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Health care providers for trans people debunk new Alabama legislation's misinformation
Julie Bennett/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Health care providers that serve the transgender community in Alabama are struggling to make sense of a new bill moving quickly through the state leg...
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News Mar 11, 2022

White House plan eases access to COVID-19 pills – but potential roadblocks loom
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inside hundreds of pharmacies across the country, high-risk Americans who test positive for COVID-19 have been told they will soon be able to find and...
Sasha Pezenik, ABC News Mar 11, 2022

How COVID treatments evolved over time from monoclonal antibodies to antiviral pills
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It's hard to imagine a time when treatments weren't available for COVID-19. Yet this was the case when the World Health Organization declared the viru...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Mar 11, 2022

Inside woman's long COVID battle as US marks second anniversary of coronavirus pandemic
Nicole Wahler(NEW YORK) -- Nicole Wahler was in her mid-20s and in the best shape of her life when she tested positive for COVID-19 in June 2020. Now, nearly two years later, Wahler, 28, said she is s...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Mar 11, 2022

Lady Gaga and Born This Way Foundation launch new online mental health course
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for ELLE Magazine(NEW YORK) -- Lady Gaga and her Born This Way Foundation have launched a new resource for young people for their mental health. Gaga and Born This Way have ...
Andrea Tuccillo, ABC News Mar 10, 2022

Kidney donors climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about living organ donation
Kidney Donor Athletes(NEW YORK) -- A group of kidney donors is going to great heights to educate others about being a live organ donor. The Kidney Donor Athletes, a national organization working to ed...
Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News Mar 10, 2022

Many nursing homes struggling to boost residents and staff members, experts say
Terry Vine/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite being among the first eligible for COVID-19 booster shots, many nursing homes are struggling to boost residents and staff, experts say. Nationally, about 7...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Mar 10, 2022

California teenager's nonprofit gifts self-care kits to girls in need
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A California teenager is on a mission to make sure every girl can practice self-care regardless of their socioeconomic stance, race, or religion. Kayli Joy Cooper...
Shannon McLellan, ABC News Mar 10, 2022

Pfizer launches clinical trial testing its COVID-19 pill in children aged 6 and older
Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pfizer announced Wednesday it is launching a clinical trial to study the effectiveness of its COVID-19 antiviral pill in young children. Th...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Mar 09, 2022

Man dies two months after receiving first-ever pig heart transplant
Jupiterimages/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) -- A Maryland man who earlier this year became the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, according to the University of Maryland Medicin...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Mar 09, 2022
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