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Four former surgeons general join call for ‘National Vaccine Day’
By ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Four former surgeons general are joining a campaign calling for a National Vaccine Day to "focus our nation's attention on the importance of vaccination."In a letter exclusively obtained by ABC News, the doctors ...
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How falling levels of COVID-19 tests could threaten pandemic fight
By MATTHEW VANN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As the effort to vaccinate Americans intensifies, daily COVID-19 test numbers are falling nationwide, an alarming sign to public health experts who say the tests are still crucial to containing the virus.Testing has ...
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Philadelphia doctor takes her push for health equity to next level: vaccines
By JON SCHLOSBERG, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) -- Once again, it is Dr. Ala Stanford to the rescue, this time confronting Philadelphia’s vaccine inequities head on.Last April, Stanford became frustrated with the city’s slow pace of COVID-19 testing, especially in Black and ...
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Baby born deaf reacts to hearing music for first time
By HALEY YAMADA and ERIC NOLL, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After months of appointments, testing, fittings and surgery, one baby’s first time hearing music was caught on camera in a touching moment.Manning James Roldan of Clifton Forge, Virginia, was born ...
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‘Please hear me clearly’: CDC director urges states not to reopen too soon as cases plateau
BY: CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has hit a plateau in coronavirus cases and deaths that signal a "potential shift in the trajectory of the pandemic," the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned states on Monday ...
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WHO panel advises against hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19
BY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — A World Health Organization panel is now advising against the use of hydroxychloroquine, the controversial drug promoted heavily by the Trump administration, to treat patients infected with COVID-19. The international health agency announced Monday that a panel ...
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COVID survivors network launches site to help patients get antibody treatments
BY: IVAN PEREIRA, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — They survived the coronavirus and now they are paying it forward by giving current patients a fighting chance to share their story. The coalition, Survivor Corps, launched an online portal, gotcovid.org, Monday that directs people ...
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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine: Here’s what to know
By DR. ADJOA SMALLS-MANTEY, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine for use in people 18 years of age and older Sunday -- the last regulatory step needed before a ...
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US begins rollout of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine
By IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- Johnson & Johnson will ship the first batch of its coronavirus vaccine to states and pharmacies on Monday, just two days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave Emergency Use Authorization.The pharmaceutical ...
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FDA authorizes J&J vaccine, giving US a 3rd option to fight COVID-19 virus. Here’s what’s next.
By STEPHANIE EBBS and ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized use of a third COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., declaring the Johnson & Johnson vaccine safe and effective in adults 18 and older.
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Black health care workers shine spotlight on issues of diversity in medical field
By ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As the U.S. continues to celebrate Black History Month, Black medical workers are shining a spotlight on the lack of diversity in their profession.A biennial study conducted in 2018 by the Association ...
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7-year-old fighting multiple health conditions brings smiles to millions on TikTok
By NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- A girl who's been hospitalized for most of her life is inspiring millions with her contagious spirit.Isabella Thompson, 7, was born with hirschsprung's disease, severe combined immunodeficiency and a form of dwarfism. Bella has had 21 ...
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