Featured Headlines Fauci warns of virus variant risks, but voices confidence in vaccines – New York Times Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, addressing reporters from the White House for the first time in months, warned Thursday that the nation is “still…
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Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 21, 2021
Featured Headlines Coronavirus Variant Emerging in California ‘One to Watch’ – NBC San Diego A new strain of the coronavirus, CAL.20C, may be contributing to the acceleration of the recent surge of cases across Southern California, according to a study…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 19, 2021
Featured Headlines How British Scientists Found the More Infectious Coronavirus Variant – New York Times Back in March, researchers decided to routinely record the genetic sequences of the virus they found, giving them a powerful tool for tracking mutations. Another…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 15, 2021
Featured Headlines Coronavirus-ravaged Brazil places hopes on Chinese vaccine that works only half the time – Washington Post Containment efforts have largely failed. The coronavirus is everywhere. And President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the hundreds of thousands of dead has…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 14, 2021
Featured Headlines New Variant Strain of SARS-CoV-2 Identified in Travelers from Brazil – Japan Institute of Infectious Diseases n January 6, 202, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) of Japan detected a new variant isolate of SARS-CoV-2 from four…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 13, 2021
Featured Headlines Record deaths as global COVID-19 pace intensifies – CIDRAP With cases accelerating in many parts of the world due to a post-holiday bump and pushed by more transmissible virus variants in some locations, the world 2 days ago…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 8, 2021
Featured Headlines Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on mink farms between humans and mink and back to humans – Science Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a zoonotic virus—one that spilled over from another species to infect and transmit among…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 7, 2021
Featured Headlines Viral mutations may cause another ‘very, very bad’ COVID-19 wave, scientists warn – Science For COVID-19 researchers, the new year brings a strong sense of déjà vu. As in early 2020, the world is anxiously watching a virus…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – January 6, 2021
Featured Headlines 4 Numbers That Make the Pandemic’s Massive Death Toll Sink In – The Atlantic It’s difficult to fully comprehend the magnitude of 350,000 deaths. Other metrics can be more illuminating. Over the past month, COVID-19’s death toll in…
Tulane Outbreak Daily | January 5, 2021
Featured Headlines Analysis of patient data reveals most common complications of COVID-19 – MedNewsToday Researchers have analyzed the data of more than 70,000 people with COVID-19 in the United States to confirm what the most frequently occurring complications are COVID-19…