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Joseph Cafone

Dr. Joseph Cafone

Joseph Cafone is a fourth-year internal medicine and pediatrics resident working in the ABC News Medical Unit. Get Joseph Cafone's latest news stories and articles, connect with millions of users and join the conversation at ABC News.

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PHOTO: Hand sanitizer is used by students as per coronavirus guidelines, during summer school sessions at Happy Day School in Monterey Park, Calif., July 9, 2020.
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Why pediatricians are pushing for kids to go back to school in the fall

VIDEO: FDA approves video game for treating ADHD in kids

Novel video game approved by FDA could potentially help children with ADHD

PHOTO: A child on a scooter looks at a nurse at Jacobi Medical Center participating in a rally to protest their lack of personal protective equipment, PPE, and institutional support in the Bronx borough of New York, April 17, 2020.
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How to raise a non-anxious child in the anxious time of coronavirus

PHOTO: A ventilator is pictured during an instruction session with doctors at the Universitaetsklinikum Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany, March 25, 2020.
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Mother to baby transmission of COVID-19 cannot be ruled out, new study finds

PHOTO: An undated stock photo show children studying.
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Homeschooling during COVID-19: Why all kids may not need eight hours of instruction a day at home

PHOTO: A commuter wears a face mask in the New York City transit system, March 9, 2020, in New York.
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Preventing coronavirus: Are supplements the answer?

PHOTO: A child raises their hand during class in this stock photo.
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Teacher's praise helps students focus more than punishment, study finds

PHOTO: This Nov. 22, 2015 file photo shows Justin Bieber at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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Justin Bieber reveals he has Lyme disease: What to know about the infectious disease

PHOTO: An Apple Store employee shows the new Series 5 Apple Watch during the preview of the redesigned and reimagined Apple Fifth Avenue store in New York, Sept. 19, 2019.
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Apple charges ahead into medical research; introduces Research app

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Yoga4cancer

Yoga to meditation: A look at the complementary methods for breast cancer patients to treat the whole person