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Stay up to date with the latest news on the coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. We'll post regular updates from NPR and regional news from the WRVO newsroom. You can also find updates on our live blog.

This week: Social distancing, domestic violence, COVID-19 critical care

A team of public health researchers at Upstate University Hospital used cellphone data to see how well people living in counties surrounding Syracuse have adhered to social distancing guidelines.

Christopher Morley, who chairs the department of public health and preventive medicine, explains the study and key terms like the reproduction rate and the case rate for COVID-19 in this "HealthLink on Air episode. 

Also this week, pediatrician Ann Botash, medical director of the McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center, and Randi Bregman, executive director of Vera House discuss domestic abuse during the pandemic. And pulmonologist James Sexton discusses the critical care of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Listen this Sunday, June 7 at 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. for "HealthLink on Air."

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