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Mayo Clinic researchers reported a strong hint that blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors helps other patients recover, but it’s not proof and some experts worry if, amid clamor for the treatment, they’ll ever get a clear answer.

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U.S. to make coronavirus strain for possible human challenge trials--Reuters exclusive

Fri, 2020-08-14 10:36 — mike kraft

Exclusive: U.S. to make coronavirus strain for possible human challenge trials U.S. government scientists have begun efforts to manufacture a strain of the novel coronavirus that could be used in human challenge trials of vaccines, a controversial type of study in which healthy volunteers would be vaccinated and then intentionally infected with the virus, Reuters has learned. Julie Steenhuysen U.S.

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Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19

Wed, 2020-08-12 10:15 — mike kraft

Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19 With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the... AP NEWS

With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the immune system to make them.

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How to recognize Covid-19 symptoms in children, based on pediatricians' advice

Wed, 2020-08-12 09:51 — mike kraft

How to recognize Covid-19 symptoms in children As US schools and universities move forward with plans for full or partial in-person instruction, parents worry about the spread of coronavirus. Here's what we know about Covid-19's impact on children and how to identify the illness. Sandee LaMotte, Katia Hetter, Kristen Rogers and Ryan Prior, CNN CNN

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Over 900 Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. And the Toll Is Rising.

Tue, 2020-08-11 16:32 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Over 900 Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. And the Toll Is Rising. KHN and The Guardian unveil an interactive database documenting front-line health care worker deaths. The majority of them are people of color — and nurses face the highest toll. Terry Byrne Kaiser Health News

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EDITORIAL: Kansas tested whether mask mandates decrease COVID-19 cases. The results were clear

Tue, 2020-08-11 11:59 — mike kraft

Kansas tested whether mask mandates decrease COVID-19 cases. The results were clear Do we really have to ask anymore if masks slow the spread of the coronavirus? kansascity

Do masks work? Better yet, do we really need to ask?

Apparently so.

OK. But as the national debate on whether masks inhibit the spread of COVID-19 goes on far beyond its logical conclusion, what should be a new closing argument has just been made. In Kansas, of all places.

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