Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Taraji P. Henson opens up on new campaign centered on Black students' mental health
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Taraji P. Henson is shining a light on racism Black students experience in the U.S. school system and its effects on their mental health. During an appearance on Good Morning Ame...
May 21, 2021
Prince Harry says he and Meghan 'chose to put our mental health first' when exiting royal family
Chris Jackson - Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the first episode of The Me You Can't See, Prince Harry opened up about his mental health struggles growing up in the royal family after the death of ...
May 21, 2021
Pandemic has made shortage of health care workers even worse, say experts
HRAUN/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing shortage of health workers, leaving many health care facilities short-staffed even as the number of nationwide coronavirus c...
May 21, 2021
What's gua sha? Chinese medicine experts explain TikTok's viral skin care technique
Kanawa_Studio/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Many beauty trends are born on social media platforms such as TikTok, and if you've scrolled lately, you've probably noticed some form of gua sha. While it may be new...
May 21, 2021
Rapid school reopenings may have led to thousands of COVID cases, hundreds of deaths in Texas
kevajefimija/iStock(LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- A plan to rapidly reopen schools in Texas may have contributed to thousands of COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths, according to an analysis by economists and ...
May 20, 2021
On Mental Health Action Day, here are five tips to cope with 'reentry anxiety' amid COVID-19
Giuseppe Lombardo/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As more Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, more schools and businesses are returning in-person, restaurants and stores are returning to full capac...
May 20, 2021
Doctors of Indian descent try to help loved ones caught in COVID crisis far away
Yestock/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As COVID-19 began its deadly surge in India last week, Dr. Vincent Rajkumar, a physician in Rochester, Minnesota, tweeted about how he and other doctors of Indian descent f...
May 06, 2021
Plus-size model Tess Holliday opens up about eating disorder
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Plus-sized supermodel Tess Holliday is opening up about her struggle with anorexia. In an interview with ABC News' Good Morning America, the mother of two said she was recently d...
May 06, 2021
High COVID-19 death rate among Hispanics may be linked to work: Study
Ovidiu Dugulan/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Hispanic people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates, and a new study suggests that workplace exposure and the overrepresentation of Hi...
May 06, 2021
Children make up 26% of new COVID-19 cases in Colorado
PinkOmelet/iStock(DENVER) -- Children make up more than a quarter of new COVID-19 cases in Colorado, bolstered by the spread of more-contagious variants and in-person school activities. In Colorado, c...
May 05, 2021
