Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio

Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI(NEW YORK) -- Rebel Wilson is getting candid about her weight loss journey.During her interview with The Sunday Times, the Pitch Perfect star shared she has tried we...

ABC News"Eclipse Across America," will air live Monday, April 8, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+ and Hulu as well as network social med...

Mpox virus particles. Via CDC/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)(NEW YORK) -- Mpox cases are on the rise in the U.S., increasing to almost double what they were at the same...

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Videos and images of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore have become ubiquitous in the past few days and may cause strong emotions in some - but menta...

Aedes aegypti mosquito, a known trasmitter of dengue. Photo via CDC(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency as the number of dengue fever cases continues to rise.S...

John Turner/U.S. Air ForceIt is a little-known mission within the United States Air Force that operates almost entirely underground, shrouded in secrecy – and is critical to national security.Th...

Boris Lopez and Cecia Juarez(LOS ANGELES) -- A 10-month-old who was born at 26 weeks gestation has beaten the odds to return home from the hospital.Ellyannah, the daughter of Cecia Juarez and Boris Lo...

Peter Cade/Getty Images(BOSTON) -- A surgical team said Thursday it has conducted the world's first genetically edited pig kidney transplant into a living human.During a four-hour procedure earlier th...

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has launched a bipartisan investigation into the U.S. organ transplant system -- the latest scrutiny o...

AlexSava/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Life expectancy in the United States increased in 2022 after two years of decline, according to new final federal mortality data.In a report published early Thursday...