Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
More polio detected in New York City wastewater, data shows
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More evidence of polio has been detected in New York City wastewater, according to the state Department of Health. So far, only one case of polio has been iden...
Oct 11, 2022
Maternity care is getting harder and harder to access in the US, new report finds
March of Dimes/US Health Resources and Services Admin.(NEW YORK) -- Maternal care is becoming increasingly difficult to access in the United States, according to a report released Tuesday by the March...
Oct 11, 2022
Scientists pan analysis Florida's surgeon general posted on COVID-19 vaccines
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Vaccine experts are pushing back on an analysis published by Florida's surgeon general that warns COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cardiac-relat...
Oct 11, 2022
Flu cases on the rise as US prepares for possibly severe season, data shows
ABC News Photo Illustration(NEW YORK) -- Influenza cases are rising in the United States as the country prepares for a potentially severe season. During the week ending Oct. 1 -- the latest date for w...
Oct 10, 2022
Nurse who cared for baby for six months in NICU named his godmother
Austyn Evans/Texas Children's Hospital(HOUSTON) -- Carly Miller, a neonatal intensive care unit nurse in Texas, spent six months by the side of one of her most critically ill patients, a baby named Co...
Oct 10, 2022
World Mental Health Day: If you're feeling depressed or anxious, you're not alone
bortonia/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Shayla, a 22-year-old from Georgia, said she had days during the coronavirus pandemic when it was a struggle to get out of bed. The part-time college student said she was ...
Oct 10, 2022
COVID cases on the rise in Europe could spell trouble for US
iStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) -- As colder weather arrives and people head indoors in Europe, a COVID-19 wave may be looming on the continent -- and could signal what's to come for the United States. Dat...
Oct 07, 2022
E-cigarette use among teens increases 21% over previous year, study finds
Diego Cervo / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- About 2.55 million middle and high schoolers in the United States reported using e-cigarettes, an increase of 21.5% from those who reported using those pr...
Oct 07, 2022
Mom speaks out after 14-year-old daughter was denied arthritis medication due to abortion law
Kaitlin Preble(NEW YORK) -- For the past decade, Kaitlin Preble of Tucson, Arizona, said she has gone to her local pharmacy each month to pick up her daughter's prescription for methotrexate, a drug t...
Oct 07, 2022
Monkeypox has disproportionately impacted Hispanic and Latino men in US
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since the early days of the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, Hispanic and Latino men may have been disproportionately affected. While data from ...
Oct 07, 2022
