Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
Recalled dairy products may be linked to listeria outbreak in seven states, CDC warns
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a food safety alert for recalled cheeses, yogurts and sour creams potentially linked...
Feb 06, 2024
East Palestine residents still displaced, suffering 1 year after toxic train derailment
Environmentalist Scott Smith test samples around the East Palestine train derailment. (ABC News)(OHIO) -- In the one year since the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, where 11 cars carryi...
Feb 03, 2024
How cosmetic leg lengthening surgeries are luring patients and courting controversy
Doctors prepare for a leg lengthening surgery. -- ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Being tall is a stature that many men have longed for and some are turning to leg lengthening surgery to enhance their looks, bu...
Feb 02, 2024
Washington state experiencing first known outbreak of potentially deadly fungus: Health officials
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Washington state is experiencing its first known outbreak of a potentially deadly fungus, according to public health officials. Four patients in the last month ...
Feb 01, 2024
North Carolina governor hopes Medicaid expansion, to 600K residents, can be example after yearslong battle
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act was passed, more than 600,000 adults in North Carolina are now eligible to receive benefits through ...
Feb 01, 2024
Heart health month: What we know about lipoprotein (a)
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For decades, doctors have encouraged patients to monitor their cholesterol levels, with studies showing that heart disease risk increases with high levels of low-d...
Feb 01, 2024
As 988 centers struggle to hire, burnout plagues some crisis staff
Kelly Livingston/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For Belinda Mosby, the nightmares started in March. Mosby had been working at Carelon Behavioral Health, one of the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline hotline c...
Feb 01, 2024
What to know about ZYN, the nicotine substitute going viral and facing scrutiny
In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases and pouches are seen on a table, Jan. 29, 2024, in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A type of nicotine pouches designed for adul...
Feb 01, 2024
Oregon officials declare state of emergency to address fentanyl crisis in Portland
Tetra Images/Getty Images(OREGON) -- Oregon government officials have declared a 90-day state of emergency to address Portland's growing fentanyl crisis. Gov. Tina Kotek, Multnomah County Chair Jessic...
Jan 31, 2024
Studies suggest experimental drug could be alternative to opioids: What to know
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A pharmaceutical company has presented new data for an experimental drug that they say can reduce acute pain, raising the possibility of an alternative to addict...
Jan 31, 2024
