Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Cases of RSV, flu ticking up among young children in US as respiratory virus season begins
Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are ticking up across the United States even as overall respiratory virus activity remains low.Fl...
Dec 03, 2024
Transgender teen implores Supreme Court to strike Tennessee gender-affirming care ban
After more than two years of gender-affirming treatments, LW, the Tennessee teenager behind a landmark case at the U.S. Supreme Court, says, “I feel normal now.” (ABC News)(NASHVILLE) -- T...
Dec 02, 2024
Supreme Court weighs FDA block on kid-friendly flavored vapes
Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With e-cigarettes and flavored vapes booming in popularity, the Supreme Court on Monday will examine whether the Food and Drug Adminis...
Dec 02, 2024
What policies could RFK Jr. actually change at HHS?
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Named to lead the nation's sprawling Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big ideas for busting public health policy norms.His S...
Nov 27, 2024
Trump names COVID lockdown critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as pick for NIH director
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump is nominating a critic of COVID-19 lockdown policies to serve as the head of the National Institutes of Heal...
Nov 27, 2024
Bird flu found in sample of California raw milk: Officials
Pierre Crom/Getty Images(FRESNO, CA) -- After bird flu was detected in a retail sample of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC, the California Department of Public Health warned consumers o...
Nov 25, 2024
Could bird flu strain the US public health system as seasonal influenza ramps up?
Three influenza A (H5N1/bird flu) virus particles (rod-shaped). Note: Layout incorporates two CDC transmission electron micrographs that have been inverted, repositioned, and colorized by NIAID. Scale...
Nov 23, 2024
Some hospitals seeing increase in RSV, 'walking pneumonia.' Here's what to know
PhotoAlto/Ale Ventura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Some hospitals in the U.S. are seeing an increase in RSV and higher levels of "walking pneumonia" among young children despite overall respiratory illne...
Nov 22, 2024
What to know about Dr. Oz as Trump picks him to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that heart surgeon-turned-TV-host Dr. Mehmet Oz would lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se...
Nov 20, 2024
Escaped primates open can of worms for South Carolina's Alpha Genesis research lab
Yemassee Police Department(YEMASSEE, SC) -- With four primates still on the loose after 43 of them escaped on Nov. 6 from the Alpha Genesis Inc. research laboratory in South Carolina, the Low Country ...
Nov 19, 2024
