Expert panel recommends U.S. join international vaccine pool, contribute vaccine to low-income nations

The United States should join an international Covid-19 vaccine pool and should contribute 10% of the country’s vaccine for redistribution to low-income countries, a panel of experts convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommended Friday.

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A REMINDER: How Soon After COVID-19 Exposure Should You Get Tested?

Some Colleges Learn How to Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing

As campuses across the country struggle to carry on amid illnesses and outbreaks, a determined minority are beating the pandemic — at least for the moment — by holding infections to a minimum and allowing students to continue living in dorms and attend face-to-face classes.

Being located in small towns, having minimal Greek life and aggressively enforcing social-distancing measures all help in suppressing the contagion, experts say. But one major thread connects the most successful campuses: testing. Extensively.

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OPINION: We should be just as careful about covid-19 in relatives’ homes as we are in grocery stores

With the US making no progress on average daily Covid-19 cases last month, officials fear a coming crisis

Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders

Pfizer CEO: ‘Disappointed’ in presidential debate, vows no political pressure on Covid vaccination shot

The CEO of Pfizer — one of the frontrunners in the coronavirus vaccine race — said in a staff memo Thursday that the company wouldn’t cave to political pressure to rush its vaccine to market, while at the same time decrying "those who argue for delay."

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OPINION: Rethinking Covid-19 Test Sensitivity — A Strategy for Containment

Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of Covid-19 even if no other symptoms -- new research

NEW STUDY: hydroxychloroquine shows no benefit in COVID-19 prevention

2 Companies Ditch Plans for Rapid Coronavirus Spit Tests at Home

For months, public health experts have been eagerly watching the companies developing spit tests for the coronavirus that could be used at home, producing results in a matter of minutes.

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Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble

Madrid locks back down as European leaders sound alarm on Covid-19 surges

Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19; and other items

Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Neanderthal genes linked with severe COVID-19

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CDC slowing pace on releasing new coronavirus health guidance

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