Featured Headlines American life begins to return to normal, even as some fear it’s too soon – New York Times Tens of thousands of students walked into classrooms in Chicago public schools on Monday for the first time in nearly…
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Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 26, 2021
Featured Headlines The Coronavirus Is Plotting a Comeback. Here’s Our Chance to Stop It for Good. – New York Times Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time the surge will be blunted by vaccines and, hopefully,…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 25, 2021
Featured Headlines A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report – New York Times The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said. The new variant, called B.1.526, first appeared…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 24, 2021
Featured Headlines When Could the United States Reach Herd Immunity? It’s Complicated – New York Times With the vaccine rollout underway and coronavirus cases declining after a dark winter surge, it may seem as though the end of the pandemic is in sight. In…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 23, 2021
Featured Headlines White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing – PBS Newshour Dr. Anthony Fauci is calling the United States’ approaching milestone of half a million deaths from the coronavirus as “terribly historic” and stressed the need for continuing public…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 19, 2021
Featured Headlines New rules in a vaccinated society – New York Times Israel’s vaccination campaign is the fastest in the world, and in the coming days it will reach a milestone, inoculating half of its population with at least one…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 18, 2021
Featured Headlines New CDC reports warn that variants could lead to “rapid rise” in Covid-19 cases – CNN Two new reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that new coronavirus variants could lead to a rapid…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 17, 2021
Featured Headlines Plummeting Cases in U.S. Show Pathway to Crushing Covid-19 – Bloomberg Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are dropping dramatically across the U.S., suggesting that measures to interrupt transmission are working, at least for now. Extraordinary Patient Offers Surprising Clues…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – February 12, 2021
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…
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…