As hospitals prepared for a surge of COVID patients, officials advised people to avoid emergency rooms if possible. But soon ER physicians noticed that even truly urgent cases were not coming in.
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By Brad Broker Lots of news in the past few days about the health benefits of playing video games. That’s right, parents, a little bit ...
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