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How to stay safe when doing ‘essential’ errands

Navigate your trip to the store or gas station with these preventive tips

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WCM Offering Webinars to Help Parents Manage COVID-19 Related Stress

The Parenting Strategies for Challenging Times webinar series aims to support parents by sharing practical skills to manage their emotions, model healthy coping and help their child thrive.

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Podcast: Autism Awareness

In this episode of Kids Health Cast, Dr. Renae Beaumont is the creator of the award-winning Secret Agent Society social-emotional skills training program for youth and their families, which is used by educators and mental health professionals in nine countries worldwide to improve children's emotion regulation and social skills. The program is proven to be effective for kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety and/or ADHD.

How Does A Neti Pot Work Exactly

Wait, How Does A Neti Pot Work Exactly? A Doctor Explains Nasal Irrigation Methods

Decongestants. Antihistamines. Humidifiers. Chances are, if you've ever suffered through a stuffy nose, you've tried just about every medicine or tool in the hopes of clearing those nasal passages and breathing easy again. Everything except, perhaps, a neti pot.

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Supporting Children’s Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While most states have closed schools and made social distancing a priority to address the COVID-19 pandemic, parents may be wondering how they can help their children cope with being housebound and physically cut off from friends and family.

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The COVID-19 Crisis: How to cope with fear and social isolation

Despite the risks for anxiety and depression that may come with the COVID-19 crisis, the long human experience with traumas and other stressful events suggests that the vast majority of people will get through it.

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‘Social distancing:’ What does it mean, and how do we do it?

In order to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19, Americans and many around the world are being told to avoid doing most of what fills our daily lives — and practice what has been called “extreme” social distancing.

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Movement and travel restrictions may seem extreme, but they’re needed, say experts

Why we’re being asked to “social distance” and “shelter-in-place” — and what it all means

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COVID-19 Testing at Weill Cornell Medicine

Tests are currently limited to the sickest patients, meaning those who are hospitalized. As testing becomes faster and more widely available, Weill Cornell Medicine will offer tests to more patients who are not hospitalized.

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COVID-19: A New Pandemic

The worldwide spread of the new disease known as COVID-19 has created a global health crisis unseen in modern times, triggering dramatic efforts to slow its spread. Here is what scientists know – and what they are racing to learn – about COVID-19.What is COVID-19?COVID-19 is a respiratory infection caused by a virus that is part of the coronavirus family, whose members typically cause the common cold. About 80% of people who become ill have mild symptoms such as fever, dry cough and fatigue,... Read More