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Andrew Kaufman is a Licensed and Board Certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University. Former Medical Instructor of Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina. Psychiatry Residency, Duke University. Doctor of Medicine, Medical University of South [...]

Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections that are typically mild, such as the common cold, though rarer forms such as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 can be lethal. Symptoms vary in other species: in chickens, they cause an upper respiratory tract disease [...]