Debunking the idea viruses evolve to become less virulent
The author, Jess Dawson, M.D., a masters of public health candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is a contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit. As evidence mounts that the omicron variant is less deadly than prior COVID-19 strains, one oft-cited explanation is that viruses always evolve to become less virulent over […]
Phoenix Children’s places high in pediatric hospital rankings for 2021-22 – KTAR.com
(Facebook Photo/Phoenix Children’s) PHOENIX – U.S. News and World Report ranked Phoenix Children’s as the best pediatric hospital in Arizona and the second-best in the Southwest for 2021-22. For the fifth time in the 15 years of the website’s annual rankings, which were updated Tuesday, Phoenix Children’s made it into the top 50 nationally for […]
What to consider when starting a new fitness plan in 2022
If your New Year’s resolution is to get healthier in 2022, you aren’t alone. So ABC15 asked the experts about what you should consider before diving straight into a new fitness plan. For Jake Coyle, owner of Todd Smith Fitness in Phoenix, teaching others to get healthy is personal. “The beginning journey for me started […]
Health Insider: what to do if you can’t get a COVID-19 test
Hours-long waits for a COVID-19 test, drug store pharmacy appointments booked days out, stores sold out of the home kits mean a COVID diagnosis is becoming harder again. Now that isolation guidelines are down to five days, many are left wondering what to do if they can’t get tested in a timely manner. ABC15 Health […]
Arizona reports 436 new COVID-19 cases, 12 additional deaths Wednesday – KTAR.com
A soldier receives the AstraZeneca vaccine for the new coronavirus at a newly inaugurated vaccination site at the Nestor Kirchner Cultural Center, the largest cultural center in Latin America, in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Argentina is speeding up its vaccination process amid a severe, second COVID-19 wave. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) PHOENIX – […]
Kill burnout! Eat and drink your way to a healthy, happier year
If you’re emotionally exhausted from the chaos of the holiday season, feeling more energized and focused is as easy as making three simple changes. Dr. Rebecca Jackson specializes in helping her patients boost brain power without prescription drugs. She tells ABC15 what you eat matters. “We want to make sure that we’re consistently fueling our […]
COVID-19 vaccine linked to small changes in menstrual cycles, study finds
When the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available last year, it led to reports from some women of changes to their menstrual cycles after getting vaccinated. Thanks in part to the persistence of women who spoke out on social media and documented their side effects in an online database created by two researchers, the National Institutes […]
First-ever injectable HIV prevention drug approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention. Until this week, the only FDA-licensed and approved medications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, most commonly known as PrEP, were daily oral pills containing the HIV treatment drugs tenofovir and emtricitabine, which slow the progression of an HIV infection […]
Birth control access being worsened by pandemic, doctors say
Thousands of Arizonans are having trouble getting access to contraception and sexual health care amid the pandemic. It’s a problem doctors have dubbed “contraceptive deserts” — when there aren’t enough health centers and pharmacies for women to go to for pregnancy prevention and other services they want or need. It’s not a concept new to […]
Doctors in the Valley anticipate another week of high COVID cases
PHOENIX — More than 15,000 new COVID cases were reported Sunday in Arizona for the second day in a row, following Saturday’s report of the most daily infections seen in a year. With cases in the tens of thousands, ABC15 Health Insiders are weighing in on what to expect in the upcoming week. “Last week […]