Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
After months of vaccine incentives, nation changes course
Bill Oxford/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Life may be about to get tougher for the unvaccinated -- and it's not only because of their significantly increased risk of getting COVID-19 and becoming very sick. A r...
Aug 06, 2021
Is delta more dangerous for children? Pediatrician answers top back-to-school questions
kevajefimija/iStock(New York) — With the hyper-transmissible delta variant driving a new COVID-19 surge, many families are wondering if it's safe to send young children back to school for in-per...
Aug 05, 2021
More businesses are mandating COVID-19 vaccines. Is that legal?
ABC News, NASHP.org(WASHINGTON) — With the delta variant surging, some businesses have begun announcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees with some exceptions on religious and medical grou...
Aug 05, 2021
Unvaccinated patient in hospital pleads for others to get vaccine: 'I want to help as many people as I can'
Courtesy of Kellie Campbell(WASHINGTON) — Virginia residents Travis and Kellie Campbell were unvaccinated when they both contracted COVID-19 in late July. Since then, Travis Campbell has been ho...
Aug 05, 2021
Fauci: If community spread doesn't get under control, US 'may sooner or later get another variant'
BlackJack3D/iStock(WASHINGTON) — If the U.S. does not get control over community spread of the delta COVID variant, the nation will continue to see more variants that evade the protection of the...
Aug 05, 2021
Leaders across the country in disagreement over whether to require COVID-19 vaccine passports
iStock/Eloi_Omella(NEW YORK) -- As New York City turns to vaccine passports to help limit the spread of COVID-19, other cities have pushed back against similar measures, with leaders citing a wide ran...
Aug 05, 2021
What is a HIPAA violation?
iStock/eggeeggjiew(WASHINGTON) -- Late last month Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, raised eyebrows around the country when she claimed that a reporter's question about her COVID-19 ...
Aug 05, 2021
COVID leaves Louisiana front-line workers exhausted as hospitalizations surge
iStock/Tempura(SHREVEPORT, La.) -- Our team saw many tears shed today. We spent Wednesday morning and afternoon at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, where the medical teams at t...
Aug 05, 2021
Defense Secretary to announce mandatory COVID vaccinations for troops 'soon': Sources
iStock/valentinrussanov(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is expected to announce his recommendation to President Joe Biden that COVID-19 vaccines be made mandatory for troops, official...
Aug 05, 2021
Flu shot linked to less severe COVID-19: Study
simarik/iStock(NEW YORK) -- People who got a flu shot earlier this year may be less likely to suffer a severe COVID-19 infection down the road, according to new research. The study, published in the j...
Aug 04, 2021
