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In nursing homes, as in wider community, minorities hit hardest by COVID, researchers say

Thursday, May 21 by ABC News

FG Trade/iStockBy ALLISON PECORIN and MATTHEW MOSK, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Nursing homes serving mostly minority populations are twice as likely to experience a deadly coronavirus outbreak as those with mostly white residents, according to new research on the... Read More.

How herd immunity may protect us from COVID-19

Thursday, May 21 by ABC News

Ovidiu Dugulan/iStockBy PRIYA AMIN, DR. MARK ABDELMALEK and LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The old saying goes: "There's strength in numbers." And now, it turns out numbers may be the greatest defense against the spread of COVID-19.It's a... Read More.

Buyer beware? What to know about direct-to-consumer antibody tests

Wednesday, May 20 by ABC News

narvikk/iStockBY EDEN DAVID, ABC NEWS(NEW YORK) -- You may have heard a lot about COVID-19 antibody testing recently. In fact, your doctor may have even offered you the option of getting the test.Just because you can get an antibody... Read More.

CDC provides COVID-related guidance for going to the pool this summer

Wednesday, May 20 by ABC News

Oks_Mit/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(ATLANTA) -- If you're heading to the pool this summer, you'll have to bring your swim cap, goggles, towel -- and face covering.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new coronavirus-related guidance for swimmers... Read More.

Many New Yorkers who suspected they had COVID-19 did not, study finds

Wednesday, May 20 by ABC News

nycshooter/iStockBy MEGAN CHRISTIE and DR. MARK ABDELMALEK, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- “I think I had it.” You’ve likely heard someone say it, or perhaps you’ve been muttering it yourself.It seems these months of quarantine-life and a growing list of... Read More.

FTC, DOJ crack down on surge of allegedly fraudulent COVID-19 ‘treatments’

Wednesday, May 20 by ABC News

skhoward/iStockBy PIERRE THOMAS, GERRY WAGSCHAL, ALEXANDER MALLIN and ROBYN WEIL, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are seeing a rising number of promotions of allegedly bogus treatments and cures for COVID-19, which they charge are... Read More.

Children’s hospitals ask feds for more money amid ‘catastrophic loss’ due to coronavirus

Tuesday, May 19 by ABC News

jewhyte/iStockBy OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The leaders of over 75 children's hospitals across the country on Monday asked the federal government for more funding to help sustain their operations and offset the "catastrophic loss" they have faced... Read More.

Could dogs help detect COVID-19 in humans?

Tuesday, May 19 by ABC News

Leon Neal/Getty ImagesBy DRAGANA JOVANOVIC, ABC News(LONDON) -- Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell and scientists are studying whether our canine friends could help identify people infected with the novel coronavirus.Medical Detection Dogs, a British charity, has already... Read More.

Does COVID-19 cause delirium? Doctors race to understand its impact on the brain

Tuesday, May 19 by ABC News

Ildar Imashev/iStockBy DR. L. NEDDA DASTMALCHI and IMRAN ALI, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As we continue to learn about the novel coronavirus, it's become clear that its effects on the body extend well beyond the lungs. Now, doctors are... Read More.

2-year-old who received new heart during pandemic finally heads home

Tuesday, May 19 by ABC News

Texas Children's Hospital By NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News(TEMPLE, Texas) -- A toddler who received a heart transplant amid the novel coronavirus pandemic is now home after spending months in the hospital.Barron Shoemaker of Temple, Texas, underwent surgery on March... Read More.

Coronavirus vaccine tests show promise in early human testing: Study

Monday, May 18 by ABC News

FilippoBacci/iStockBy SONY SALZMAN and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The biotech company researching a coronavirus vaccine released early results of its phase 1 testing Monday, saying it found promising results so far.Moderna, which conducted the first human trials,... Read More.

How apps could change the workplace after coronavirus crisis

Monday, May 18 by ABC News

Chainarong Prasertthai/iStockBy LEIGHTON SCHNEIDER and MICHAEL DOBUSKI, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Imagine you are going in to work. If you work in an office building, you probably have to go through the front doors, maybe past a security desk.... Read More.

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In nursing homes, as in wider community, minorities hit hardest by COVID, researchers say

How herd immunity may protect us from COVID-19

Buyer beware? What to know about direct-to-consumer antibody tests

Many New Yorkers who suspected they had COVID-19 did not, study finds

FTC, DOJ crack down on surge of allegedly fraudulent COVID-19 ‘treatments’

Children’s hospitals ask feds for more money amid ‘catastrophic loss’ due to coronavirus

Could dogs help detect COVID-19 in humans?

Does COVID-19 cause delirium? Doctors race to understand its impact on the brain

2-year-old who received new heart during pandemic finally heads home

Coronavirus vaccine tests show promise in early human testing: Study

How apps could change the workplace after coronavirus crisis

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