Featured Headlines Children Produce Weaker Coronavirus Antibodies, Study Finds – NYT The research suggests that children clear the infection much faster than adults and may help explain why many don’t become seriously ill. [Related study in Nature] US surpasses 100,000…
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Tulane Outbreak Daily – November 3, 2020
Featured Headlines Cases accelerate in the U.S. – NYT Today may be a pivotal day in the United States, and we’re not talking about the election. The country is close to surpassing 100,000 cases in a single day for the…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – November 2, 2020
Featured Headlines U.S. reports world record of more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases in single day – Reuters The United States set a new all-time high for coronavirus cases confirmed in a single 24-hour period on Friday, reporting just over 100,000…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 30, 2020
Featured Headlines Researchers find ‘glimmers of hope’ after inviting thousands to indoor concert amid pandemic – Washington Post Link to WP Video – German researchers who invited thousands of people to a concert two months ago to study gatherings during…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 28, 2020
Upcoming Virtual Events NIH Virtual SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral Therapeutics Summit – NIH The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are co-hosting this scientific summit to discuss progress and remaining challenges…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 27, 2020
Upcoming Virtual Events COVID-19 Summit to be held virtually Nov. 4-5 – Cornell Chronicle Researchers and clinicians from across Cornell’s Ithaca campus, Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech will gather for an online COVID-19 Summit, Nov. 4-5, to share their…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 26, 2020
Featured Headlines More SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections Reported, But Still a Rare Event – The Scientist Repeat COVID-19 cases could offer clues about people’s immunity to the novel coronavirus and how to vaccinate against it.The first indications that reinfection could occur came…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 23, 2020
Featured Headlines Study finds no COVID-19 benefit for convalescent plasma – CIDRAP Convalescent plasma derived from recovered patients provided no benefit over usual care in 464 COVID-19 adult patients in India, according to the results of the first randomized, controlled…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 22, 2020
Featured Headlines FDA OKs Remdesivir, First Drug for COVID-19 – Med Page Today The FDA approved remdesivir (Veklury) on Thursday for treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a first for the disease that started a global pandemic. Remdesivir, an antiviral that works…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – October 21, 2020
Featured Headlines CDC notes ‘distressing trend’ of rising COVID cases – CIDRAP In their first press briefing in more than 2 months, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials warned that the country is approaching a “critical phase” in…