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ABC15 Health Insider addresses child vaccine concerns

The Centers for Disease Control officially approved the Pfizer vaccine for children 5-11 Tuesday. The ABC15 Health Insider is addressing concerns and questions some parents have before getting their children vaccinated.

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Many experiencing long-term brain fog after COVID-19 diagnosis

Many experiencing long-term brain fog after COVID-19 diagnosis
Some people are experiencing long-term brain fog after a coronavirus diagnosis.
and last updated 2021-05-24 08:47:11-04
That fuzzy, confusing, light-headed feeling that some people who have had COVID just can't seem to shake -- also known as "brain fog."
"Brain fog is not a medical term, but we've all felt it, right?" says ABC15 Health Insider Dr. Janice Johnston with Redirect Health. "We've taken an antihistamine or maybe something that's a sedating kind of drug. Or maybe feeling a little under the weather or jet-lagged, or that kind of thing?"
Dr. Johnston explains that feeling typically goes away once you start feeling better, but for some, the brain fog has a hard time clearing up. Dr. Johnston tells us there are a number of factors.

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New parenting trends and fertility options post-pandemic

New parenting trends and fertility options post-pandemic
From same-sex couples to those waiting to have children later in life, Dr. Bashah says parenting trends are changing.
and last updated 2021-05-20 09:59:35-04
When in-person fertility treatments were suspended at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, hopeful parents-to-be were forced to wait even longer for another chance to get pregnant.
Many IVF patients lost hope.
"With IVF, there's a lot of hormones that are being pumped into the women's bodies and injections that you have to do routinely and timed things and medications that you have to take. And it can be really invasive to the body."

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COVID-19 and headaches: What you need to know

Patients who have recovered sometimes still experience lingering symptoms related to the inflammation brought on by COVID-19.

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Breaking the stigma of pre-existing conditions and the COVID-19 vaccine

Breaking the stigma of pre-existing conditions and the COVID-19 vaccine
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and last updated 2021-04-01 06:00:38-04
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that as many as 130 million Americans could have a pre-existing condition -- that's half of all non-elderly adults in the United States.
That status may impact your COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in places like Pinal and Coconino counties here in Arizona, but the stigmas and shame surrounding that could have a negative impact on the vaccination process.
Asthma, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes -- these are all things that would be considered pre-existing conditions. If you have one, it impacts your health every single day, but even more during this COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, these conditions could play a big role in whether or not you're able to recover.

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Health experts answer your questions about coronavirus vaccine

Health experts answer your questions about coronavirus vaccine
ABC15 spoke with experts Tuesday morning to answer some of your most pressing questions about the coronavirus vaccine.
and last updated 2021-03-16 10:48:23-04
ABC15 spoke with experts Tuesday morning to answer some of your most pressing questions about the coronavirus vaccine.
The mission of ABC15's Health Insider series is to dive deeper into the things impacting your health and the health of those around you. We're going in-depth with expert advice from people who know it, see it every day in their work and study it. Have a story idea? Contact the team at HealthInsider@abc15.com.

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Why is there a waiting period between receiving other vaccines before COVID vaccine?

and last updated 2021-03-10 08:45:17-05
Since we launched our ABC15 Health Insider initiative, you've been e-mailing us your questions and our team of experts has been answering them.
Kevin from Phoenix wrote about the confusion surrounding issues with getting another type of vaccine too close to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Kevin writes:
"On Feb. 8th, I had an appointment with my primary care physician and got a pneumonia vaccine. On Feb. 15th, I had an appointment at State Farm Stadium for my first dose of the Covid vaccine but discovered when I was there that I had to wait 2 weeks after the pneumonia vaccine before I could get COVID vaccine."

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Maricopa County health director talks possible 3rd COVID-19 surge, vaccine success in Arizona

Maricopa County health director says 3rd COVID-19 surge possible, but 'won't derail our success'
Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine talked with ABC15 about the recent updates and news regarding coronavirus in the community.
and last updated 2021-03-05 08:41:50-05
PHOENIX â Maricopa County is home to nearly 4.5 million people and more than 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases over the course of this pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The Valley has been hit hard by the coronavirus, but through the darkness of 2020, there are glimmers of hope in 2021.
"Our case numbers are continuing to trend downward from a peak in early January," explains Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, Medical Director for Disease Control with the Maricopa County Health Department. "We're also seeing a downward trend in hospitalizations and, thankfully, our deaths related to COVID-19."

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What is a COVID-19 variant and what do they mean for the community?

What is a COVID-19 variant and what do they mean for the community?
ABC15 Health Insider explains threats posed by COVID-19 variants.
and last updated 2021-02-26 00:52:48-05
Before we begin to talk about coronavirus variants and why they pose such a threat, we first must understand how variants are formed.
To learn more, we turned to our ABC15 Health Insider, TGEN epidemiologist Dr. David Engelthaler.
"A virus is essentially like all living things. It evolves in a way that it picks up mutations," says Dr. Engelthaler. "Once it replicates, it has to replicate that entire genome and the genome of the virus is 30,000 letters long... and so it has to replicate all those over and over and it's going to make mistakes. And it does have the ability to correct some of those mistakes, but sometimes, it doesn't. And those mistakes can act just like typos. Most of those are just typos. They don't really change the make-up of the virus at all. They don't cause any harm, don't make it more virulent or anything like that. Every once in a while, you get a typo that actually changes an amino acid which is part of the protein. And then that means it changes just a little and it might make it spread more quickly or more infections in some people."

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How to connect with your kids on a more personal level

How to connect with your kids on a more personal level
ABC15 Health Insider looks at the mental health of kids during the pandemic and helping parents connect.
and last updated 2021-02-16 09:10:08-05
Are your kids struggling from the stress of COVID-19 too? You can connect with your kids on a more personal level with the help of our ABC15 Health Insider.
A change in routine, limited time with loved ones and friends, and no real answers about the future -- all of these can bring real stress to young children. In fact, the uncertainty has become emotionally traumatizing for so many kids.

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