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Anchor lead: What should parents do if they suspect their children may have COVID-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Even though children may most often have milder symptoms of COVID-19 infection, as several studies have shown, parents should be on the lookout …
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Anchor lead: Most children don’t seem to develop severe COVID-19 illness, Elizabeth Tracey reports Children appear to develop mild or moderate COVID-19 illness, studies show, yet Rachel Thornton, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins, says that knowledge may not alleviate the …
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Anchor lead: Understanding inflammation is key to managing COVID-19, Elizabeth Tracey reports Inflammation is the process where our bodies engage several different types of cells, proteins and other factors to fight off infection, yet when it comes to COVID-19, we …
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Anchor lead: Do certain blood pressure medicines increase risk for COVID-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure medicines known by the acronyms ACE inhibitors and ARBs were thought to increase risk for those infected with SARS-CoV2. Enid Neptune, a lung and …
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Anchor lead: What should the standard of testing for COVID-19 be among healthcare workers? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ten percent? Twenty percent? What is the rate of infection with COVID-19 among healthcare workers on the front lines? Such knowledge is of …
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Anchor lead: Science is behind the need to keep your distance from other people, Elizabeth Tracey reports It’s not easy keeping your distance from others, especially as infectious disease experts are saying that’s a minimum of six feet of distance. …
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Anchor lead: While more testing is being developed for COVID-19 it still falls far short of the goal, Elizabeth Tracey reports. Weeks ago, Johns Hopkins researcher Heba Mostafa and colleagues developed a rapid test for COVID-19, that is being used …
