Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
West Virginia lawmakers advance new abortion bill after pre-Roe ban blocked
Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Gett Images(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) -- Lawmakers in West Virginia have advanced a new bill severely restricting abortion after a pre-Roe ban was blocked in court. The bill, passed Mo...
Jul 26, 2022
Poll: 43% of parents with young kids say their children will 'definitely not' get COVID vaccine
IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It has been over a month since COVID-19 vaccines became available to children as young as six months, but with millions of kids still without a shot, officials c...
Jul 26, 2022
Moms speak out during Disability Pride Month as US marks 32 years of ADA
Courtesy Michelle Trites and Natalie Hadley (NEW YORK) -- Some moms are opening up this July during Disability Pride Month and shining a light on a topic they feel gets overlooked and is often viewed ...
Jul 26, 2022
More cities may bring back mask mandates as COVID cases rise
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cities and counties throughout the United States are considering reinstating mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. In...
Jul 25, 2022
Thirty days since Roe was overturned: How the country has changed
Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the 30 days since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the abortion landscape in the United States has dramatically chang...
Jul 25, 2022
Traveling for abortion care was on the rise even before Roe was overturned, data shows
Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Well before the Supreme Court ruled in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, 9% of abortions in the U.S. were obtained by peop...
Jul 25, 2022
WHO declares monkeypox outbreak to be public health emergency of international concern
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of monkeypox to be a public health emergency of international concern. "The...
Jul 23, 2022
US confirms first cases of monkeypox in children
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed the first cases of monkeypox in children, federal officials said Friday. The two cases are unrelated a...
Jul 22, 2022
What to know about vaccine-derived polio after rare case found in New York
Roger Harris/Science Photo Library/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When the New York State Department of Health announced a patient in Rockland County -- north of New York City -- had contracted polio, they...
Jul 22, 2022
Novavax COVID vaccine will still save lives, experts say, even with limited supply
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Amid growing concerns over highly contagious omicron subvariants that are spreading around the country, Americans are set to have one more COVID-19 vaccine from ...
Jul 22, 2022
