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Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed

Communities across the U.S. are seeing plummeting demand for coronavirus testing.

By The Associated Press

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Where did the flu go? Homebound kids shape a mild season

Regular flu season has been relatively mild this year, why?

By NPR

What happens when a pandemic and an epidemic collide

"For people with HIV, it's double, triple the crisis since the start of the lockdown."
By NPR

A guide: How to prepare your home for coronavirus

What does preparedness look like? The short answer: Don’t panic — but do prepare.

By NPR

Coronavirus: More new cases are now reported outside China than inside

“Outside China, there are now 2,790 cases in 37 countries, and 44 deaths,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva.

By NPR

H1N1 was the last pandemic. Here’s why COVID-19 isn’t yet in that category

Despite worrisome new outbreaks in Iran, Italy and South Korea, the coronavirus disease called COVID-19 is not currently a pandemic, the World Health Organization said today.

By NPR


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