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UF Health pediatricians address rising child-abuse risks during COVID-19 pandemic

Social distancing and financial stress from the COVID-19 pandemic can raise the risk of child abuse. In a new article in JAMA Pediatrics, University of Florida Health pediatricians Cameron M. Rosenthal, M.D., and Lindsay A. Thompson, M.D., discuss those contributing factors and how parents or caregivers can cope.

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