Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Cancer rate among Air Force missileers prompts questions, concerns
John Turner/U.S. Air ForceIt is a little-known mission within the United States Air Force that operates almost entirely underground, shrouded in secrecy – and is critical to national security.Th...
Mar 26, 2024
'Miracle' baby born at 26 weeks goes home from hospital after 10 months
Boris Lopez and Cecia Juarez(LOS ANGELES) -- A 10-month-old who was born at 26 weeks gestation has beaten the odds to return home from the hospital.Ellyannah, the daughter of Cecia Juarez and Boris Lo...
Mar 25, 2024
Surgeons transplant world's first genetically edited pig kidney into living human
Peter Cade/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- A surgical team said Thursday it has conducted the world's first genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a living human.During a four-hour procedure earlier th...
Mar 21, 2024
House committee launches investigation into organ transplant network
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has launched a bipartisan investigation into the U.S. organ transplant system -- the latest scrutiny o...
Mar 21, 2024
US life expectancy rose in 2022 as deaths due to COVID dropped: CDC
AlexSava/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Life expectancy in the United States increased in 2022 after two years of decline, according to new final federal mortality data.In a report published early Thursday...
Mar 21, 2024
Mom's $4M bill for quadruplets' care sparks conversation on high health care costs
Courtesy of Hanna Castle(NEW YORK) -- A mom's hospital bills for her quadruplets' neonatal intensive care unit stay, totaling over $4 million, is sparking a conversation about the high cost of health ...
Mar 21, 2024
Woman calls for separate waiting rooms for those experiencing pregnancy loss
India Baston(NEW YORK) -- A Georgia woman is calling for doctors' offices to have separate waiting areas for expecting patients and patients who are experiencing pregnancy loss.In a March 15 TikTok vi...
Mar 21, 2024
Why pollen season is starting earlier and how it could affect allergies
Martin Leigh/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the U.S. welcomes spring, it also means the arrival of allergy season, which affects millions of people.High pollen levels can lead to a variety of symptoms i...
Mar 20, 2024
Four years later, experts are just beginning to 'scratch the surface' of understanding long COVID
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans are still experiencing long COVID more than four years since the global COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic.According to the...
Mar 20, 2024
COVID vaccines found to cut risk of heart failure, blood clots following virus infection: Study
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 vaccines were found to cut the risk of heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% following COVID infection, according to a new study publi...
Mar 19, 2024