Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio

JGI/Jamie Grill(ATLANTA) -- Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. rose during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial disparities that existed before the pandemic were perpetuated, according...

Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline announced Wednesday they are planning to ask regulators to authorize their new COVID-19 v...

Tara Robinson(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- A woman who survived three heart attacks in three days at age 40 is now leading an effort to make Black women aware of the risks of heart disease. Tara Robinson, of...

Courtesy Kristi Engelbrecht(BURLINGTON, N.C.) -- A North Carolina couple became first-time parents on "Twosday." Aberli and Hank Spear welcomed their first child -- a girl they’ve named Judah Gr...

ABC News(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Music, conversation and the sound of glasses clinking are all part of a bar's atmosphere. The Sans Bar in Austin, Texas, offers the same experience with one big exception --...

Courtesy Amber Higgins(NEW YORK) -- A New Mexico infant is happy, healthy and thriving after beating the odds. Jari Lopez was just 9 inches and weighed only 11.5 ounces, lighter than an average loaf o...

Alysha Tagert, a Washington, D.C. based mental health therapist, shares a photo of a coping tool box for kids. - Courtesy Alysha Tagert(WASHINGTON) -- As the United States enters a third year of the c...

Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When the recent COVID-19 wave fueled by the omicron variant hit the U.S., no one expected it would lead to the number of deaths it did. As of Wednesday, the na...

Getty Images/Erik McGregor, FILE(NEW YORK) -- It's been two months since New York City opened the first-ever overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United States, and public health experts said ...

Stock Image/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a rise in eating and tic disorders among teenage girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. ​ Ec...