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Fast, Less-Accurate Coronavirus Tests May Be Good Enough, Experts suggest

Fri, 2020-08-07 09:51 — mike kraft

For months, the call for coronavirus testing has been led by one resounding refrain: To keep outbreaks under control, doctors and researchers need to deploy the most accurate tests available — ones reliable enough to root out as many infections as possible, even in the absence of symptoms.

That’s long been the dogma of infectious disease diagnostics, experts say, since it helps ensure that cases won’t be missed. During this pandemic, that has meant relying heavily on PCR testing, an extremely accurate but time- and labor-intensive method that requires samples to be processed at laboratories.

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Coronavirus infections among younger populations are skyrocketing, WHO says

Fri, 2020-08-07 09:31 — mike kraft

Coronavirus infections among younger populations are skyrocketing, WHO says The Covid-19 pandemic is moving into younger populations, health experts said Thursday, with cases skyrocketing among children, teens and young adults. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Virus keeps spreading as schools begin to open, frightening parents and alarming public health officials

Fri, 2020-08-07 09:06 — mike kraft

Virus keeps spreading as schools begin to open, frightening parents and alarming public health officials Mississippi, now experiencing the country’s highest rate of positive tests, is emblematic of the pandemic’s new reality.

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NIH begin testing remsesier plus beta-1a; Israel to start human vaccine tests

Thu, 2020-08-06 19:36 — mike kraft

NIH clinical trial testing remdesivir plus interferon beta-1a for The study is anticipated to enroll more than 1,000 hospitalized adults with COVID-19. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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New study on Asymptomatic People Carrying the Coronavirus in High Amounts

Thu, 2020-08-06 18:50 — mike kraft

Of all the coronavirus’s qualities, perhaps the most surprising has been that seemingly healthy people can spread it to others. This trait has made the virus difficult to contain, and continues to challenge efforts to identify and isolate infected people.

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More Than 1 in 3 US Adults Use Disinfectants Unsafely

Thu, 2020-08-06 16:38 — mike kraft

More Than 1 in 3 US Adults Use Disinfectants Unsafely In a recent online survey, 39% of US adults reported using disinfectants and other cleaning products in potentially harmful ways as they tried to prevent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. JAMA_current

By Bridget M. Kuehn, MSJ

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ANALYSIS: The coronavirus is never going away--The Atlantic

Thu, 2020-08-06 12:04 — mike kraft

The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away No matter what happens now, the virus will continue to circulate around the world. Sarah Zhang The Atlantic

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Virginia becomes first state to roll out the pandemic notification app

Thu, 2020-08-06 11:17 — mike kraft

Covidwise, the pandemic app from Apple and Google, to roll out in Virginia The technology arrives nearly four months after Apple and Google partnered to create the software for public health agencies. Matt O'Brien and Sarah Rankin USA TODAY

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus, becoming the first U.S. state to use new pandemic technology created by Apple and Google.

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