Featured Headlines Warnings Issued as Virus Cases Rise in New York – New York Times Clusters of cases have emerged in Brooklyn and New York City’s northern suburbs, in areas with large Orthodox Jewish communities. Not Much Progress on PPE…
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Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 25, 2020
Featured Headlines Belief in Conspiracy Theories Is a Barrier to Controlling Spread of COVID-19 – Univ of Pennsylvania Belief in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is not only persistent but also is associated with reluctance to accept a COVID-19…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 24, 2020
Featured Headlines ‘People are just being dishonest’: Parents are sending coronavirus-infected kids to school, Wisconsin officials warn – Washington Post As authorities in suburban Milwaukee gamed out the complex preparations to allow children back into classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic,…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 23, 2020
Featured Headlines Does Virus Dose or Load Predict How Sick You Get With COVID-19? – MedPageToday Initial exposure, strength of virus infection both seen as contributors to illness severity. Cruise ship passengers who embarked from the coast of Argentina in…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 22, 2020
Featured Headlines Studies trace COVID-19 spread to international flights – CIDRAP Three studies published late last week describe in-flight COVID-19 transmission, with one involving a single symptomatic passenger who likely infected at least 12 others during an international flight. [Related…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 18, 2020
Featured Headlines These countries crushed covid-19 — but are now reporting higher infection rates than the U.S. – Washington Post Israel, Spain and France all fought the novel coronavirus into abatement in the first months of the pandemic with tough measures that…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 17, 2020
Featured Headlines EUROPE NEWS‘Very serious situation’ unfolding in Europe, WHO warns, as cases rise dramatically – NBC A dramatic rise in new coronavirus cases in Europe has been characterized as a “wake up call” by the World Health Organisation’s top…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 16, 2020
Featured Headlines Hospitals Failed to Fully Contain Covid-19 Inside Their Walls – Wall Street Journal CDC data suggests U.S. hospitals made improvements but could have done more to prevent in-house spread of the new coronavirus. An average of 120 patients…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 15, 2020
Featured Headlines Bridging the Gap at Warp Speed — Delivering Options for Preventing and Treating Covid-19 – NEJM Effective therapeutics could reduce disease severity and hospitalization rates, shorten hospital stays, and reduce mortality, lightening the burden on patients, families, and…
Tulane Outbreak Daily – September 14, 2020
Featured Headlines Treatments that target the coronavirus in the nose might help prevent COVID-19 – Science News COVID-19 can ravage the body, targeting the lungs, heart and blood vessels. To curb this wide-ranging attack, scientists are focusing on another part…