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Dr. Radesky said, “Teachers are a huge attachment for kids, especially when teachers really get it, really click with kids.” There is so much more contextual social information when children are in the classroom, she said, and that matters even more for children who struggle with social interactions. It was new for her son to express his feelings verbally, Ms. Eliza said, but he said, “I’m lonely, nobody wants to play with me anymore, this virus took everything from me.” To find comfort, “He would go to his room and put a lot of blankets over himself, and just kind of stare off into space.” When his mother went in to keep him company, he would ask her, when is this virus going to go away? His mother was able to adjust the school expectations, and academically, things got better, which hel...

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California continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations in hotspot counties, while some areas have seen signs of stability over the last week. But as July nears its end, it’s unclear in which direction the state as a whole will veer. In Los Angeles County, 145 days after the county’s initial shelter-in-place orders went into effect, health officials reported Monday 17 additional deaths and 2,039 more cases of the coronavirus infection, bringing the county’s total cases count to more than 174,000. The county on Sunday reported 10 additional deaths and 1,703 more cases of coronavirus infections. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia confirmed Monday that his mother died from complications related to the virus and that his stepfather is currently hospitalized and on a ve...

Fourteen members of the same family in Texas tested positive for the coronavirus following a small gathering in June, the family says. One of them has died and another is on life support. Tony Green, who lives in Dallas, said that after months of social distancing, he and his partner hosted a party for their parents on June 13. Green and his partner are not married but have been together nearly 9 years and he said he considers his partner's family as his in-laws. He and his partner did not wear masks at the gathering, nor did their parents. "We just felt the worst was behind the country because everything was easy, things were reopening and none of us were experiencing any symptoms," Green said. The next day, Green said, he woke up feeling sick. By June 15, his partner and parents, all ...

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Monday 1,226 new confirmed cases and three new probable cases of the coronavirus and 17 additional confirmed deaths.This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 82,071, probable cases to 346, confirmed deaths to 1,452 and probable deaths to 54.Confirmed and probable cases: please click here.Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here. Testing in South CarolinaAs of Sunday, a total of 711,726 tests have been conducted in the state. See a detailed breakdown of tests in South Carolina on the Data and Projections webpage. DHEC’s Public Health Laboratory is operating extended hours and is testing specimens seven days a week, and the Public Health Laboratory’s current timeframe for providing results to h...