Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Connecticut woman becomes first non-resident to use Vermont's medical aid in dying law
Maskot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Connecticut woman will be the first non-resident of Vermont to use the state's medical aid in dying law on Thursday morning, according to local reports. Lynda Bluest...
Jan 04, 2024
Hearing aids may help you live longer, but barriers to their use persist
Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Regular use of hearing aids is associated with decreased death rates in U.S. adults with hearing loss, a new study out of USC found. The findings highlight t...
Jan 04, 2024
A court has ruled Texas doctors don't need to perform emergency abortions. Here's what that means
The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court ruled this week that Texas hospitals and doctors are not required to perform emergency abortions despite guidance from the Biden admi...
Jan 04, 2024
New York City public hospitals bring back mask mandates in certain areas
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Indoor mask requirements have been reinstated at all New York City public hospitals amid a rise in respiratory viruses including COVID-19 and flu. The...
Jan 03, 2024
What to know about the Mediterranean diet, ranked best diet of 2024
CRISTINA PEDRAZZINI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For the seventh straight year, the Mediterranean diet has won the title of best overall diet in U.S. News and World Report's annual ...
Jan 03, 2024
Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, report whooping cough outbreak over the last month
PonyWang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, are warning the public that cases of the respiratory bacterial infection called pertussis, also known as whooping cough...
Jan 03, 2024
22 hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after attending Utah LDS church
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least 22 people were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Utah on New Year...
Jan 02, 2024
Why hospitals in several states are reinstating mask requirements
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some hospitals across the United States are reinstating indoor masking rules amid rising cases and hospitalizations of respiratory illnesses including...
Jan 02, 2024
Doctor who lost brother to RSV shares what he wants parents to know
Courtesy of Sean Cullen(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Sean Cullen, of New York, was 9 years old when his 9-month-old brother Kevin died due to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common respiratory virus. Today...
Jan 02, 2024
How to make a vision board that will help you reach your goals in the new year, according to a neurologist
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Goal-setting is top of mind when the new year rolls around, and vision boards are an increasingly popular tool for clarifying those goals and providing a ...
Jan 01, 2024