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Almost two-thirds of confirmed COVID-19 cases outside China during early stages of the pandemic occurr among people who had traveled to Italy, China or Iran or to their close contacts, an analysis in The Lancet found....Read More

Closing schools across the United States in March reduced the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths by as much as 60% in some areas, a study published Wednesday by JAMA found....Read More

Nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks had nearly 1.5 times as many substantiated complaints during the last three years as those without confirmed infections, an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found....Read More

More than 40% of parents worry their children will catch COVID-19 at school and pass the virus on to other family members if classes resume this fall, a survey released by Nationwide Children’s Hospital found....Read More

A blood test designed to measure levels of a specific protein in the human body is 96% accurate in identifying people with Alzheimer’s disease instead of other forms of dementia, a study published by JAMA Network...

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act has improved the “dietary quality” of schoolchildren participating in the National School Lunch Program, according to a study published Tuesday by JAMA....Read More

Younger adults who abuse alcohol are nearly 75% more likely to die after being hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat that those who consume healthy amounts or none at all, a study says....Read More

Seventy-eight percent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 showed evidence of heart damage caused by the disease weeks after they have recovered, according to a study published Monday by JAMA Cardiology....Read More

More than one-third of people with mild COVID-19 continue to experience symptoms for up to three weeks after receiving a diagnosis, according to figures released Friday by the CDC....Read More

Roughly one in four drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had at least one reviewer express concerns over their use, according to an analysis published Friday by JAMA Network Open....Read More