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Officials urge mask-wearing as 'triple epidemic' grows: What parents need to know

Officials urge mask-wearing as ‘triple epidemic’ grows: What parents need to know

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Additionally, COVID-19 cases and deaths have increased by 50% over the past week, although the rate has remained stable for a long time, according to the CDC. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE Students wearing face masks arrive with their parents on the first day of class for the 2021-22 school year at Baldwin Park …

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Women describe 'extreme' physical pain of endometriosis

Women describe ‘extreme’ physical pain of endometriosis

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About 6.5 million in the United States, people suffer from endometriosis, a painful condition in which the uterine lining spreads and grows outside the uterus. But this statistic likely vastly underestimates the prevalence of endometriosis because it is notoriously difficult to diagnose. Many of the symptoms — ranging from heavy, painful periods and painful sex …

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Feel sick? How to know if you have COVID, RSV or the flu

Feel sick? How to know if you have COVID, RSV or the flu

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It’s a triple threat. After years of isolation and masking, influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are all hitting harder and earlier this cold season in a phenomenon that has been dubbed a “triple epidemic.” Over the week of Thanksgiving, about 20,000 Americans were hospitalized with the flu, the most for that week in …

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