- Physical distancing, masks can dramatically reduce COVID-19 transmission: StudyAnVr/iStockBy DR. AYODOLA ADIGUN and DR. JESSICA JOHNSON, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- New research published in Lancet supports what public health officials have been advising since the pandemic began: To reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19, cover your face and stay 3 to 6 feet away from other people.The findings ... read more
- Mass protests could propel a second wave of coronavirus infectionsAlxeyPnferov/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As thousands of demonstrators continue to protest the killing of George Floyd, health experts are worried that a second wave of COVID-19 infections could be sparked by the mass gatherings."What we have here is a very unfortunate experiment going on with COVID virus ... read more
- In the race for a vaccine, children may be last to be vaccinatedMarianVejcik/iStockBy DR. MARK ABDELMALEK and SONY SALZMAN, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Even as scientists race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, experts acknowledge that children could be among the last members of society to be vaccinated. At least 10 vaccines are being tested in people across the globe, with the United ... read more
- In first federal count, over 25,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homesDaisy-Daisy/iStockBy ALLISON PECORIN, KATHERINE FAULDERS and MATTHEW MOSK, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The federal government has begun sharing its tracking data for nursing home fatalities for the first time since the novel coronavirus outbreak, a step long urged by members of Congress as an important way to guide efforts to protect ... read more
- How parents can talk to their kids about racism, George Floyd protestsshapecharge/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN and SARAH LANG, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- As protests and riots continue across the country in the wake of George Floyd's death, parents across the country are figuring out how to talk to their children about the protests and about fighting racism.Sarah Smith, a mom of three ... read more
- Having high blood pressure may make coronavirus more dangerousChinnapong/iStockBy DR. NANCY A. ANORUO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- High blood pressure, a common disease affecting about 45% of Americans, is sometimes called the 'silent killer' because it can lead to early death even without symptoms. But new research shows that people with high blood pressure may be more likely ... read more
- Risk versus reward: How safe are popular summer outdoor activities?Oks_Mit/iStockBy OLIVIA RUBIN and DR. MARK ABDELMALEK, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- All 50 states have now reopened in some form, and after months staying inside, Americans are itching to experience the joys of summer."There's a tremendous urge for American's to get out," Dr. Andrew Noymer, a public health professor at ... read more
- Front-line doctors face a mental health crisis amid coronavirus: Can medicine overcome the culture of stoicism?iStock/NanoStockkBy: ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on the American psyche, with a third of Americans now showing signs of clinical depression or anxiety, a rate twice as high as before the pandemic, according to Census Bureau data. Those grim statistics ... read more
- As states protect nursing homes from lawsuits, families fear they have little recourseiStockBy: LAURA ROMERO and ALLISON PECORIN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- On Valentine’s Day of this year, Tosica Figueroa and her six sisters made the wrenching decision to move their father, Alonzo Matthews, into a nursing home. The sisters could no longer handle the care for Matthews, a former Washington, ... read more
- Why people are flouting coronavirus social distancing precautions that we know save livesEblis/iStockBY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) -- People packed into a pool at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.Parks in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak, jammed with sunbathersA crowded brunch spot in Colorado with diners celebrating Mother's Day.With more than 100,000 Americans dead and rising from the ... read more