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Jails can spread coronavirus to nearby communities, study finds

Naomi Thomas — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:18:25 +0000

(CNN) — Jails can be a large source of coronavirus spread both inside the facility and in the surrounding communities, researchers reported Monday. Inmates going in and out of Chicago’s Cook County Jail appear to have carried the infection as they went, the researchers reported in the journal Health Affairs. Across the country, those behind

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One percent of U.S. teenagers are using flakka — but it could be more

Naomi Thomas — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:16:25 +0000

(CNN) — Just under 1% of American teenagers are knowingly using the synthetic drug flakka, according to new research. “The main finding was that less than 1% of high school seniors are estimated to have used flakka in the past year,” said Joseph Palamar, an associate professor of population health at NYU Langone and lead

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