COVID-19

Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as 2nd virus wave hits

Sat, 2020-10-10 20:44 — mike kraft

Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as 2nd virus wave hits ROME (AP) — Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started, with intensive care wards filling up again and bars shutting down. Making matters worse,... AP NEWS

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Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for COVID-19

Sat, 2020-10-10 05:02 — mike kraft

Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for COVID-19 WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re not cures and it’s not likely that everyone will be able to get them as President Donald Trump has suggested. But experimental antibody drugs like the one Trump was given... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re not cures and it’s not likely that everyone will be able to get them as President Donald Trump has suggested. But experimental antibody drugs like the one Trump was given are among the most promising therapies being tested for treating and preventing coronavirus infections.

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ANALYSIS Improving Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons From COVID-19 -- CFR Task Force recomendations

Sat, 2020-10-10 01:39 — mike kraft

The U.S. Must Learn From COVID-19 to Prevent the Next Disaster The United States must be better prepared when the next pandemic strikes Council on Foreign Relations

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UN's World Food Program awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Sat, 2020-10-10 00:22 — mike kraft

UN's World Food Program awarded Nobel Peace Prize The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Friday received the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for the work it has done to address hunger around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic. Celine Castronuovo TheHill

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Friday received the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for the work it has done to address hunger around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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China joins COVAX coronavirus vaccine alliance

Sat, 2020-10-10 00:09 — mike kraft

China joins COVAX coronavirus vaccine alliance TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China, which has at least four coronavirus vaccine candidates in the last stage of clinical trials, said Friday it is joining an international initiative to distribute... AP NEWS

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Coronavirus: Masks made mandatory outdoors across Italy, other Euopean develpments

Fri, 2020-10-09 23:59 — mike kraft

Coronavirus: Masks made mandatory outdoors across Italy Masks will also need to be worn in most indoor places, as Italy tries to stem a rise in infections. BBC News

Italians were subject to some of the strictest lockdown measures in the world when the country became the first in Europe to be overwhelmed by the coronavirus earlier in the year.

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Trump pushes FDA to quickly clear coronavirus antibody treatments, erroneously calling them a ‘cure’

Fri, 2020-10-09 23:46 — mike kraft

Trump pushes FDA to quickly clear coronavirus antibody treatments, erroneously calling them a ‘cure’ He vows the drug will soon be broadly available to Americans — even as the company says it would have enough this fall to treat only the number of Americans sickened in the past week. Carolyn Y. Johnson, Laurie McGinley, Josh Dawsey Washington Post

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Nearly One-Third of Covid-19 Patients in Study Had Altered Mental State

Fri, 2020-10-09 22:57 — mike kraft

Nearly a third of hospitalized Covid-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function — ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness — in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in an American hospital system.

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ANALYSIS: Testing is key but a testing-only strategy is called a "complete failure."

Fri, 2020-10-09 22:31 — mike kraft

Coronavirus testing is key, but a testing-only strategy is a 'complete failure' Until President Trump's coronavirus infection, the White House strategy for keeping him and others in the administration safe was one of testing only. Andrea Kane, CNN CNN

(CNN) Until President Trump's coronavirus infection, the White House strategy for keeping him and others in the administration safe was one of testing only.

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Symptoms of Covid-19 are a poor marker of infection --British study

Fri, 2020-10-09 22:15 — mike kraft

Symptoms of Covid-19 are a poor marker of infection 86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell), finds a study by UCL researchers. The authors say a more widespread testing programme is needed to catch ‘silent’ transmission. UCL UCL News

86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell), finds a study by UCL researchers. The authors say a more widespread testing programme is needed to catch ‘silent’ transmission.

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