Unsolved issues and huge investments in COVID vaccine manufacturing
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
Africa faces uphill battle against coronavirus pandemic with fragile health systems
omersukrugoksu/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) — On a recent morning in South Africa’s port city of Cape Town, Patsy Oosthuizen was working her volunteer shift in the coronavirus screening tent outside Tygerberg Hospital when a woman
Small business owners gear up for another go at Paycheck Protection Program
Kameleon007/iStockBy CHEYENNE HASLETT, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of small business owners found renewed hope on Friday, after three weeks of waiting for some positive news, as the president signed another $310 billion over to the
Coronavirus puts strain on parents looking to start families
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,
How to raise a non-anxious child in the anxious time of coronavirus
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,
Don't skip vaccinations: Eight things pediatricians want parents to know during COVID-19
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
102-year-old woman in Florida beat COVID-19
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
Howard Schultz says more needs to be done about restaurant closures after COVID-19
ABC NewsBy REBECCA JARVIS, TAYLOR DUNN and STEPHANIE FASANO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — With hundreds of thousands of restaurants and their employees out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, former Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard
States' election funding requests indicate numerous anticipated hurdles
yorkfoto/iStockBy ALISA WIERSEMA, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has already thrown the 2020 primary season into disarray, but now with just over six months until November, the aftershocks of the spread of COVID-19 threaten
FDA not doing enough to regulate antibody tests, Democrats say
Totojang/iStockBy BENJAMIN SIEGEL and ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration is not doing enough to review and police the wave of new coronavirus antibody tests on the market that could determine how