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A reality check on antibody testing: How do we race forward thoughtfully?

Sunday, April 26 by ABC News

iStock/mashukBy: EDEN DAVID (NEW YORK) -- As U.S. government officials begin debating the right steps in easing restrictions due to the novel coronavirus, antibody tests have been touted as the key to returning to normal.This particular type of test... Read More.

Unsolved issues and huge investments in COVID vaccine manufacturing

Saturday, April 25 by ABC News

Meyer & Meyer/iStockBy DR. TIFFANY KUNG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the nation’s scientists toil in laboratories to find a vaccine for COVID-19, the federal government, research groups and the pharmaceutical industry are working to solve a different scientific... Read More.

Coronavirus puts strain on parents looking to start families

Saturday, April 25 by ABC News

LumiNola/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The novel coronavirus and the resulting restrictions on elective medicine that have grown out of the pandemic have created a major roadblock for prospective parents and their family planning, particularly those struggling... Read More.

How to raise a non-anxious child in the anxious time of coronavirus

Saturday, April 25 by ABC News

ljubaphoto/iStockBy DR. YALDA SAFAI, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has quickly disrupted normal routines for children and parents, leading to potentially stressful situations at home.As of March 22, 45 states and Washington, D.C., announced school closures... Read More.

102-year-old woman in Florida beat COVID-19

Saturday, April 25 by ABC News

Courtesy Jennifer AudetteBy GMA TEAM, ABC News(LAKELAND, Fla.) -- A 102-year-old woman diagnosed with COVID-19 beat the odds and is now recovering.Esther Marie Transue, a resident at Opis Highlands Lake Center assisted living facility in Lakeland, Florida, was diagnosed... Read More.

Don’t skip vaccinations: Eight things pediatricians want parents to know during COVID-19

Saturday, April 25 by ABC News

Pornpak Khunatorn/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As many as 80% of children in the United States are not seeing their pediatricians during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition to missing appointments, children... Read More.

How school closures put children at risk

Friday, April 24 by ABC News

Orbon Alija/iStockBy DR. YALDA SAFAI, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A study from China released on Friday has found that school closures and social distancing guidelines led to an uptick in mental health problems among school-aged children. Published in JAMA... Read More.

FDA ‘commencing a study’ that could lead to the removal of a once-lifetime ban on gay men donating blood

Friday, April 24 by ABC News

toeytoey2530/iStockBy TONY MORRISON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- “You won’t be donating today.”Reverberating words to hear for a man who just recovered from COVID-19, who claims he was turned away from donating his plasma on the basis of his sexual... Read More.

Another coronavirus victim: America’s largest health systems

Friday, April 24 by ABC News

JazzIRT/iStockBy NANCY A. ANORUO and DR. HEATHER J. KAGAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As the novel coronavirus leaves a path of human devastation in its wake, the financial future of some of the nation's largest health care systems is... Read More.

South Korean studies suggest antibodies could protect against COVID-19 spread

Thursday, April 23 by ABC News

totojang/iStockBy DR. ANGELA N. BALDWIN, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- Results from two new South Korean studies shed light on whether antibodies will be a reliable form of protection against COVID-19 for those who have recovered from the disease.In one... Read More.

‘They are terrified’: Fearing coronavirus, people with potentially fatal conditions avoid emergency care

Thursday, April 23 by ABC News

Adam Calaitzis/iStockBy LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN and JAY BHATT, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- “Stay home.” That’s the message public health experts and political leaders have foisted onto Americans in recent weeks, and that was the message ringing in Alan Phenix’s mind... Read More.

Facing coronavirus while deaf and blind: ‘Everything relies on touch’

Thursday, April 23 by ABC News

Philip Wismer pictured. (ABC News)By DEVIN DWYER and JACQUELINE YOO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Imagine facing COVID-19 and the age of social distancing unable to clearly see or hear.For tens of thousands of deaf-blind Americans, who have severe hearing... Read More.

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