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Dr. Aiya Aboubakr

Dr. Aiya Aboubakr is an internal medicine resident at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and a contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit.

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PHOTO: Melina Macchiavelli receives a flu shot from Elizabeth Lillenurms, a Nurse Practitioner (right) at the CVS MinuteClinic near 16th Street and Camelback Road.Flu Shot
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Doctors warn cancers are going undiagnosed amid COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what you can do to decrease the risk.

PHOTO: A woman and two children wear masks at a playground, July 11, 2020, in Los Angeles.
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PHOTO: New technology, developed and tested at the University of Oregon, would test buildings for signs of COVID-19 instead of testing people using it.

Testing buildings may become added weapon in coronavirus reopenings

PHOTO: Hand sanitizer is used by students as per coronavirus guidelines, during summer school sessions at Happy Day School in Monterey Park, Calif., July 9, 2020.
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Why pediatricians are pushing for kids to go back to school in the fall

VIDEO: FDA approves video game for treating ADHD in kids

Novel video game approved by FDA could potentially help children with ADHD

PHOTO: A child on a scooter looks at a nurse at Jacobi Medical Center participating in a rally to protest their lack of personal protective equipment, PPE, and institutional support in the Bronx borough of New York, April 17, 2020.
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How to raise a non-anxious child in the anxious time of coronavirus