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The Coronavirus Could Dodge Some Treatments, Study Suggests

Wed, 2020-07-29 18:45 — mike kraft

In a laboratory in New York City, researchers coaxed a key piece of the coronavirus — its infamous outer “spike” — to mutate so that it became invisible to disease-fighting antibodies, according to a new study that has not yet been published in a scientific journal.

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INTERNATIONAL: Early in the pandemic, doctors traded tips across international boundaries

Wed, 2020-07-29 17:47 — mike kraft

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to... AP NEWS

Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark.

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UPDATE: U.S. coronavirus deaths top 150,000, among highest in deaths per capita globally

Wed, 2020-07-29 17:09 — mike kraft

U.S. coronavirus deaths top 150,000, among highest in deaths per capita globally U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 150,000 on Wednesday, a number higher than in any other country and nearly a quarter of the world's total, according to a Reuters tally. Lisa Shumaker U.S.

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U.S. virus pandemic splintering into many pieces

Wed, 2020-07-29 15:54 — mike kraft

Once again, the coronavirus is ascendant. As infections mount across the country, it is dawning on Americans that the epidemic is now unstoppable, and that no corner of the nation will be left untouched.

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Barr to be tested for COVID-19 after interaction with REp. Gohmert

Wed, 2020-07-29 14:21 — mike kraft

Barr to be tested for COVID-19 after interaction with Gohmert Attorney General William Barr will be tested for coronavirus one day after he came into close contact with a GOP lawmaker who since tested positive for the virus, a Justice Department spokeswoman Olivia Beavers TheHill

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What went wrong during the Northeast's first COVID-19 spike and is the region ready for another?

Wed, 2020-07-29 12:56 — mike kraft

What went wrong during the Northeast's first COVID-19 spike and is the region ready for another? The Northeast has among the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the nation after having the most deaths. Can they stop another surge? Joseph Spector, David Robinson, Terrence T. McDonald and Meredith Newman USA TODAY

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Update on Virus spread, U.S and World Wide

Wed, 2020-07-29 09:12 — mike kraft

U.S. records 10,000 coronavirus deaths in 11 days as fatalities approach 150,000 U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and rising by 10,000 in 11 days, according to a Reuters tally. Lisa Shumaker U.S.

(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and rising by 10,000 in 11 days, according to a Reuters tally.