HealthDay Reports: Many Americans Will Grieve Parents, Grandparents Lost to Coronavirus

One grim impact of the coronavirus pandemic is that many people will lose a loved one, like a parent or grandparent, to coronavirus.

In addition to the usual grief someone would typically experience, there's also the added layer of social distancing, which means people won't be able to have memorial services or receive comfort from the company of loved ones who are also grieving.

Many Americans Will Grieve Parents, Grandparents Lost to Coronavirus

WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As deaths from coronavirus continue to mount, researchers are calling attention to another toll of the pandemic: the many people left behind to grieve, in a time of social isolation.

Losing a loved one is a traumatic event at any time. But experts say the ongoing crisis presents unique difficulties for people in mourning -- from the suddenness of the loss, to the societal shifts happening around it.

And a huge number of people will be affected in the months to come.

"This will be a mortality shock that the U.S. has never experienced," said Emily Smith-Greenaway, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles.

Read the full HealthDay story.

HealthDay Now: The State of Mental Health and Post-COVID Stress Disorder

Watch our latest HealthDay Now to hear about the state of mental health and why many people fear returning to their social and work lives.

HealthDay's Mabel Jong spoke to Dr. Vivian Pender, president of the American Psychiatric Association, and Sherry Amatenstein, a social worker and therapist who has been dealing with these anxieties herself.

Watch the in-depth discussion above, and see our past HealthDay Nows and other videos on our YouTube channel.

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Mabel Jong from our liveblog team speaks with Dr. Mary Beth Son, Program Director of Boston Children's Hospital's Rheumatology Program, and Brian Padla, father of James Padla, who has MIS-C.

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HealthDay Now: Debunking Vaccine Myths, Plus What's Next for Vaccinated People

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Mabel Jong from our liveblog team speaks with Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and one of the physicians on the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and Dr. Mercedes Carnethon, Vice Chair of Preventive Medicine at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.

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HealthDay Now: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Effects on the Mental Health of Children

Watch our latest HealthDay Now as we take a look at how living through the COVID-19 pandemic impacts children socially, mentally and emotionally.

One year in, this is their "new normal," but what does that mean for them? From social isolation to remote learning to a loss of structure and normalcy, we discuss how living during the pandemic has both short- and long-term effects on children.

Mabel Jong from our liveblog team speaks with:

Dr. Mark Reinecke, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University
Tracy Compton, a parent
Stephen Guerriero, a teacher
Jake Anderson, a student