Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Why tracking COVID reinfections has waned even as more people became sick
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of COVID-19 reinfections have been reported across the country yet just 11 states confirmed they are actively tracking them, according to an ABC N...
Aug 06, 2023
Lawsuit filed against makers of Ozempic, Mounjaro over claims of 'gastrointestinal side effects'
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new lawsuit claims the manufacturers of drugs used for weight loss, including Ozempic and Mounjaro, do not adequately warn consumers about the risk of an alleged...
Aug 03, 2023
New RSV shot for infants approved by CDC
Bsip/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new immunization to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV was approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
Aug 03, 2023
New heat wave in the South and West has 13 states under alerts
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- A new heat wave has left 60 million people across 13 states under heat alerts Thursday. Record or near-record high temperatures are possible Thursday in Corpus Christi, T...
Aug 03, 2023
Proposed Biden rule pushing insurers to boost mental health coverage expected soon, adviser says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden recently announced his administration's plans to push private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for ...
Aug 01, 2023
Why rising COVID hospitalizations should not necessarily be a cause for concern
Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After several months of steady declines, COVID-19 hospitalizations appear to be ticking up again. For the week ending July 22, hospitalizations rose 12% ...
Aug 01, 2023
Abortion access restrictions affect maternity care access, research shows
d3sign/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Over 1.7 million women, nearly 3% of women of reproductive age in the United States, live in a county without access to abortion and with no access to maternity care, ...
Aug 01, 2023
Cases of leprosy on the rise in Florida, report says
FS Productions/Getty Images(FLORIDA) -- Cases of leprosy are rising in Florida, according to a new analysis published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emerging Infectious Disea...
Aug 01, 2023
Biden administration opens new office to study long COVID response, NIH begins clinical trials
Fusion Medical Animation, Unsplash(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration announced Monday it is forming a new Office of Long COVID Research and Practice to study the condition and help tho...
Jul 31, 2023
Georgia resident dies from rare, brain-eating amoeba, officials say
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Georgia resident has died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, according to the state's Department of Public Health. Health offi...
Jul 31, 2023