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An early analysis of antibody testing from Los Angeles County reveals a COVID-19 infection rate that is up to 55 times the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

LA County COVID-19 Infections Far Exceed Number of Confirmed Cases

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Findings from first round of ongoing antibody blood testing of county residents
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved emergency use of the first COVID-19 test that enables patients to take samples at home.

FDA Authorizes COVID-19 Test That Uses Samples Collected at Home

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After self-swabbing to collect their nasal sample, patients mail their sample to a LabCorp lab
Expanding COVID-19 symptom screening criteria to include myalgias and chills could identify more health care personnel with the illness

Expanding Symptom Screening Criteria Can Up COVID-19 Detection

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Even with addition of myalgia, chills, about 10 percent of health care personnel with COVID-19 would be missed
Most community-dwelling older adults with newly identified dementia die or are admitted to a long-term care home within five years

Most Older Adults With New Dementia Die Within Five Years

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Increased odds of death seen in association with older age, male sex, and presence of organ failure
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176,190 U.S. Children Estimated to Have SARS-CoV-2 by April 6, 2020

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Under cumulative peds infection proportion scenario of 5 percent, 3.7 million children would be infected
Few primary care physicians report interest in treating patients with opioid use disorder

Physicians Report Low Interest in Opioid Use Disorder Meds

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Few PCPs report obtaining buprenorphine waiver orprescribing buprenorphine, naltrexone for OUD
Excess asymptomatic thyroid cancer in Fire Department World Trade Center-exposed rescue/recovery workers is apparently attributable to the identification of occult lesions during medical surveillance

Heightened Surveillance IDs More Thyroid Cancer in 9/11 Responders

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Rates higher for responders versus non-World Trade Center-exposed men, but most cases asymptomatic
Greater screen exposure and less interactive play between caregivers and children early in life is associated with autism spectrum disorder-like symptoms at age 2 years

More Screen Time for Babies Tied to Autism-Like Symptoms

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And parent-child play daily versus less than daily tied to fewer ASD-like symptoms at 2 years of age
About 20 percent of specimens positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection are positive for other respiratory pathogens

Coinfection With SARS-CoV-2, Other Respiratory Pathogens ID’d

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Rhinovirus/enterovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, non-SARS-CoV-2 Coronaviridae coinfections detected
During the COVID-19 pandemic

Cardiac Cath Lab STEMI Activations Drop During Pandemic

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STEMI activation volumes based on analysis of nine high-volume centers before, after March 1, 2020