2k Studio/iStockBy SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News(ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced alternatives to its two-week recommended quarantine period for individuals who have been exposed to COVID-19.The CDC’s 14-day guidance has been one of the more notable standards on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after a potential exposure, along…… Read more »
ABCBy DANIELLE GENET and DR. ALEXIS E. CARRINGTON, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Dayka Robinson and Dr. Soyini Hawkins are two of the approximately 80% of women who develop fibroids by age 50.They are also two Black women who, as studies show is common, experienced more severe symptoms, which can range from heavy bleeding to anemia,…… Read more »
STEVEN FERDMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesBy MEGAN STONE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Keke Palmer has been struggling to control her acne for her entire adult life and, only now, found out what was triggering her persistent breakouts.After a series of failed medications and treatments, the 27-year-old actress took matters into her own hands and discovered…… Read more »
Aiselin82/iStockBy GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Baby-led weaning is a method of parents allowing babies to feed themselves hand-held food starting at six months old, as defined by one research report. The method made sense to Graca Walters who grew up in the Congo and said that’s how babies are weaned there.”Basically my…… Read more »
XiXinXing/iStockBy LAURA ROMERO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — As numerous states continue to see an uptick in coronavirus cases, some hospitals are being forced to hit pause on elective surgeries — a measure that was last seen in the early spring as cases and hospitalizations climbed dramatically.”Hospital capacity is now the state’s top concern,” New York…… Read more »
Rattankun Thongbun/iStockBy DR. STEPHANIE E. FARBER, ABC News(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague society, many have noticed that it is also plaguing their skin. ‘Maskne,’ the nickname given to the many skin plights arising from prolonged mask wear, is a common concern dermatologists are getting.Dr. Kimberly Jerdan, a board-certified dermatologist and…… Read more »
Ksenia Shestakova/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — The day before Thanksgiving, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock urged his constituents to remain in their households and refrain from travel during the holiday if they could.That same day, he boarded a plane to join his wife and daughter in Mississippi.The decision ignited calls of hypocrisy, and…… Read more »
simon2579/iStockBY: CATERINA ANDREANO, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn told Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News’ chief health and medical correspondent, that the agency has “all hands on deck” and is “working day and night, and on the weekends” to evaluate and clear multiple coronavirus vaccines for emergency use authorization…… Read more »
da-kuk/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) — The coronavirus may have been present in the United States weeks earlier than scientists realized, according to new government research.While COVID-19 cases were first identified in China in December, the United States did not report its first case until late January.A study published in the journal Clinical Infectious…… Read more »
bluecinema/iStockBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Molly Everette Gibson may only be less than one month old, but she has already made history.Weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces, Molly, who was born on Oct. 26 to parents Tina and Ben Gibson, spent more than 27 years frozen as an embryo before being transferred to…… Read more »