Covid-19 Updates
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Covid-19 Updates: Symptoms

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June 4, 2020

Kids don’t get very sick with COVID-19. Or do they? Recently, we’ve been hearing more about a serious illness connected to the virus that is affecting children, teens, and even some young adults. What is it, and how worried should you be?

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May 28, 2020

Could CPAP machines help COVID-19 patients?

May 28: MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. Could CPAP machines help COVID-19 patients? Got a question about COVID-19? Send it to us at medical@mit.edu, and we’ll do our best to provide an answer.

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May 20, 2020

How long before symptom onset is a person contagious?

May 20: How long is someone contagious before they start showing symptoms? And what does that mean for contact tracing?

Small illustration of a tabletop sign, similar to workplace safety record signs, reading - 02 DAYS SINCE MY LAST COVID-19 SYMPTOMS

May 13, 2020

Recovery from COVID-19: How long is someone contagious?

May 13: MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. After having COVID-19, how and when do you know you are truly recovered and no longer infectious?

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April 28, 2020

CDC expands list of possible COVID-19 symptoms

April 28: The CDC has made changes to the type and number of symptoms for a probable diagnosis of COVID-19. Muscle pain and chills? Just a cough? If there’s no other, more plausible explanation, you’re now more likely to get a COVID-19 diagnosis.

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April 16, 2020

Should people with COVID-19 avoid anti-inflammatories?

April 16: MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. Today’s question: Do anti-inflammatory drugs make COVID-19 symptoms worse?

Illustration of person holding a tissue to their nose, with two thought bubbles overhead, one containing a COVID-19 molecule, the other a budding tree

April 10, 2020

Is it COVID-19 or seasonal allergies?

April 10: How can you tell the difference between symptoms of seasonal allergy and symptoms of possible COVID-19 infection?

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Up-to-date information for the MIT community about COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019): medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates

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