Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
From patient to doctor: One woman's resilient fight after six brain surgeries, stroke
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Texas doctor who survived six brain surgeries and a stroke is now treating people at the same hospital where she used to be a patient, bringing a unique perspective to her prac...
Aug 10, 2022
New monkeypox vaccine strategy underway to increase availability
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is moving forward with a plan to increase the U.S. monkeypox vaccine supply by as much as five times. I...
Aug 09, 2022
Monkeypox and your skin: How to prevent and treat post-infection scarring
Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Last week monkeypox was declared a public health emergency in the U.S. and now with more than 8,900 confirmed cases of monkeypox, thousands of Americans ...
Aug 09, 2022
Couple speaks out on decision to get abortion after fetus diagnosed with rare genetic conditions
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The same month the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, a couple in Kansas, thousands of miles away from Washington, D.C., faced their own abort...
Aug 09, 2022
Ashton Kutcher says he's ‘lucky to be alive’ after developing rare autoimmune disorder
Mark Sagliocco/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Ashton Kutcher says he's "lucky to be alive" after he says he developed vasculitis, a rare condition. In a first look from Monday night's new episode of National ...
Aug 09, 2022
CDC sends team to New York to investigate polio case
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed a federal team to New York to investigate the case of polio detected in Rockland County. The te...
Aug 08, 2022
Climate change could aggravate over half of known human pathogens, scientists say
TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have made a distressing discovery on how global warming will affect known infectious diseases. Climate hazards are expected to aggr...
Aug 08, 2022
New abortion restrictions may push patients to more expensive, complicated care
Science Photo Library/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As more states enact near-total bans and restrictions on abortion, providers say many patients are experiencing delayed care which can force them into l...
Aug 08, 2022
How the U.S. struggled to respond rapidly to the monkeypox outbreak: Experts
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In early May, when the first cases of monkeypox surfaced in the United Kingdom and Europe, health officials in the United States advised Americans not to p...
Aug 06, 2022
Adult at Illinois day care tests positive for monkeypox, children potentially exposed
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An adult at an Illinois day care center has tested positive for monkeypox, and a number of children may have been exposed to the virus, health officials in Il...
Aug 05, 2022
