Featured Headlines Five simple steps would tame COVID-19 – Harvard Gazette Just five steps are enough to gain control of the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak and head off a return to the complete lockdowns many states declared in March and April,…
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Tulane Outbreak Daily – August 6, 2020
Featured Headlines Japan region declares coronavirus emergency – ABC News The governor of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture has announced a regional “state of emergency” seeking to curb the coronavirus A pregnant woman with covid-19 was dying. With one decision, her doctors…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – August 5, 2020
Featured Headlines Do You Want to Be a Vaccine Volunteer? – New York Times How do you sign up for a trial? Who is eligible? Will you be paid? Could an experimental shot protect you? Could you get sick? Who…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – August 3, 2020
Featured Headlines Let’s Talk about COVID’s VTE Risk for Women on the Pill – Medical Page Today Women have appeared protected from COVID-19 in some way compared with men, but how the thrombotic risk shakes out for those on contraceptives,…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – July 31, 2020
Featured Headlines Health Experts Urge A Shutdown Do-Over As COVID-19 Cases Surge – NPR 4 min audio at the link – In an open letter to “decision makers,” a group of doctors, scientists, teachers and nurses says leaders need to “shut it…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – July 29, 2020
Featured Headlines How covid-19 conspiracy videos keep getting millions of views – MIT Technology Review The ongoing battle between social-media companies and covid-19 misinformation pushers—including US president Donald Trump—stepped up again this week thanks to a new viral video. No…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – July 28, 2020
Featured Headlines Bloomberg Podcast: Why a Vaccine Won’t Create Instant Immunity An effective vaccine is seen as the world’s greatest hope for achieving some kind of return to normal, and the timeline for developing one has been sped up dramatically.…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – July 27, 2020
Non-COVID Headlines CDC investigating salmonella outbreak in 23 states – The Hill As of July 23, a total of 212 people have been infected with the salmonella strain, and 38 of the infections stemmed from new states: Arizona, Florida, Idaho,…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – July 24, 2020
Featured Headlines Virus Can Travel 26 Feet at Cold Meat Plants With Stale Air – Bloomberg Cold and stale air conditions allowed coronavirus particles to travel more than 8 meters (26 feet) at a German slaughterhouse, a study showed, giving…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – July 22, 2020
Featured Headlines How Deadly Is COVID-19? – MedPageToday Most studies put the rate between 0.5% and 1%, which translates to about 10 people dying out of every 1,000 who are infected, the Journal reports. That’s in line with an estimate of “around 1%…