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Here’s what you need to know: ImageA drive-through coronavirus testing station for NHS staff in Surrey, England.Credit…Andrew Testa for The New York Times Britain sees high demand after expanding coronavirus testing availability to all essential workers. Millions of essential workers in Britain and their families are now able to apply online to get a coronavirus…

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Summary of preliminary data about obesity and severity of COVID-19

In a Nature Reviews Endocrinology “Comment” authors from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the Boston Children’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health call for more research about the relationships of obesity, disproportionate fat distribution and impaired metabolic health with the severity of COVID-19. The authors raise the point that…

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