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This week, pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing an uptick in COVID cases. They are also seeing some upper respiratory viruses, stomach bugs and summer colds.

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - With people spending more time in the water during the summer, cases of swimmer’s ear increase. According to the National Institutes of Health, 1 in 10 people will get the ...