer for young people than risks of COVID
sshepard/iStock(ATLANTA) -- The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are safe for teens and young adults despite 323 confirmed cases of heart inflammation out of the more than 26 million young people who have ...
Jun 23, 2021
US had nearly 17 million undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in early months of pandemic: Study
PinkOmelet/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- There may have been nearly 17 million undiagnosed COVID-19 cases in the United States in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new National Inst...
Jun 23, 2021
Missouri sees rise in severe COVID-19 cases among the young, unvaccinated as delta variant spreads
Hoptocopter/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) -- Health care workers in southwest Missouri are sounding the alarm over a wave of young, unvaccinated COVID-19 patients who are now filling hospital beds. Leanne ...
Jun 23, 2021
What to know about the lifeguard shortage across the US
CHUYN/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As Americans head back to beaches and pools this summer, there is a new warning for families: Swim at their own risk. Some parts of the country are experiencing a lifeguard s...
Jun 23, 2021