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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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Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. drug manufacturing

Thu, 2020-08-06 20:31 — mike kraft

Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. drug manufacturing President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting U.S. production of medicines and medical equipment, lowering drug prices and protecting the United States against shortfalls in a future pandemic. Jeff Mason U.S.

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Model projects nearly 300,000 Americans could die from Covid-19 by December

Thu, 2020-08-06 20:08 — mike kraft

Model projects nearly 300,000 Americans could die from Covid-19 by December Researchers behind an influential model are projecting that the US death toll from coronavirus could reach nearly 300,000 by December 1 -- but that can be changed if Americans consistently wear masks. Madeline Holcombe, Jason Hanna and Ben Tinker, CNN CNN

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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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Houston Methodist Hospital reports rapid recoveryof COVID-19 patients with new drug

Thu, 2020-08-06 13:16 — mike kraft

Houston Methodist reports rapid recovery of critically ill COVID-19 patients with new drug Houston Methodist Hospital is making national headlines after doctors use a new drug to help treat COVID-19 patients. Brittany Taylor KPRC

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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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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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Scientists Uncover Biological Signatures of the Worst Covid-19 Cases

Wed, 2020-08-05 12:41 — mike kraft

Scientists are beginning to untangle one of the most complex biological mysteries of the coronavirus pandemic: Why do some people get severely sick, whereas others quickly recover?

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Vaccines: Johnson @Johnson and Novavax report contracts, developments

Wed, 2020-08-05 10:28 — mike kraft

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies have entered into an agreement with the U.S. government for the large scale domestic manufacturing and delivery in the U.S. of 100 million doses of Janssen's SARS-CoV-2 investigational vaccine, Ad26.COV2.S, for use in the United States following approval or Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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