Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
New long COVID study uncovers high inflammation in patients as Senate calls for more research on 'crisis'
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study in Science is shining a light on the continuing impact of long COVID, with research revealing further and continuing health concerns for som...
Jan 25, 2024
Children with genetic deafness have hearing restored with gene therapy: Study
A still image taken from video of a study on gene therapy restoring hearing in children with hereditary deafness. (Mass General Brigham)(NEW YORK) -- Children with hereditary deafness regained their h...
Jan 25, 2024
Alabama performs first nitrogen gas execution: What to know about this method
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(ATMORE, Ala.) -- An Alabama man has become the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for h...
Jan 25, 2024
North Dakota court keeps strict abortion ban in place even in cases of medical emergencies
fstop123/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A North Dakota state court denied a request to temporarily block the state's strict abortion ban on Tuesday. Plaintiffs challenging the ban had asked the court to al...
Jan 24, 2024
Why Americans may be at risk of heart problems as COVID, flu spread: Expert
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As a surge of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 and influenza, continue to spread across the United States, experts are warning it could lead to a rise in ca...
Jan 23, 2024
Biden administration announces new steps to protect contraceptives, abortion medication on Roe anniversary
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Biden administration announced new steps Monday to expand access to contraception, abortion medication and emergency abortion care at hospitals on what would...
Jan 22, 2024
Sarah Ferguson speaks out about 'shock' of 2nd cancer diagnosis
ABC NewsSarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, is speaking out after revealing she has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, her second cancer diagnosis within the past year. "Naturally another cancer dia...
Jan 22, 2024
Taking a daily multivitamin may improve memory in older adults: Study
Daniel Grizelj/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Taking a daily multivitamin supplement may improve memory and slow cognitive decline in aging adults, according to a new study. The results could have major im...
Jan 19, 2024
CDC now encouraging doctors to consider more blood testing for “forever chemicals”
In this July 1, 2021, file photo, well water runs through pre-filters at a new water treatment plant along Kimberly Ave. in Fullerton, CA. The plant is used to remove PFAS, a family of chemicals used ...
Jan 19, 2024
What to do if you have a cough that won't go away
PonyWang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As many as 30 million people see a doctor each year due to a cough, according to statistics from the National Library of Medicine. If you're one of the many this win...
Jan 18, 2024