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ANALYSIS: The Unique failure of the U.S to control the spread of the coronavirusco

Thu, 2020-08-06 11:01 — mike kraft

Nearly every country has struggled to contain the coronavirus and made mistakes along the way.

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Fauci says regulators promise politics will not guide vaccine timing--Reuters interview

Wed, 2020-08-05 19:04 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Fauci says regulators promise politics will not guide vaccine timing U.S. regulators have assured scientists that political pressure will not determine when a coronavirus vaccine is approved even as the White House hopes to have one ready ahead of the November presidential election, the country's leading infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday. Jeff Mason U.S.

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'Too many are selfish': US nears 5 million virus cases

Wed, 2020-08-05 18:47 — mike kraft

'Too many are selfish': US nears 5 million virus cases Fourth of July gatherings, graduation parties, no-mask weddings, crowded bars — there are reasons the U.S. has racked up more than 155,000 coronavirus deaths, by far the most of any country, and is fast approaching an off-the-charts 5 million confirmed infections, easily the highest in the world. Many YahooNews

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Better education advocated for enforcing mask mandates

Wed, 2020-08-05 17:14 — mike kraft

America’s slow, painful shift to enforcing mask mandates Mask enforcement won’t work without education. Lois Parshley Vox

Though 33 states now have face mask mandates, Gov. Pete Ricketts says his state of Nebraska will not be joining them. On Monday, Ricketts doubled down on his conviction that a statewide mask mandate would be too “heavy-handed.”

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Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount

Wed, 2020-08-05 16:50 — mike kraft

Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans... AP NEWS

U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to learn the results.

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State attorneys general: Use federal law to lower cost, increase supply of COVID-19 drug remdesivir

Wed, 2020-08-05 09:39 — mike kraft

State attorneys general: Use federal law to lower cost, increase supply of COVID-19 drug remdesivir California, Louisiana and other attorneys general say Gilead Sciences’ antiviral should be licensed to others to ease potential shortages, lower price Ken Alltucker

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There’s no national testing strategy for coronavirus. Seven states banded together to make one.

Wed, 2020-08-05 09:09 — mike kraft

There’s no national testing strategy for coronavirus. These states banded together to make one. Seven states formed a purchasing compact, hoping to pressure rapid-testing companies to quickly scale up supply. Erin Cox Washington Post

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Update: U.S. averages more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths for ninth day in a row

Tue, 2020-08-04 21:33 — mike kraft

Live updates: U.S. averages more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths for ninth day in a row The U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 153,000. President Trump said the grim tally “is what it is,” during an interview with “Axios on HBO.” Antonia Farzan, Jennifer Hassan, Lateshia Beachum, Miriam Berger, Kim Bellware, John Wagner, Hamza Shaban, Reis Thebault, Hannah Knowles Washington Post

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Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say

Tue, 2020-08-04 11:48 — mike kraft

Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say Fast, frequent testing works best to curb coronavirus outbreaks Science | AAAS

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U.N. chief warns world facing 'generational catastrophe' on education

Tue, 2020-08-04 11:29 — mike kraft

U.N. chief warns world facing 'generational catastrophe' on education U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world faces a "generational catastrophe" because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that getting students safely back to the classroom must be "a top priority." Michelle Nichols U.S.

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