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NCISAA plans to resume sports competition under a delayed schedule

By Nick Stevens, managing editor of HighSchoolOT Concord, NC – The North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association, which governs high school sports for many private schools in North Carolina, plans to resume fall sports activities in August on a delayed schedule. On Monday afternoon, the association announced that fall practices …

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Full results of the dexamethasone trial confirm benefits

The full results of a randomized low-dose dexamethasone clinical trial confirmed previous preliminary findings that it could save the lives of up to a third of hospitalized patients with severe respiratory complications from COVID-19. The RECOVERY (Randomized Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial led by the University of Oxford found that …

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