Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Opill, first over-the-counter birth control pill, will go on sale later this month
Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill that can be purchased without a prescription, will be avail...
Mar 04, 2024
Threats to health care sector targets likely to stay 'elevated' amid cultural wars: DHS
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The brew of hot-button socio-medical issues litigated both in the public square and in the courts will "amplify the health care sector's visibility as ...
Mar 04, 2024
CDC releases new guidance ending 5-day isolation period for recovering COVID-19 patients
MoMo Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- People who are recovering from COVID-19 no longer need to remain isolated for five days after symptoms end, according to new guidance from the U.S. Centers f...
Mar 01, 2024
Ozempic, Mounjaro users talk about changes to family life after weight loss
Heather Gay speaks with "Impact x Nightline's" Deborah Roberts. -- ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Heather Gay made headlines recently after she lost more than 20 poun...
Mar 01, 2024
'Bachelor' star Joey Graziadei says the reason behind yellow eyes is due to Gilbert syndrome
In this Jan 19, 2024, file photo, Joey Graziadei hosts an event in New York. -- Stephanie Augello/ABC via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Bachelor star Joey Graziadei is opening up about the reason be...
Mar 01, 2024
What are Alabama lawmakers proposing to protect IVF?
Penny Rogers Photography/ Getty Images(MONTGOMERY, AL.) -- Alabama state lawmakers introduced three new bills that aim to protect IVF treatments amid intense backlash over a state Supreme Court decisi...
Feb 28, 2024
7th measles case confirmed in outbreak linked to Florida elementary school
Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(WESTON, Fla.) -- The seventh case of measles linked to an outbreak at a Florida elementary school was confirmed by Health officials T...
Feb 27, 2024
West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill Monday that will eliminate school vaccine requirements for those who claim religious exemptions, but...
Feb 27, 2024
What’s next for IVF patients in Alabama?
Joe Sohm/Getty Images(MONTGOMERY, Al.) -- More than a week after the Alabama Supreme Court upended in vitro fertilization access in the state with its ruling that frozen embryos are considered childre...
Feb 26, 2024
Physicians share concerns over IVF treatments pausing after Alabama court ruling
ABC News(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- Dr. Beth Malizia, an Alabama physician, went through 12 years of training to provide patients with fertility care. But the doctor and co-owner of Alabama Fertility says h...
Feb 25, 2024
