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Anchor lead: How has the pandemic complicated rates of sexually transmitted infections among teens? Elizabeth Tracey reports While one-quarter of a nationally representative sample of teenagers said they were sexually active, fewer than one in ten said they used condoms …

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Anchor lead: How important is outdoor temperature in the spread of Sars-CoV2? Elizabeth Tracey reports Factors associated with increased rates of transmission of Sars-CoV2 include increased population density, younger age of the population, and cooler outdoor temperatures. That’s according to …

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Anchor lead: What do fall temperatures portend for Covid-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Cooler temperatures during the spring of 2020 were associated with faster transmission of Sars-CoV2, a study by Adam Kaplin, a researcher and psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues …

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