Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio

Measles outbreaks are occurring in some pockets of the US. Here's why doctors are concerned
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite having a very effective and easily available vaccine, measles outbreaks have continued to pop up in the United States over the last...
Mary Kekatos and Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News Jan 18, 2024

Drinking 100% fruit juice linked to weight gain in kids; doctor suggests alternatives
Yulia Naumenko/Getty Imagess(NEW YORK) -- A new meta-analysis of more than a dozen studies found that drinking 100% fruit juice is linked to weight gain in children. ABC News medical correspondent Dr....
Kelly McCarthy, ABC News Jan 17, 2024

Cancer deaths declining overall, but troubling increase for colon and breast cancer in younger adults: Report
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Deaths from cancer have declined by 33% since 1991, averting 4.1 million deaths. However, more people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, and at an e...
Dr. Aishwarya Thakur, ABC News Jan 17, 2024

Doctors' group offers free measles vaccines in Philadelphia to fight outbreak
Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- A group of doctors in Philadelphia is offering free measles vaccines o...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Jan 15, 2024

Five foods that may help you stay positive and get a 'mood boost'
lacaosa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Run down, depressed, or trying to stay positive? Don’t reach for a tub of ice cream or a big bag of chips. There’s growing evidence that you can boost you...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Jan 15, 2024

How to stay safe in the cold: What to know about frostbite, hypothermia as Arctic blast hits US
KAKEBreak out the gloves and hats: A record-breaking Arctic cold snap is bringing dangerously cold temperatures to much of the United States. In Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, football fans brave...
Emily Shapiro and Mariam Alam Jan 14, 2024

COVID hospitalizations increase for 9th straight week: CDC
MoMo Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Respiratory virus activity continues to remain elevated across the United States but there may be some signs that a peak has been reached for at least one vi...
Mary Kekatos and Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News Jan 12, 2024

Mom has limbs amputated after going into septic shock following kidney stone surgery
pablohart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cindy Mullins was a healthy 41-year-old mom of two when she went into the hospital nearly six weeks ago for surgery on kidney stones. On Friday, Mullins is finally ...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Jan 12, 2024

How to stay safe and prepare for freezing temperatures
Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Break out the gloves and hats: Dangerously cold temperatures are headed to the Plains and the South over the weekend and early next week. Sioux City, I...
ABC Audio Jan 12, 2024

Jelly Roll delivers impassioned testimony before Congress as lawmakers push for new anti-fentanyl legislation
Jason "Jelly Roll" DeFord testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee, Jan. 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C. -- Kent Nishimura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Grammy-nominated s...
Dhanika Pineda and Davi Merchan, ABC News Jan 12, 2024
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