Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Front-line workers in Florida say current COVID-19 surge 'feels like it's an impending storm'
tuachanwatthana/iStock(TAMPA, Fla.) -- A jarring reality check is taking place in intensive care units across the country as thousands of COVID-19 positive patients, nearly all of them unvaccinated, a...
Jul 30, 2021
New evidence has doctors worried about long-term damage from COVID 'brain fog'
xavierarnau/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A flurry of new scientific findings is prompting renewed concern among doctors about the long-term cognitive impacts of COVID-19 in some patients. Several new studies p...
Jul 30, 2021
States with surging COVID-19 rates also tend to have higher rates of uninsured
Lubo Ivanko/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 cases surge across much of the United States and many vaccinated people return to indoor masking, a pattern appears to be emerging -- the same states that a...
Jul 30, 2021
How some restaurants are reacting to CDC guidance: Masks indoors, proof of vaccination
halbergman/ iStock(NEW YORK) -- Bars and restaurants are once again at the forefront of a polarizing business decision 16 months into the pandemic: Whether or not they should require patrons to wear m...
Jul 29, 2021
Vast majority of ICU patients with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, ABC News survey finds
Georgiy Datsenko/iStock(NEW YORK) — With the country in the midst of a new nationwide resurgence of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations, misinformation about the effectiveness of the vac...
Jul 29, 2021
Biden's federal workforce vaccine mandate could inspire companies to follow suit
Flickr/The White House (WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal workers could set the groundwork for more private sector organizations to follow along. But it also ...
Jul 29, 2021
Vast majority of ICU patients with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, ABC News survey finds
iStock/CarmenMurillo(NEW YORK) -- With the country in the midst of a new nationwide resurgence of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations, misinformation about the effectiveness of the vaccines ha...
Jul 29, 2021
Antibody cocktail may be answer for uncommon breakthrough COVID cases that put some at risk
iStock/Chaz Bharj(NEW YORK) -- While authorized vaccines have proven safe and effective in holding the line against COVID-19, they are not 100% effective. Reports of uncommon breakthrough cases among ...
Jul 29, 2021
Anxious about the return to 'normal'? Here are five tips to help post-pandemic anxiety
Alejandro Castellon/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Jamie Manning says she was excited earlier this month for a day of solo shopping in small towns outside her hometown of Washington, D.C. It was something she wo...
Jul 29, 2021
Biden's vaccine requirement could 'very well' require troops to get the shot
iStock/Drazen ZigicNew vaccine requirements for federal employees expected to be announced by President Joe Biden Thursday "very well" could mean troops will be required to get the shot, a senior Pent...
Jul 29, 2021
