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China stepping up virus testing on imported food packaging

Wed, 2020-11-25 10:27 — mike kraft

China stepping up virus testing on imported food packaging China is stepping up virus inspections on imported food packaging as cooler weather brings new waves of coronavirus infections in several overseas countries, Chinese officials said... AP NEWS

China is stepping up virus inspections on imported food packaging as cooler weather brings new waves of coronavirus infections in several overseas countries, Chinese officials said Wednesday.

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updates: Nearly 2,100 died of covid-19 in U.S. on Tuesday, deadliest day since early summer

Tue, 2020-11-24 20:59 — mike kraft

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Group of 20 leaders call for global coronavirus vaccine access as U.S. labs near approval

Sun, 2020-11-22 11:00 — mike kraft

Group of 20 leaders call for global coronavirus vaccine access as U.S. labs near approval The opening day of the virtual G-20 summit drew contrasts with Trump’s go-it-alone approach. Miriam Berger Washington Post

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AP roundup: U.S. official expects quick vaccine distribution, International developments

Fri, 2020-11-20 10:18 — mike kraft

The Latest: U.S. official expects quick vaccine distribution WASHINGTON — Gen. Gustave Perna of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed vaccine program says about 40 million doses could be ready for distribution in the U.S. quickly if the Food and... AP NEWS

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Health systems are using AI to predict severe Covid-19 cases. But limited data could produce unreliable results

Thu, 2020-11-19 13:53 — mike kraft

Limited data in Covid-19 AI tools could produce unreliable results Some institutions have not published any results showing whether their models to predict a Covid-19 patient's trajectory actually work. Erin Brodwin STAT

As the United States braces for a bleak winter, hospital systems across the country are ramping up their efforts to develop AI systems to predict how likely their Covid-19 patients are to fall severely ill or even die. Yet most of the efforts are being developed in silos and trained on limited datasets, raising crucial questions about their reliability.

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Vaccine Unproven? No Problem in China, Where People Scramble for Shots

Tue, 2020-11-17 11:29 — mike kraft

Vaccine unproven? No problem in China, where people scramble for shots China has made its unproven candidates widely available to demonstrate their safety and effectiveness to a country that has long been skeptical of vaccines after a spate of quality scandals. Government officials and top pharmaceutical executives speak proudly of being inoculated. Sui-Lee Wee and Elsie Chen courant.com

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Researchers find coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought

Mon, 2020-11-16 11:15 — mike kraft

Researchers find coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China earlier than thought. Giselda Vagnoni U.S.

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Brazil Halts Chinese Vaccine Trial, Critics See Politics

Wed, 2020-11-11 11:54 — mike kraft

Brazil halted a late-stage trial of a Chinese vaccine on Monday that had been considered a global front-runner in the race to develop a protective shot for the coronavirus after a “serious adverse” reaction in a participant.

The decision provoked a political firestorm on Tuesday after President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been critical of China and spoken dismissively of its vaccine, CoronaVac, called the suspension a political victory.

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An Explanation for Some Covid-19 Deaths May Not Be Holding Up

Sun, 2020-11-08 19:44 — mike kraft

Medical researchers are raising significant doubts about whether an agent of the human immune system causes some coronavirus patients to end up in the hospital with injured lungs and other organs, struggling to breathe. What remains is a continuing mystery about what causes certain people to die from Covid-19, and how best to prevent that.

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