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A Day in the Life: Medical Correspondent Leading Coronavirus TV Coverage

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By Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton has gone from busy to busier. As ABC News’ chief medical correspondent, the OB-GYN with her own private practice in New Jersey typically appears on-air every morning, which means she wakes up at five o’clock in the morning.

Two days per week, she would go straight to her medical office from “Good Morning America” to see patients until the evening at which point, she would go home and write her segment for the next morning.

Nowadays, that schedule seems very manageable. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, Ashton has taken lead on ABC’s coverage, which has become an all-consuming responsibility. “My days used to be very full, but also very diverse,” Ashton says of her

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