Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Louisiana attorney general wants funding withheld for cities that reject abortion laws
Fotosearch/Getty Images(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- Louisiana's attorney general said he wants cities that don't enforce the state's abortion laws to have their funding withheld. Louisiana was one of several...
Jul 22, 2022
First polio case reported in US in nearly a decade detected in New York state
Joseph Sohm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The first case of polio reported in the U.S. in nearly a decade was detected in New York state, health officials said Thursday. The case is in a resident of Roc...
Jul 21, 2022
What to know about Paxlovid, the COVID-19 therapy that Biden is taking
Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When White House officials announced President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, they revealed he was prescribed Paxlovid. H...
Jul 21, 2022
DC to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Students over the age of 12 will be required to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall in Washington, D.C., the district's Office of the State Superin...
Jul 21, 2022
LGBTQ groups slam government handling of monkeypox
Wesley Lapointe / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Protesters in several cities across the country are calling on the Biden administration, as well as local officials, to address the ...
Jul 20, 2022
New York City COVID-19 cases surge as unvaccinated take the brunt
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 cases are continuing to surge in New York City and unvaccinated residents are bearing the brunt. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Jul 20, 2022
CDC finds significant increase in opioid overdoses among minority groups
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE(ATLANTA) -- A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a significant increase in opioid overdose death rates among Black and ...
Jul 20, 2022
Strangers rally to offer free mental health help after deadly Fourth of July parade attack
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) -- A therapy resource for people affected by the mass shooting during a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, is going ...
Jul 20, 2022
'Aftershock' explores the high mortality rate among Black expectant mothers
Onyx Collective(NEW YORK) -- Expectant mothers Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac both died from preventable childbirth complications, their families say, and the women's deaths have had a devastatin...
Jul 19, 2022
Dad with rare cancer fights to get lifesaving treatment
Courtesy of Anthony Di Laura and Jackie Cucullo(NEW YORK) -- A New York man is determined not to give up when it comes to fighting the rare disease he's been living with the last two years. Anthony Di...
Jul 19, 2022
