Featured Headlines Anti-Arthritis Drug Can Help Reduce Covid-19 Deaths, U.K. Study Shows – Wall Street Journal A U.K. study found that an anti-arthritis drug helped reduce deaths of patients hospitalized by Covid-19, an encouraging finding that may help revive interest…
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Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 11, 2021
Featured Headlines Get ready for Covid-19 vaccine booster shots at your next physical, experts warn – NBC News The coronavirus has mutated thousands of times since it was first found in humans, but so far the vaccines have been effective…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 10, 2021
Featured Headlines 60 Black Health Experts Urge Black Americans to Get Vaccinated – NYT Dr. LaVeist is a medical sociologist and the dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. Dr. Benjamin is a physician…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 9, 2021
Featured Headlines The fast-spreading coronavirus variant is turning up in US sewers – MIT Technology Review The toilet flushes of millions of people can track the rise of dangerous new strains of the covid-19 virus. Ebola, Covid-19 And The Elusive…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 5, 2021
Featured Headlines Do ‘Lockdowns’ Work? – Med Page Today In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been thousands of specific policies instituted around the globe. At times, restrictions have been big and bold. Recently, the city of Perth, Australia, was…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 4, 2021
Featured Headlines 5 Hacks And Tips To Make Your Face Mask More Protective – NPR “A cloth mask might be 50% effective at blocking viruses and aerosols,” says Linsey Marr, a researcher at Virginia Tech who studies airborne virus transmission. “We’re…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 3, 2021
Featured Headlines U.S. response to coronavirus variants emphasizes masks and vaccines instead of lockdowns – Washington Post The restrained approach differs from strict preemptive measures taking place in Europe, including lockdowns, classroom closures and requirements to wear medical-grade masks. It…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 2, 2021
Featured Headlines The Brazil Variant Is Exposing the World’s Vulnerability – The Atlantic Even in a year of horrendous suffering, what is unfolding in Brazil stands out. In the rainforest city of Manaus, home to 2 million people, bodies are…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 29, 2021
Featured Headlines Stories from a Past Pandemic – Scientific American A recent Scientific American feature explores how the catastrophic 1918 influenza pandemic seemed to quickly slip from public discourse. The event killed more than 50 million people worldwide, yet it takes up comparatively…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 28, 2021
Featured Headlines Duration of Culturable SARS-CoV-2 in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 – NEJM The duration of transmissibility of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and the associated level of contagion have been uncertain. We cultured severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…