Jennifer Jordan

1 week ago | fox8.com | Jennifer Jordan

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The mystery surrounding what causes autism is taking center stage at the White House. In a Wednesday morning news conference, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed an “unrelenting upward trend” for autism, as found in the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research on autism rates among American children. The CDC found that a record 1 in 31 children are diagnosed with autism by the age of 8 in the U.S., up from 1 in 36 in 2020.

1 week ago | fox8.com | Jennifer Jordan

CLEVELAND (WJW) — There was shock and fear during a Southwest Airlines flight midair from Cleveland to Denver on the morning of April 10. Laura Anderson, a Cleveland Clinic nurse, was on that flight. “We were on the plane for about an hour-and-a-half and we were 30 minutes out from landing and there was just an alert that they needed anybody in the medical field or anybody that could help out,” Anderson said. That critical help was needed for an elderly first-class passenger who was in distress.

1 week ago | fox8.com | Jennifer Jordan

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Brian Bodle’s active lifestyle came to a screeching halt a little more than a year ago when he said a lingering cough wouldn’t go away. The 39-year-old would have to undergo a double-lung transplant after being diagnosed with short telomere syndrome, a genetic condition that affects major organs and causes the body to rapidly age. A lung transplant isn’t something that’s common in young people. Nearly half of all lung transplants in the U.S. are for people aged 50-64.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jennifer Jordan

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Brian Bodle’s active lifestyle came to a screeching halt a little more than a year ago when he said a lingering cough wouldn’t go away. The 39-year-old would have to undergo a double-lung transplant after being diagnosed with short telomere syndrome, a genetic condition that affects major organs and causes the body to rapidly age. A lung transplant isn’t something that’s common in young people. Nearly half of all lung transplants in the U.S. are for people aged 50-64.

1 week ago | ncnewsonline.com | Jennifer Jordan

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