Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
How companies are making single-use period products more sustainable
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Every year, an estimated 45 billion menstrual products are used around the world, with each person who menstruates generating more than 400 pounds of waste in t...
Dec 09, 2022
Should racism and discrimination be viewed as public health threats? A new study argues they should
Maskot/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Racism and discrimination must be acknowledged as public health threats in the fight to address global health disparities, according to a new study. As part of the four-...
Dec 09, 2022
What to know about stiff-person syndrome after Celine Dion reveals rare disorder
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) -- Céline Dion's public announcement that she has a neurological disease is shining a spotlight on the rare condition known as stiff-person syndrome...
Dec 09, 2022
Some parents concerned over empty drug store shelves, shortage of popular antibiotic
Susan L. Angstadt/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Across the country, parents are searching for solutions as demand for pediatric medications surges while over-the-counter ...
Dec 09, 2022
New COVID booster authorization will sway parents to get young kids vaccinated, FDA vaccine chief hopes
d3sign/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine chief, said he is well aware that COVID-19 booster uptake might be low for the latest shot, authorized by...
Dec 08, 2022
Los Angeles County holds off on mask mandate even as it enters 'high' COVD transmission category
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles County said Thursday it is holding off on issuing an indoor mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. During a pres...
Dec 08, 2022
At least 63 children are sick with measles in Ohio
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- An ongoing measles outbreak in central Ohio has ballooned to 63 cases as of Thursday. Twenty-five children have been hospitalized. Th...
Dec 08, 2022
FDA authorizes updated COVID-19 boosters for kids under 5
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(SILVER SPRING, Md.) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized bivalent COVID-19 boosters for children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years old Thursday. ...
Dec 08, 2022
CDC report shows how infectious mpox is and how important vaccination was in stemming outbreak
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows how infectious mpox can be and how important vaccination was in reducing the outbreak over...
Dec 08, 2022
FDA weighs whether Lasik patients should be given extra warning about possible risks
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether or not surgeons should provide additional warnings about the risks of Lasik, a popular corrective eye-sig...
Dec 08, 2022
