Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Support grows for a new approach to COVID vaccine schedule, as proposed by FDA
Morsa Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A panel of public health experts for the Food and Drug Administration convened for an all-day meeting on Thursday to discuss whether the U.S. is ready to start...
Jan 27, 2023
FDA says new process is needed for regulating CBD products due to risks
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will not review or allow the marketing of cannabidiol, or CBD, products as food items or die...
Jan 26, 2023
Record number of deaths in US from cardiovascular disease early in pandemic: Report shows
MoMo Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- New data from the American Heart Association highlights the major impact COVID-19 had on cardiovascular health and death rates during the first year of the p...
Jan 26, 2023
Only about half of US adults are meeting physical activity guidelines: CDC
Guido Mieth/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Only about half of adults in the United States are meeting physical activity guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new research shows. ...
Jan 26, 2023
As US reels from multiple mass shootings, can loneliness be a trigger for violence?
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- There is a loneliness epidemic in the United States -- and it experts told ABC News it may be triggering violence. In California, there have been three ...
Jan 26, 2023
Physician weighs in on how patients, doctors can improve their trust
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- One of the most important aspects of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and their patient, according to physician and Yale School of Medicine professor F. Perry Wilson...
Jan 26, 2023
Conjoined twin sisters undergo successful surgery to separate
Courtesy of Cook Children's Medical Center(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- Twin sisters who were conjoined at the chest and stomach have undergone successful surgery to separate. Doctors at Cook Children's Medi...
Jan 25, 2023
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for kids, according to new data
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two doses of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine among school-aged children safely and effectively reduces COVID-19 infection risk as well as associated risks ...
Jan 25, 2023
How to talk to children following mass shootings in California, Washington
Elva Etienne/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As news continues to unfold following multiple deadly mass shootings within the last few days in California and the state of Washington, experts are advising par...
Jan 25, 2023
FDA proposes new limits on how much lead is allowed in baby food
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly one year after two congressional reports found heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury in popular baby foods, the federal agency that over...
Jan 24, 2023
