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This JAMA Patient Page provides an overview of COVID-19 transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, disease course, and treatment.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the carotid artery endarterectomy procedure and its benefits and risks as a treatment for carotid artery stenosis.

This JAMA Patient Page describes complications and management of dog bites, emphasizing the importance of washing the wound and close monitoring for infection.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the benefits and risks of use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for patients with severe illness.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the causes, diagnosis, and treatment options for anosmia and olfactory dysfunction.

This JAMA Patient Page describes spinal metastases, their diagnosis, and their treatment options.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the possible benefits of convalescent plasma transfusion in the treatment of COVID-19 as well as plasma donation eligibility criteria.

This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the US Preventive Services Task Force’s 2020 recommendations on screening for unhealthy drug use in adults and adolescents.

This JAMA Patient Page explains the anatomy, causes, possible effects on fertility, and treatment of varicoceles, varicose veins in the testicle.

This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the 2020 US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation concluding that evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of primary care–based behavioral counseling interventions to prevent illicit drug use in children, adolescents, and young adults.

This JAMA Patient Page describes who should wear face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides suggestions for making masks at home and wearing them properly.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), current guidelines for determining who should be tested, reasons for slow adoption of testing in the US, and potential drawbacks of alternate tests.

This JAMA Patient Page describes how the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is transmitted and provides measures people can take while grocery shopping, unpacking groceries, and preparing food to minimize the risk of being infected.

This JAMA Patient Page describes the symptoms, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatitis E.

This JAMA Patient Page describes practices for keeping household medicine safely stored away from children and what to do if an unintentional medicine exposure happens.