Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Women turn to at-home abortions, as unregulated pill sites expand operations
Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jane was living in rural New Mexico when she discovered she was pregnant. She never wanted to have children or carry a pregnancy and knew immediatel...
Nov 04, 2022
FDA warns parents not to use infant head-shaping pillows
Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration has released a safety bulletin urging parents and caregivers not to use head-shaping pillows intended to change an infant'...
Nov 04, 2022
CDC releases new guidelines for prescribing opioids to include people with short-term pain
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain to include people who are suffering from short-term ...
Nov 04, 2022
Food writer Julie Powell's death at 49 puts spotlight on cardiac arrest
Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The sudden death of 49-year-old author Julie Powell, whose life inspired the movie Julie & Julia, is raising new questions about her health, including a ...
Nov 04, 2022
Pfizer, BioNTech launch phase 1 trial on combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine
Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer and BioNTech have launched a clinical trial on a vaccine targeting both COVID-19 and influenza, the companies announced Thursday. The pha...
Nov 03, 2022
RSV cases hit 2-year-high, CDC data shows
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of people with the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has surged, with cases hitting a two-year high, according to data by the Centers for ...
Nov 03, 2022
Teva Pharmaceuticals to pay New York $523 million to settle claims from its role in opioids crisis
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Thursday to pay New York $523 million to settle claims stemming from the company’s role in the opioids crisis. It&rs...
Nov 03, 2022
Biden administration expanding mental health services, personnel in schools
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ten-year-old Sarah Craig banged at the side door of Granny Lin-Lin's Louisville, Kentucky, home last December. Through the window, Craig saw shattered glass...
Nov 03, 2022
Pulse oximeters need to be improved for people of color, FDA panel says
Grace Cary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel suggested on Tuesday that pulse oximeters should be improved because they may not give accurate results to people of colo...
Nov 03, 2022
Why this could be the worst flu season in the US in more than a decade
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of positive flu tests and hospitalizations in the United States is the highest in more than a decade, indicating this influenza season may be the mos...
Nov 03, 2022
