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Heart patients avoided ERs as coronavirus hit, US study says

by AP Medical Writer
| June 3, 2020 2:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency room visits in the U.S. for chest pain and heart attacks fell early this spring, according to a study that supports fears that the coronavirus outbreak scared away people from going to the hospital.

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