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Mom whose daughter needs special baby formula speaks out on shortage
According to Weedman, Palmer gets a “severe” form of eczema after consuming milk protein, which can present as facial boils that then turn into scabs. – Kayzie Weedman (NEW YORK) — The baby formula shortage [Read More…]
Despite White House guidance, aging school facilities still threaten kids’ health
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (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, [Read More…]
How a hospital treated victims of the Buffalo shooting
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (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 [Read More…]
300,000 US COVID deaths could have been averted through vaccination, analysis finds
Morsa Images/Getty Images (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 [Read More…]
President Biden signs law banning sale of crib bumpers, inclined sleepers for babies
Erika Richter (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 [Read More…]
Without COVID-19 vaccines, death toll would be much higher: Pfizer analysis
MARK LENNIHAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (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 [Read More…]
24-year-old woman gets new heart after suffering heart attack at 14
Jaelyn Kinchelow (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, [Read More…]
COVID pandemic exposed inequities involving age, race, political affiliation
Calvin Chan Wai Meng/Getty Images (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 [Read More…]
One million COVID deaths but only 350K families have asked FEMA for funeral cost help
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (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 [Read More…]
Baby formula timeline: Plant posed a risk last fall
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (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 [Read More…]
New study’s findings could help explain sudden infant death syndrome
Kaori Ando/Getty Images (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 [Read More…]
‘COVID has taken a lot from me’: Inside one long hauler’s recovery
Courtesy Heather-Elizabeth Brown (NEW YORK) — Heather-Elizabeth Brown feels grateful to have survived her bout with severe COVID-19. But more than two years after testing positive for the virus, she is still managing the physical [Read More…]
Doctor in COVID battle recalls the heartbreak and hope of early pandemic
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The sound of construction around Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital is hard to miss. Crews are essentially building a new hospital because the old one, just south of Los Angeles, [Read More…]
Crisis lines and helplines are not the same, but experts say we need both
Steven Clevenger/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The past few years have seen a growing mental health crisis, prompting an increasing number of Americans to seek help through confidential telephone support lines. But no [Read More…]
What abortion funds are and how they work
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As a growing number of states continue to pass strict abortion laws, Americans are facing more barriers when it comes to accessing the procedure. However, one of [Read More…]
COVID-19 nurse reflects on 1 million American virus deaths: ‘We are still mourning losses’
Willis-Knighton Medical Center (NEW YORK) — Last July, a tearful Felicia Croft sat in her car after a long shift in the COVID-19 intensive care unit, and expressed her deep despair about watching young patients die [Read More…]
Five myths about abortion debunked as Supreme Court decides future of Roe v. Wade
fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide, advocates and opponents of abortion rights have argued over how safe abortion is, how it’s performed and even where the public stands on [Read More…]
Experts wonder why one million COVID deaths became normalized
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the COVID-19 pandemic first struck the United States, the idea of one million deaths from the virus seemed largely unimaginable — with most projections estimating a few hundred [Read More…]
Dr. Jennifer Ashton on how she’s coping with her own COVID-19 hair loss
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic over two years ago, people have reported lingering effects of COVID-19, including hair loss. Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a board-certified OBGYN and ABC News’ [Read More…]
COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths expected to keep climbing in the US amid resurgence
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amidst the nation’s latest resurgence in COVID-19 infections, new forecast models used by the CDC show that daily hospital admission levels and new virus-related deaths in [Read More…]