Level of safety. Meanwhile expectant mothers are facing a host of other worries ranging from could their babies get infected to concerns about hospital staffing. Its adding quite a bit of stress and anxiety to what should be an exciting time for most expecting moms and dads. Our own janai norman, whos expecting her second child, is among them. Reporter so much is still unknown as the coronavirus changes our daily routines. All elective procedures at hospitals are canceled. But one thing that cant be canceled, pregnancy appointments and labor. We know that the virus has caused a lot of worry, and this can be especially true for pregnant patients. Our top goal is to keep moms and babies safe before, during, and after pregnancy. Reporter early and limited data is encouraging for expectant mothers. At this point it doesnt appear those infected late in pregnancy pass on the virus to their infants. However, those early in their pregnancy, or those considering getting pregnant, should conside
Designers, engineers, science teachers, and students, are rising to the challenge. Heres abcs devin dwyer. Reporter its the sound of American Ingenuity in a time of crisis. A Cottage Industry of 3d printing teachers and teenagers gaining steam to fight covid19. From louisiana i heard people are doing their part. Its time to do mine. Reporter to montana. Over here we have the bank of 3d printers. Reporter entire families turning their basements and garages into production lines for that personal protective equipment now in short supply. This is our lab, 3d printing lab that we put in our garage for the time being. Reporter colorado seventh grader amelia brown and father matt giving us an inside look at their operation. 3d printers making plastic headbands for face shields, one per hour, around the clock. This is one thats being printed. The printer takes thin beads of plastic reporter the printers melting filament to create a preprogrammed design on a heated surface. Many makers using d
More cheers for hospital workers, new york city firefighters joined residents in saluting staffers during shift change at a facility in manhattan in what has become a nightly ritual. Turning to the new hope on the front lines in the race for a vaccine. Only a few Human Vaccine studies are under way in the world but one of them at university of philadelphia is showing new promise. Brian taft has that story. Reporter the race to develop a covid19 vaccine in philadelphia is kicking into high gear. Dr. Pablo tevas is leading the second u. S. Vaccine study in people at university of pennsylvania, one of only five Human Vaccine studies around the world. This is the most important study that i have done in my life. Reporter he is testing a skindeep shot on 40 volunteers and says phase one should be wrapped up by july. You have a vaccine that can be distributed in the general population, vaccinating largest amount of people. It would probably take a year to 18 months from now. Reporter more th
The virus. Man, he will stop at nothing to blame this pandemic on other people were one press conference away from him calling it the obama virus. The obama virus, or as its also known the Obama Hussein virus. Infectious diseases expert and Coronavirus Task force member dr. Anthony fauci has reportedly been assigned a security detail after receiving threats. Threats like stop contradicting me or else the governor of georgia said yesterday that he just learned in the last 24 hours that asymptomatic people can transmit the coronavirus. So hes probably three weeks out from learning what asymptomatic means. Massachusetts received 1 million face masks today for Health Care Workers that were delivered from china on the new England Patriots private plane. Meanwhile, the jets private plane was intercepted and returned for a touchdown thats matt goldich, if youre an angry jets fan watching this. Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez on tuesday criticized new york governor Andrew Cuomos decision
I was walking my dog, cooper. And i just felt very, very winded. And i assumed, of course, it was because i never work out and im out of shape. But it was too heavy for that. And i came home, wasnt feeling great. And it wasnt until the fever started that i realized, this cant be a common summer cold. I went and got tested. Between the time i got tested, which was three days ago, and now, ive had high fevers, sort of 101, 103. I finished watching netflix. Achy joints is a big thing. It feels like a really, really horrible flu. And you know, im still in it now, but i can tell you the things that help. Tylenol. Chicken soup. I took some hot baths when i had chills. And i have two dogs that sleep on my bed with me. So anyway, be safe, stay home. Some good words there from ali. We are wishing her the best and a speedy recovery. Those tips and information people need to know. Oh my gosh, thats one thing i wanted to point out, we can learn. Those of us who have not contracted covid19, we can