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…
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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)…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 27, 2021
Featured Headlines Poland’s population rapidly shrinking under pandemic – ABC News Statistics for 2020 show deaths spiked in Poland to a level unseen since World War II and births sharply declined, trends that are being attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 26, 2021
Featured Headlines Dr. Anthony Fauci on Biden’s coronavirus response and vaccinations – CBS News Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss President Biden’s plan to tackle the coronavirus…