Category Archives: Health News – ABC Audio
How hospitals have been coping with COVID as number of admissions tick up
MoMo Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Weekly COVID hospitalizations have been ticking up over the past 11 weeks, rising to 20,538 for the week ending Sept. 9, the highest figures seen since March...
Sep 22, 2023
Why the CDC recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months get the updated COVID vaccine
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An independent panel of advisers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that everyone over the age of 6 months get the updated COVID v...
Sep 22, 2023
Couple speaks out about embryo donation after fertility treatment
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Fertility treatments can be a very emotional process filled with complex decisions, including what to do with extra embryos. It's a dilemma Ryann and Richard He...
Sep 22, 2023
FDA discusses using artificial wombs to help save preemie babies: What to know about the new technology
Maskot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration met Wednesday to discuss something that was once thought to be only science fiction: the use of artificial wombs to help prematur...
Sep 21, 2023
Morning exercisers tend to have healthier habits, which can help with weight loss, study finds
Guido Mieth/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study finds that people who tend to exercise early in the morning also tend to have healthier eating habits and lower weight. Although research is mixed on ...
Sep 21, 2023
Federal government relaunches free at-home COVID test program
Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government program used for the last two winters to send free COVID tests to Americans' homes started up again Mond...
Sep 20, 2023
Mississippi sees 10-fold increase in babies born with syphilis since 2016: Report
Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) -- The number of babies born with syphilis in Mississippi has risen 10-fold over the last several years, according to a new report. Be...
Sep 20, 2023
Wildfires in recent years have reversed some of the progress made in eliminating air pollution, new study suggests
Brais Seara/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The smoke from wildfires in recent years has been so intense that it is decreasing air quality in the majority of the U.S., reversing some of the improvement...
Sep 20, 2023
Hispanics experience higher risk of heart disease, stroke while facing language barriers
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Jose Montijo sought treatment for shortness of breath, doctors realized he was experiencing heart failure. "They told me your heart is working at 20% and you ...
Sep 20, 2023
Soap opera star dies by suicide: What to know about bipolar disorder
ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The death of 43-year-old Billy Miller, an actor best known for his role in the soap opera The Young and the Restless, was due to suicide, his mother has confirmed....
Sep 20, 2023
