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Lockdown Health Trends

Symptoms of the coronavirus are well known: loss of smell, tightness in the chest, trouble breathing, high temperature and general fatigue. But the pandemic also caused other, subtler, more indirect symptoms. For example, rates of depression, anxiety and alcohol use all rose during the pandemic. How doctors interact and treat their patients also changed. This week, WTOP reporter Kristi King talks about how the pandemic affected people’s health and what changes to the healthcare system are here to stay.

Hail to the chief: Take our presidential trivia quiz

EDITOR'S NOTE: WTOP first brought you this quiz in 2019. Presidents Day is coming. How well do you know the less-important facts about the nation's leaders? Take WTOP's quiz — with any luck, it won't take you all Presidents Day to finish it.
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