Health

Despite White House guidance, aging school facilities still threaten kids’ health

Tuesday, May 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- By spring of 2021, Rashelle Chase-Miller knew she’d have to make some hard decisions.Schools in Portland, Oregon -- including her son Leo’s charter -- were reopening in-person. But Chase-Miller, herself born and raised in the City of Roses, had reservations. For... Read More.

How a hospital treated victims of the Buffalo shooting

Monday, May 16 by ABC News

(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- Dr. Michael Manka had just finished his shift at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, New York, Saturday afternoon and was getting ready to head home.Then the hospital received a call: a gunshot victim was being transported. Soon, the center learned... Read More.

300,000 US COVID deaths could have been averted through vaccination, analysis finds

Monday, May 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 vaccines could have prevented at least 318,000 virus-related deaths between January 2021 and April 2022, a new analysis found.The analysis used real-world data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The New York Times and was done... Read More.

President Biden signs law banning sale of crib bumpers, inclined sleepers for babies

Monday, May 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Inclined sleepers for babies and crib bumper pads will be banned from being manufactured and sold under legislation signed into law Monday by President Joe Biden.Biden signed the bill, the Safe Sleep for Babies Act, into law less than two weeks after... Read More.

Without COVID-19 vaccines, death toll would be much higher: Pfizer analysis

Monday, May 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In the wake of the tragic milestone of 1 million official COVID-19 deaths in the United States, a new analysis found that without vaccines, the virus would have likely claimed more than 100,000 additional lives in 2021.The analysis, sponsored by Pfizer,... Read More.

24-year-old woman gets new heart after suffering heart attack at 14

Monday, May 16 by ABC News

(AVON, Ind.) -- An Indiana women who suffered a heart attack at age 14 is now celebrating a new start in her life after undergoing a heart transplant.Jaelyn Kinchelow, of Avon, Indiana, was running at her middle school track practice nearly a decade ago... Read More.

COVID pandemic exposed inequities involving age, race, political affiliation

Sunday, May 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The United States has hit a grim milestone: 1 million COVID-19 deaths. During the past two years the virus has posed a deadly risk, but it hasn’t affected every person the same way. The pandemic has highlighted inequalities that have already... Read More.

One million COVID deaths but only 350K families have asked FEMA for funeral cost help

Saturday, May 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Despite the U.S. recording more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths this week, few families have taken advantage of a government program to help cover the cost of funerals for victims.In April 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency launched a funeral assistance program,... Read More.

Baby formula timeline: Plant posed a risk last fall

Saturday, May 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Federal regulators warned months ago of potential problems at a manufacturing plant for baby formula, according to documents and a public timeline of the events, raising questions about whether more could have been done sooner by the government to address operational issues... Read More.

How two NJ towns illustrated persistent race gap in the COVID pandemic

Saturday, May 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Teaneck and Ridgewood are towns in New Jersey that are just minutes from each other.Yet when it came to the COVID pandemic, they were worlds apart when it came to illness and death, illustrating the persistent racial gap in the burden... Read More.

Hospital chaplain finds unique strategy to combat COVID fatigue

Saturday, May 14 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- As the United States marks one million COVID deaths, comfort is something neither families of the dead nor front-line health care workers have known during the past two years.The stress has been enormous for health care workers. The Rev. Hannah Rhiza... Read More.

New study’s findings could help explain sudden infant death syndrome

Friday, May 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A new study is offering new clues in solving the medical mystery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), which causes over 1,000 infant deaths per year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The study,... Read More.

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Despite White House guidance, aging school facilities still threaten kids’ health

How a hospital treated victims of the Buffalo shooting

300,000 US COVID deaths could have been averted through vaccination, analysis finds

President Biden signs law banning sale of crib bumpers, inclined sleepers for babies

Without COVID-19 vaccines, death toll would be much higher: Pfizer analysis

24-year-old woman gets new heart after suffering heart attack at 14

COVID pandemic exposed inequities involving age, race, political affiliation

One million COVID deaths but only 350K families have asked FEMA for funeral cost help

Baby formula timeline: Plant posed a risk last fall

How two NJ towns illustrated persistent race gap in the COVID pandemic

Hospital chaplain finds unique strategy to combat COVID fatigue

New study’s findings could help explain sudden infant death syndrome

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