Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Man charged with 'misleading' woman into taking abortion pill
Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Getty Images(WALTHAM, M.A.) -- A Massachusetts man has been charged with misleading a woman into taking medication to end her pregnancy under the guise that he was giving her ...
May 28, 2024
CDC: 1 in 9 US children now have ADHD, with surge in diagnoses since 2016
Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Diagnoses of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have surged in the United States over the last several years, according to...
May 28, 2024
What to know about the blood test to detect colon cancer recommended by an FDA panel
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A blood test to screen for colorectal cancer is one step closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.An FDA advisory panel -- the...
May 24, 2024
Most younger women who want kids after breast cancer are successful, research data shows
Ana Maria Serrano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Among younger women with breast cancer, it may be possible for many to have a baby after their diagnosis thanks to advances in breast cancer care, new resea...
May 24, 2024
Mask restrictions prompt concern, fear from disabled North Carolina residents
MoMo Productions/Getty Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) -- Disabled North Carolina residents say a mask restriction that is under consideration in the state legislature would make it harder for them to access pa...
May 23, 2024
Doctors, beauty queen in DC to advocate for CPR training and AEDs in schools
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Chloe Burke, a 25-year-old upcoming Miss Texas contestant, will be in Washington D.C. Thursday to lobby for the HEARTS Act and Access to AEDs A...
May 23, 2024
Why Louisiana is pushing to classify abortion pills in the same category as opioids
Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- Louisiana is moving closer to classifying the abortion pill regimen -- mifepristone and misoprostol -- as a "controlled dange...
May 22, 2024
CDC preparing for 'possibility of increased risk to human health' from bird flu
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a summary on Friday that it is preparing for the "possibility of increased ris...
May 22, 2024
How extreme heat will disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities
fhm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The health effects from extreme heat will soon take an even bigger toll on disadvantaged communities, according to a new report.As global temperatures continue to climb, ...
May 22, 2024
STIs, including syphilis, gonorrhea, increasing globally: WHO
sshepard/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) around the world is increasing and is a "major concern" for health officials, according to a new report publishe...
May 21, 2024
