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Age is truly nothing but a number. Cases in point: My latest profile on young leaders under 18 leading COVID-19 relief efforts in ways such as building a grocery robot and creating see-through masks for the deaf and hard of hearing community. "I know that I'm making an impact when I see the people that I'm helping," Oskar Koivisto, a junior at Northeast Range School and one of the featured students, told me. Other examples include Nigerian entrepreneurs Adegoke Olubusi, Tito Ovia and Dimeji Sofowora, 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees and the cofounders of the healthcare technology provider Helium Health, who just raised $10 million to improve Africa's healthcare system. And 18-year-old Sophia Kianni created a nonprofit, Climate Cardinals, that translates climate and environmental information into other languages. The next time you think you're too young to make an impact, think again! Any questions? Send me an email at bgarrett@forbes.com.

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A Tribute For International Nurse's Day While National Nurses Week ended yesterday, this tribute to nurses from an infectious disease physician continues to remain prevalent. "One positive aspect of the COVID-19 outbreak might be to reinforce the importance of health care providers, and especially nurses, in a way that continues long past the outbreak itself," writes Forbes contributor Mark Kortepeter.

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The National Women's Health Network, along with 80 organizations, wrote an open letter to the U.S Food and Drug Administration urging it to lift medical restrictions in order for women to access the two pills needed to induce an abortion at home. Meanwhile the Food and Drug Administration is fast tracking biopharmaceutical company Moderna's preventative COVID-19 vaccine. A new study by Mercer finds that fewer than 5% of employers nationwide are planning to conduct future COVID-19 antibody screenings for employees. Public vaccine company Novavax is receiving up to $388 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness to continue developing and manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Researchers analyzing more than a half million women in Sweden have found that early mammogram screening significantly reduces the rates of advanced and fatal breast cancer. It's another reason why you may not want to delay your mammogram during the coronavirus pandemic.

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