University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineBy MARIYA MOSELEY, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A group of medical students are hoping to spark change by tackling deeply-rooted racial disparities in the health industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Incoming
LeoPatrizi/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (DENVER) — Colorado’s contact tracing capacity is tapped out, according to local health departments. “Right now, we have about 1,400 cases or contacts of cases waiting to be reached out to,” Christine
Daisy-Daisy/iStockBy ANTHONY RIVAS and BRAD MIELKE, ABC News (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Eight months since the coronavirus caused widespread lockdowns across the country, a dietitian at a nursing home in Sacramento, California, said its residents have been suffering
CasPhotography/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER and MARK NICHOLS, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A South Dakota doctor is moonlighting as a newspaper columnist, urging readers to protect themselves against the virus that killed both his parents. The sheriff in
simon2579/iStockBy SONY SALZMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Pfizer and Moderna are likely to be the first companies to see their respective vaccines authorized in the United States, possibly before the end of this year. Though their
Meyer & Meyer/iStockBy ZOE MAGEE, ABC News (LONDON) — Oxford University Thursday morning announced more promising news in the development of its COVID-19 vaccine. The results from Phase 2 of its AZD122 vaccine trial, published in the
Wolterk/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Over 900 Mayo Clinic staff in the Midwest have contracted COVID-19 in the past two weeks, officials said, as the region experiences a surge in cases. The medical center
dszc/iStockBy ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — One in 10 residents in Maricopa County, Arizona, has had coronavirus, according to antibody testing done by the the county health department. The results of the 11-day serosurvey conducted