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COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking--survey

Wed, 2024-10-02 10:24 — mike kraft
Survey: COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking At least one household member and six healthcare workers who encountered the index case-patient are being investigated after showing symptoms of viral infection. CIDRAP

Online nonprobability survey estimates suggest that 54 million US COVID-19 infections went uncounted in official records after home tests were widely deployed and institutional testing waned starting in February 2022. ...

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Pfizer, US sign $5.29B deal for possible COVID-19 pill treatment

Thu, 2021-11-18 11:25 — mike kraft
Pfizer, US ink $5.29B deal for possible COVID-19 treatment The U.S. government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators authorize it, the nation's largest purchase agreement yet for a coronavirus therapy. AP NEWS

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Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to authorize emergency use of the experimental pill, which has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among people with coronavirus infections.

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Five states account for nearly half of new US coronavirus infections

Tue, 2021-04-06 17:19 — mike kraft
Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by... AP NEWS

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.

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The warming climate causes new problems for crop storage

Tue, 2021-03-30 17:41 — mike kraft
New problems arise for crop storage as planet gets warmer Climate change is posing new challenges for crop storage, a part of agriculture that’s often overlooked John Flesher | AP Washington Post
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Recovering Covid-19 patients struggle to return to normal after hospital discharge, new study finds

Sat, 2020-11-14 11:52 — mike kraft
Recovering Covid-19 patients struggle to return to normal after hospital discharge, study finds Surviving Covid-19 is hard enough for those who get severely ill from the disease, but returning to normal is a struggle, too, according to new research that found survivors were likely to face health and financial hardships even months later. Shelby Lin Erdman and Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN
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U.S. coronavirus cases climb by record for second day in a row, up over 120,000

Fri, 2020-11-06 09:50 — mike kraft

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How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest

Sun, 2020-10-18 10:28 — mike kraft
How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest Within weeks of the gathering that drew nearly half a million bikers, the Dakotas, along with Wyoming, Minnesota and Montana, were leading the nation in new coronavirus infections per capita. Brittany Shammas, Lena H. Sun Washington Post
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'A harrowing time.' Ten states reported their highest number of new coronavirus cases on Friday

Sat, 2020-10-17 17:49 — mike kraft
'A harrowing time.' Ten states reported their highest number of new coronavirus cases on Friday Ten states reported their highest single-day tallies of new Covid-19 infections Friday, and the country reported its highest one-day total since July, as experts say a dangerous fall surge of coronavirus infections is well underway. Christina Maxouris and Jason Hanna, CNN CNN
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Some Colleges Learn How to Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing

Fri, 2020-10-02 09:58 — mike kraft

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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Pandemic seems to be leveling off in U.S., but numbers remain troublingly high, experts say

Wed, 2020-09-09 10:00 — mike kraft
Pandemic seems to be leveling off in U.S., but numbers remain troublingly high, experts say The virus continues to spread, causing about 40,000 new cases a day and fears of a post-Labor Day spike. Anne Gearan, Rachel Weiner Washington Post
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