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How COVID-19 Affects Children Vital to Understanding, Slowing Pandemic, Doctors Say

How COVID-19 Affects Children Vital to Understanding, Slowing Pandemic

Researchers warn that scientists must not overlook children’s health needs and their role in transmitting the new coronavirus.

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When Life-Saving Drugs Are Scarce, How Do Clinicians Allocate Them?

When Lifesaving Drugs are Scare, How Do Clinicians Allocate Them?

An important pediatric cancer drug is in critically short supply, leading to difficult decisions for health care professionals. Math models being developed at UVA aim to ease the allocation process in times of drug shortages.

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Study: A Mother’s Touch May Influence the Genetics of Baby’s Social Development

Study: A Mother's Touch May Influence the Genetics of Baby's Social Development

The latest evidence that gene may not be destiny comes from Kathleen Krol’s study of maternal-infant interactions and how they affect the expression of genes that are important to babies’ development of oxytocin systems.

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