Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Social media and youth mental health defining challenge of our time: Surgeon general
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Creating a surgeon general's warning for social media is a necessary step to respond to the "defining public health challenge of our time," U.S. Surgeon General...
Jun 18, 2024
Surgeon general calls for health warnings on social media for younger users
Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users."One of the most important lessons I learned in...
Jun 17, 2024
High blood pressure during pregnancy has doubled, but only 60% are treated, study finds
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rates of high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008-2021, but only 60% were treated for it, according to a new study published Monday in the jo...
Jun 17, 2024
WHO acknowledges bird flu patient in Mexico died of other medical conditions
Lian Yi/Xinhua/Getty Images(MEXICO) -- The World Health Organization confirmed Friday that Mexican authorities believe the man with a rare human case of bird flu actually died from other co-morbiditie...
Jun 15, 2024
More than 4,000 additional robotic pets to be given to seniors in New York to combat loneliness
NY State Office For Aging(NEW YORK) -- Helen Macura has always wanted a dog, but the Prohibition-era home she has lived in since 1945 isn't safe for a potential pet. Her childhood dream of owning a do...
Jun 15, 2024
SCOTUS ruling on mifepristone could have lasting impact on FDA regulation: Experts
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- While experts and advocacy groups applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday to not restrict nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, th...
Jun 13, 2024
What to know about mifepristone after Supreme Court strikes down legal challenge to abortion pill
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected on Thursday a bid by a group of antiabortion doctors that would have potentially blocked widespread access to a ...
Jun 13, 2024
FDA had 'inadequate' policies to heed warnings about infant formula, probe finds
AlasdairJames/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Food and Drug Administration failed to heed warning signs that there were mounting concerns with one of the nation's largest infant formula makers, as a ser...
Jun 13, 2024
Usher advocates for diabetes awareness at Capitol Hill
Singer songwriter Usher walks through the Rayburn Room outside of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' office at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Image...
Jun 13, 2024
Oklahoma girl becomes 1st pediatric patient to undergo robotic deep brain stimulation
Getty Images - STOCK(BETHANY, Okla.) -- An Oklahoma girl has become the first pediatric patient in the world to have robotic deep brain stimulation performed on her, two hospitals have announced.The p...
Jun 12, 2024
