Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Supply chain issues hit hospitals, dialysis centers after Hurricane Helene
Getty Images - STOCK/David Sacks(DURHAM, N.C.) -- As hospitals and health care facilities work to get back up and running after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Big Bend, affecting several stat...
Oct 01, 2024
Breast cancer deaths decrease as cases among Asian Americans and younger adults rise, new report finds
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Breast cancer deaths have fallen by 44% compared to 35 years ago, saving nearly 520,000 lives, according to a new report by the American Cancer So...
Oct 01, 2024
California sues hospital for denying patient an emergency abortion
pablohart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state is suing a hospital in Eureka for allegedly refusing emergency abortion care to women whose lives are in d...
Oct 01, 2024
A public health emergency was declared in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Here's what that means
Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- North Carolina became the latest state to have a public health emergency declared by U.S. health officials in response to Hurricane Helene.In a pre...
Oct 01, 2024
Flu deaths in children hit new record as vaccination rates decrease: CDC
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of kids dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 season has set a new record for a regular flu season, after one new death was reported last week, accor...
Oct 01, 2024
Why progress against HIV/AIDS has stalled among Hispanic and Latino Americans
CDCWhile the United States has made considerable progress fighting the HIV/AIDS crisis since its peak in the 1980s, headway has not been equal among racial/ethnic groups.Overall, HIV rates have declin...
Sep 29, 2024
FDA approves first new drug for schizophrenia in more than 30 years
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images, FILE(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first new drug to treat people with schizophrenia in more than 30 years.Co...
Sep 27, 2024
Researchers investigate potential link between RSV and sudden unexpected infant deaths
CDC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY(NEW YORK) -- A rise in rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths may have been linked to an off-season surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in 2021, according to a new s...
Sep 26, 2024
Americans can again order four free at-home COVID tests from the federal government
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Americans can once again order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting Thursday ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season.This...
Sep 26, 2024
Woman shares small changes that helped her lose over 200 pounds
Leah Hope(NEW YORK) -- A woman who lost over 200 pounds said she accomplished it by focusing not on the weight she was losing, but the life she was gaining."I wanted to gain life more than I wanted to...
Sep 26, 2024