filadendron/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — As schools across the country start to reopen, recent data shows that COVID-19 infection is on the rise in children.The American Academy of Pediatrics, in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital Association, each week surveys all publicly available data from U.S. states on child COVID-19 cases. According to its…… Read more »
smolaw11/iStockBy Dr. MOLLY STOUT, ABC News(NEW YORK) — When it comes to safely reopening schools, there’s valid cause for concern.”We’re a bit in uncharted territory, because we haven’t had to reopen schools in the context of a pandemic,” said Dr. Dan H. Barouch, director of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Center for Virology and Vaccine…… Read more »
Meyer & Meyer/iStockBy DR. LAITH ALEXANDER and SONY SALZMAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) — As the race for a novel coronavirus vaccine continues, there’s growing concern from scientists and economic experts that wealthy nations are prioritizing getting doses for their own citizens at the cost of poorer nations and thus failing to control the global pandemic.Some…… Read more »
da-kuk/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) — With no end in sight for the United States’ coronavirus outbreak, which has now topped five million infections and 162,000 virus deaths — accounting for roughly a quarter of the world’s fatalities — many Americans are wondering if anything could help turn the tide.The list of mistakes critics…… Read more »
juankphoto/iStockBy DR. MOLLY STOUT, ABC News(ATLANTA) — It has long been known that alcohol and pregnancy can be a dangerous combination. Now, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds one in nine women reported drinking while pregnant.Drinking patterns were broken down by trimester of pregnancy, with the study finding that…… Read more »
wragg/iStockBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE and KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Living through a pandemic and quarantining can be a drag, but many are using this time to re-start their lives and prioritize their health.With pre-existing conditions a contributing factor to contracting the novel coronavirus, 30-year-old Romelle Morris from New York City, said he was…… Read more »
Amornrat Phuchom/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Rachel Scott’s son Braden was 5 years old when he was diagnosed in 2016 with acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, a rare, rapid-onset neurological disease affecting the spinal cord leading to paralysis.Josh and Gretchen Trimble’s youngest daughter, Opal, was just 4 months old when she was diagnosed…… Read more »
simon2579/iStockBy STEPHANIE EBBS and SONY SALZMAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Public health experts and scientists closest to the process of developing and testing vaccines for COVID-19 said they’re confident the process is based in solid science, despite the perception that the Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” would rush the process to have a vaccine available…… Read more »
ABC NewsBy ANTHONY RIVAS, ABC News(NEW YORK) — Five former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who came together to speak about the coronavirus on Thursday said repeatedly that the United States is still struggling to deal with the pandemic because of one thing: mixed messages from leadership.”This is the first public…… Read more »
smolaw11/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — What are schools going to look like when they reopen this year?It’s a complicated question with few answers at this point: for some, there might be plastic guards on desks, hand sanitizer stations in every classroom, masks on students and staff and physically distanced seating.Another one of those…… Read more »