Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
In-clinic 'surgical' abortion procedures: What are they, who needs them?
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Kate Coleman found out she was pregnant, she was overjoyed, she said. She and her husband shared the happy news with family and friends. But three months late...
Jul 19, 2022
Will the BA.5 COVID strain force new mask mandates?
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The new COVID-19 variant, called BA.5, has been rapidly spreading across the country and is now estimated to make up more than 60% of new cases, accor...
Jul 19, 2022
Abortions can resume in West Virginia after judge blocks pre-Roe ban
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) -- Abortions in West Virginia can -- at least temporarily -- resume after a judge struck down a pre-Roe ban Monday. Following the Supreme Court's reversa...
Jul 19, 2022
Second half of 2021 sees first increase of births since pandemic: CDC
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After months of declining births during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of babies born may be rebounding in the United States, a new federal report finds. The ...
Jul 19, 2022
For pregnant women with cancer, doctors fear abortion bans 'could be a death sentence'
JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Oncologists worry restrictions on abortions in Republican-led states after Roe v. Wade's reversal could force pregnant cancer patients to delay critical treat...
Jul 19, 2022
FDA approves new therapy for people living with skin-discoloration disorder Vitiligo
Courtesy Berardo Rivas(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval on Monday for Opzelura, which is the first topical JAK inhibitor cream for the treatment of vitiligo for peop...
Jul 19, 2022
Ghana declares 1st ever outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg virus disease
Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ghana on Sunday declared its first ever outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease. Blood samples taken from two patients in the southern Ashanti region were sent for tes...
Jul 18, 2022
US men sicker than those abroad, study says
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- American men are sicker and die earlier than men living in other developed nations, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund, a non-profit organiza...
Jul 15, 2022
With an incoming COVID surge, health officials push urgently for boosters. Do you need one?
Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China. Facing yet another COVID-19 variant, this one ...
Jul 15, 2022
Patients being barred from medication no longer used for abortion post Roe
Phil Walter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Health and Human Services announced it is investigating reports of women being denied vital medication for chronic medical conditions unrelated ...
Jul 14, 2022
