Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Mental health and moms: How stress before and during pregnancy can affect kids' health
damircudic/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A child's future cognitive development, their motor development and their mental health can be associated with the stress their mother experienced, and how they coped wi...
May 28, 2021
If COVID-19 vaccines are free, why are some people getting bills?
Bill Oxford/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. federal government prepaid for enough vaccines to cover every American, regardless of whether they have insurance, but some people still are being charged. Why...
May 28, 2021
What will be 'normal' in the 'new, new normal?' Mental health expert weighs in
nycshooter/iStock(NEW YORK) -- With the COVID-19 pandemic easing in this country, and life slowly returning to normal, what exactly will that mean? ABC Audio spoke with Amanda Fialk, PhD, chief of cli...
May 28, 2021
California to award $1.5 million each to 10 residents in latest state vaccine incentive program
DaveAlan/iStock(LOS ANGELES) -- California is entering the COVID-19 vaccination lottery trend with the biggest contest yet. Ten vaccinated residents will have the chance to win $1.5 million each, Gov....
May 27, 2021
My husband died trying to save our kids from drowning. Here's what you need to know.
Ali Joy/Float Don't Fight(NEW YORK) -- A mother has made it her mission to ensure her family's tragedy will not be repeated after her husband died trying to save their two daughters from drowning. Ali...
May 27, 2021
Plans for COVID-19 booster shots need to start now, say long-term care advocates
Daisy-Daisy/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Five months after the first COVID-19 vaccine doses made their way to the nation's nursing homes, long-term care advocates are sounding the alarm about the need for a pl...
May 27, 2021
Anti-transgender legislation reignites classroom hardships for trans students
Courtesy Esmée Silverman(NEW YORK) — Esmée Silverman, an openly transgender senior in Massachusetts, says her high school experience "had a lot of its ups and downs ... mostly down...
May 26, 2021
This is why vaccine lottery prizes may work for some, according to psychology experts
simon2579/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Maryland drew a winner for its first $40,000 vaccine lottery prize Tuesday, kicking off 40 days of drawings meant to encourage state residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine...
May 26, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Ashton on her anxiety attacks, why anxiety affects more women than men
Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Jennifer Ashton's anxiety attacks started to happen after she had a severe allergic reaction to a food. "I had a couple of episodes where I thought mistakenly th...
May 26, 2021
US health agencies will decide on COVID-19 booster shots -- not vaccine companies
MarsBars/iStock(NEW YORK) -- With coronavirus variants popping up across the globe, new questions are beginning to arise about how long the immunity from the vaccines will last, and whether booster sh...
May 26, 2021
