Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Norovirus outbreak that sickened more than 300 people linked to an ill food handler at restaurant
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The source behind a norovirus outbreak that sickened a few hundred people last year has been identified, according to a report published Thu...
Aug 17, 2023
'The Damar Effect' -- the nationwide backorder on a lifesaving machine and the 630% increase in CPR
thianchai sitthikongsak/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NFL Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s televised sudden collapse on Jan. 2 appears to have significantly raised awareness of lifesaving CPR, ac...
Aug 17, 2023
People step up to help pregnant, postpartum moms amid Maui wildfire devastation
Courtesy of Aubrey Vailoces(NEW YORK) -- Aubrey Vailoces, a mom of three, was breastfeeding her 10-month-old daughter in her Maui home last week when she said alarms started going off and she saw her ...
Aug 17, 2023
Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into brain-dead patient 1 month ago is still functioning, doctors say
Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health(NEW YORK) -- Doctors at NYU Langone in New York City announced Wednesday that they have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney into a human ...
Aug 16, 2023
4 more cases of locally acquired dengue reported in Florida as virus continues to spread: Officials
Rajat Mohanty/500px/Getty Images(MIAMI) -- Florida health officials are issuing a warning about dengue as the virus continues to increase in South Florida. Four cases of locally acquired dengue w...
Aug 16, 2023
Author opens up about AI technology's use in her own breast cancer diagnosis
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The growing use of artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in recent years, with a growing number of industries starting to use the technology that's predicted to revolution...
Aug 16, 2023
Weekly COVID hospitalizations rose 14%, as numbers still lower than at other points in pandemic
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For ...
Aug 15, 2023
Man who allegedly sold fake COVID cure arrested after 3-year manhunt
Chris Rogers/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) -- After a three-year manhunt, a Utah man has been arrested on charges of allegedly selling a fake COVID-19 cure, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Dist...
Aug 15, 2023
Children with MIS-C more likely to have neurological and mental health effects: Study
Thanit Weerawan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Children and teenagers who previously had multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, known as MIS-C, may be more likely to have neurological and mental he...
Aug 14, 2023
FDA warns against using certain at-home pregnancy, ovulation, UTI tests
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use certain pregnancy, ovulation and urinary tract infection tests. At least 15 tests manufact...
Aug 14, 2023