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If one person in the household is sick with COVID-19, everyone else in the home should consider themselves as possibly having an asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic infection, even if they feel fine, doctors say.

Health & Safety

How To Stay Healthy When Your Child, Spouse Or Roommate Has COVID-19

5:00am April 16, 2020

by Maria Godoy

Sharing a home with someone who has COVID-19 raises your risk of catching the virus. But the sick person needs your support, as well as good hygiene skills. Try these "best practice" tips.

Two roommates in the 1950s study in their Duke University dormitory. The school has decided to bring back largely random roommate pairings.

National
Education

Why Duke University Won't Honor Freshman Roommate Requests This Fall

6:41pm April 21, 2018

by Scott Simon

Duke University has decided to stop honoring roommate requests made by incoming freshmen — returning the procedure largely to chance. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta tells NPR why.

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