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Baby born at 1 pound heads home after spending 133 days in hospital

Wednesday, October 14 by ABC News

By NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A micro preemie who was born at just 1 pound has defied the odds after doctors determined he had little chance of survival.Russell Appold Jr. was treated at Tulane Lakeside Hospital in Louisiana after his... Read More.

COVID-19 vaccine: Lessons from 2001’s anthrax attacks

Tuesday, October 13 by ABC News

By ARIELLE MITROPOULOS and SONY SALZMAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine continues, the first vaccines are likely to reach the public through a regulatory pathway specifically intended for emergency situations.If that happens, it won't be the... Read More.

How one hospital organization is tackling racial bias in medicine

Monday, October 12 by ABC News

By SANDRA TEMKO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For years, studies have shown that people of color don't get the same level of health care as white patients.Some of these studies include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2018 study which found... Read More.

Social media helps mom spot rare cancer in her baby’s eye

Monday, October 12 by ABC News

By GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A mom who followed her instincts is the reason her daughter is now being treated for cancer in her eye. It was July 30, Jasmine Martin told ABC News' Good Morning America, when she... Read More.

On World Mental Health Day, 9 ways to boost your mental health as the coronavirus pandemic continues

Saturday, October 10 by ABC News

BY: KATIE KINDELAN, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- Oct. 10, 2020, marks World Mental Health Day, an annual event that looks very different this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Experts in the U.S. are warning of a mental health crisis as people's lives remain upended... Read More.

Trump’s COVID-19 treatment developed using cells originally drawn from fetal tissue

Friday, October 9 by ABC News

By SASHA PEZENIK and ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The experimental antibody treatment taken by President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, which he called a "cure," was developed using cells derived from human fetal tissue -- a research technique that his administration... Read More.

CDC forecasts thousands more COVID-19 deaths by end of month

Friday, October 9 by ABC News

By ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is forecasting between 2,800 and 6,800 deaths from COVID-19 in the United States by the end of the month, according to a report published this week.By the end of... Read More.

Nurse who traveled to treat COVID-19 patients donates her kidney to toddler

Thursday, October 8 by ABC News

By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Taylor Pikkarainen, a traveling nurse, spent over two months this spring on assignment in New Jersey helping to save the lives of patients with COVID-19.Pikkarainen, 27, then returned to her home state of Minnesota to... Read More.

Teacher’s post on why her neurotypical classroom looks like a special education one goes viral

Thursday, October 8 by ABC News

By GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When a New York teacher wrote a Facebook post about why she designed her classroom for neurotypical students to resemble one that caters to special education, she was surprised by... Read More.

Actor Courtney B. Vance opens up about his family’s battle with mental health and suicide

Thursday, October 8 by ABC News

By ANGELINE JANE BERNABE AND DOUG VOLLMAYER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For the past 30 years, Courtney B. Vance has graced our screens by playing some of the most iconic roles across film and television.Now the Emmy-winning actor is opening up and... Read More.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, cancer patients urge others to get tested

Thursday, October 8 by ABC News

By DR. NATE WOOD, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- When COVID-19 kicked up earlier this year, many Americans stopped getting their recommended cancer screenings and scheduling office visits for concerning lumps and bumps.But for the patients who did go in and who... Read More.

Newlywed, mom ‘COVID long haulers’ battle debilitating symptoms months later

Wednesday, October 7 by ABC News

By SANDRA TEMKO and ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the coronavirus pandemic continues across the U.S., experts are noticing another wave of the pandemic with what they’re calling “COVID long-haulers,” or people suffering debilitating symptoms months after having the... Read More.

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Baby born at 1 pound heads home after spending 133 days in hospital

COVID-19 vaccine: Lessons from 2001’s anthrax attacks

How one hospital organization is tackling racial bias in medicine

On World Mental Health Day, 9 ways to boost your mental health as the coronavirus pandemic continues

Trump’s COVID-19 treatment developed using cells originally drawn from fetal tissue

CDC forecasts thousands more COVID-19 deaths by end of month

Nurse who traveled to treat COVID-19 patients donates her kidney to toddler

Teacher’s post on why her neurotypical classroom looks like a special education one goes viral

Actor Courtney B. Vance opens up about his family’s battle with mental health and suicide

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, cancer patients urge others to get tested

Newlywed, mom ‘COVID long haulers’ battle debilitating symptoms months later

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