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You Tested Positive for Covid-19. Now What?
Doctors answer questions about quarantining, getting the vaccine and resuming daily activities
A Covid-19 diagnosis can be unsettling and stir up anxiety and a flurry of questions. Many people who learn they have tested positive wonder how long they will be contagious, what they should or shouldnât do while quarantining and when they can expect to see symptoms abate.
We asked doctors for answers to questions about dealing with a positive Covid test.
How long will I be contagious?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 should isolate for 10 days starting at symptom onset. That means avoiding all contact with other people and not leaving home unless you need to go to a medical appointment. If you are asymptomatic and test positive and never develop symptoms, the isolation period should start on the day you took your diagnostic test. You are believed to no lon
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Black children have significantly higher rates of shellfish and fish allergies than white children, confirming that race plays an important role in how children are affected by food allergies, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found. Results of the study were published in the February issue of the
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Food allergy is a common condition in the U.S., and we know from our previous research that there are important differences between African-American and white children with food allergy, but there is so much we need to know to be able to help our patients from minority groups, said Dr. Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, who is lead author of the study and chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Medical Center.
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Verily has hired a chief marketing officer and chief information officer as it continues to expand its leadership team.
The new hires come amidst a reshuffling of top brass and follow a turbulent 2020 that saw an exodus of talent.