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Fever, symptom screenings don’t prevent COVID-19 …

In this May 27, 2020, photo, Marine recruits line up at Parris Island Recruit Depot, S.C. A study published on Nov. 11, 2020, found that despite temperature and COVID-19 symptom checks and strict quarantines before they were allowed to start training, new Marine recruits spread the virus to others even though hardly any of them had symptoms. None of the infections that occurred were caught through symptom screening. (Lolita Baldor / Associated Press)

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Breaking tradition, New England Journal of Medicine blasts …

COVID-19 antibodies may fade within months, but not necessarily …

A health worker takes a drop of blood for a COVID-19 antibody test in Torrance on May 5, 2020. (Valerie Macon / AFP / Getty Images)

Study on safety of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 …

A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug widely promoted as a treatment for coronavirus infection. Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 consecutive patients treated at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Health Officials Blame Vitamin E Acetate for ‘Vast Majority’ …

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Rhode Island Woman’s Blood Turned Blue by Numbing Medication

The woman's hand is seen next to a vial of blue blood. (Credit: New England Journal of Medicine)

Indian Teen Dies of Tapeworm Egg Infestation in Brain …

Damage-causing cysts were seen on MRI scans of the patient's cerebral cortex and brain stem. (Credit: Dr. Nishanth Dev/Dr. S. Zafar Abbas/ESIC Medical College & Hospital)

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