Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Omicron appears to cause mild illness, but experts say too early to know for sure
Pekic/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Since the first case of the new Omicron variant was detected last month, early anecdotal reports indicate people infected seem to be experiencing mild illness -- leading...
Dec 11, 2021
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky discusses how pandemic may end
iStock/Viorel Poparcea(NEW YORK) -- When Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, takes stock of the coronavirus pandemic, she knows it's far from over. ...
Dec 11, 2021
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky: No concerns about myocarditis with nearly 5 million children vaccinated
Matt Miller/ABC(ATLANTA) -- With nearly 5 million children ages 5 to 11 now vaccinated against COVID-19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says real-world monit...
Dec 10, 2021
Five things parents can do as surgeon general warns of youth mental health crisis
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A report released this week from the United States surgeon general warns of a growing mental health crisis among young people amid the coronavirus pandemic. Citing statistics lik...
Dec 10, 2021
'All options' on the table as Rhode Island sees rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Lubo Ivanko/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise in Rhode Island, hospitals are strained by staffing shortages and testing turnaround times are delayed, Gov. Dan McKee is ur...
Dec 10, 2021
A tale of two New Yorks: COVID-19 hospitalization rate surging upstate
Massimo Giachetti/iStock(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19-related hospitalizations have been on an upward trend in New York state since last month, but there appears to be a drastic divide between the Big Apple ...
Dec 09, 2021
Kids are driving up COVID cases, but parents are still reluctant to vaccinate them, poll shows
jacoblund/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Roughly two-thirds of parents of elementary school-aged children are either holding off on getting their younger children vaccinated or refuse to do so, according to a po...
Dec 09, 2021
CDC recommends dramatic expansion of HIV prevention medication
niphon/iStock(ATLANTA) -- While a cure for HIV has remained elusive, in recent years there have been great strides made in the prevention and management of HIV and AIDS, the disease the virus causes i...
Dec 09, 2021
Study raises renewed alarm about missed cancer diagnoses during pandemic
iStock/gorodenkoff(NEW YORK) -- Oncologists have been warning about dangerous gaps in cancer care since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a nationwide study based on data from Ve...
Dec 08, 2021
Four things to know about omicron and holiday travel, gatherings
iStock/jacoblund(NEW YORK) -- Just as hope rose that this year's holiday season would inch back to pre-pandemic normalcy, the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 entered the pi...
Dec 08, 2021
