Healthier lifestyle more into focus : Pandemic shows power of physical, mental health Victoria Sanchez
Nearly 31 million COVID-19 cases are putting health at the forefront of many American lives.
“Especially age groups that didn’t think they were vulnerable, I think have seen that their health can be jeopardized,” said Dr. Steven Woolf, director emeritus at the Virginia Commonwealth University s Center on Society and Health.
Mental health care is seeing a surge too, says clinical psychologist Dr. Amy Bowers.
“I am busier than I’ve ever been,” she said.
Over the past year, people tried to understand what underlying medical conditions could put them at greater risk of COVID-19.