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A roundup of the latest news about COVID-19

Four of the earliest U.S. cases of a rare inflammatory syndrome in kids with COVID-19 are described in a study that offers insight into the condition.

Food allergies may be under-diagnosed among children covered by Medicaid, a new study suggests.

Police in multiple cities are using supposedly “nonlethal” crowd-control methods from rubber bullets to tear gas bombs to pepper-spray projectiles.

Broad guidelines are hard to issue for high-risk people because disparities come into play. Some may have a choice to stay home and quarantine, while others won’t be able to do that.

Out-of-pocket costs for Americans with type 1 diabetes average $2,500 a year, a new study says.

Los expertos estiman que los departamentos de salud locales y estatales tendrán que agregar entre 100.000 y 300.000 personas para que la economía vuelva a funcionar.

Gov. Cuomo says the number of new coronavirus hospitalizations reported on June 1 was 154. That’s the lowest number since the state started counting in mid-March.

A controversial WHO study predicts the coronavirus will spread differently in Africa than it has elsewhere and claim lives of 190,000 Africans — a far less dire outcome than predicted earlier.

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