Featured Headlines With omicron, you need a mask that means business – NPR With another coronavirus variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you’ve heard it all before. But given…
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Tulane Outbreak – December 20, 2021
Featured Headlines Christmas travel will fuel Omicron spread in US, Dr Fauci warns – BBC News Video Christmas travel plans will increase the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, even among the fully vaccinated, the top US infectious disease expert…
Tulane Outbreak – December 17, 2021
Featured Headlines From blood clots to infected neurons, how COVID threatens the brain – NPR The current catalog of COVID-related threats to the brain includes bleeding, blood clots, inflammation, oxygen deprivation and disruption of the protective blood-brain barrier. And there’s…
Tulane Outbreak – December 14, 2021
Featured Headlines U.S. COVID-19 deaths reach 800,000 as Delta ravaged in 2021 – Reuters The United States on Sunday reached 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a Reuters tally, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to…
Tulane Outbreak – December 10, 2021
Featured Headlines Covid Crisis Threatens Holiday Season as U.S. Hospitals Overflow – Bloomberg After months of warnings that vaccinations would ward off a Covid-19 disaster, the U.S. is sailing toward a holiday crisis. Cases and hospital admissions are rising amid…
Tulane Outbreak – December 7, 2021
Featured Headlines Unvaccinated face new restrictions in Italy – DW Many areas of public life are now off-limits for Italians who have not had a COVID-19 shot. Rising infection rates have raised concerns ahead of the Christmas season. Omicron looks…
Tulane Outbreak – December 3, 2021
Featured Headlines ‘Exponential growth’ of Omicron cases in South Africa – MedNewsToday According to Dr. Michelle Groome of South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), there has been an “exponential increase” in SARS-CoV-2 infections in South Africa during the past 2 weeks.…
Tulane Outbreak – November 30, 2021
Featured Headlines The Omicron variant has a ‘record’ number of mutations that may hinder vaccine effectiveness, NIH director says – Business Insider NIH Director Francis Collins said Sunday that the Omicron variant could present challenges to existing vaccines. The new…
Tulane Outbreak – November 22, 2021
Featured Headlines Daily coronavirus cases up 18 percent – Washington Post The rise in cases and a 6 percent increase in the seven-day average of hospital admissions come just days after the Food and Drug Administration recommended booster shots for all adults…
Tulane Outbreak – November 19, 2021
Featured Headlines Prominent scientist who said lab-leak theory of covid-19 origin should be probed now believes evidence points to Wuhan market – Washington Post The location of early coronavirus infections in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, suggests the virus probably…