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FDA fast-tracks vaccines as California leads charge toward second lockdown

Tue, 2020-07-14 09:12 — mike kraft
Pfizer coronavirus vaccine fast-tracked by FDA The Trump administration fast-tracked trial vaccines for the coronavirus Monday as states across the South and West buckled from the rapid spread of COVID-19, forcing California to close indoor dining Tom Howell Jr. The Washington Times
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Coronavirus crisis may get "worse and worse and worse," WHO chief warns

Tue, 2020-07-14 09:00 — mike kraft

CBS NEWS  July 14, 2020

The World Health Organization warned Monday that there could be no return to normality any time soon as too many countries were bungling their response to the coronavirus pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that if public health guidelines are not followed, the crisis will get "worse and worse and worse."

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Coronavirus updates: Trump RTs tweet saying CDC 'lies' about COVID; NYC reports zero deaths for first time since March

Mon, 2020-07-13 10:27 — mike kraft
Coronavirus updates: Trump RTs tweet saying CDC 'lies' about COVID; NYC reports zero deaths for first time since March As the coronavirus pandemic reached new highs in Florida and globally, New York City reported zero deaths for the first time since March. Latest news. John Bacon and Elinor Aspegren USA TODAY
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Long delays in getting test results hobble coronavirus response

Mon, 2020-07-13 10:13 — mike kraft
Long delays in getting test results hobble coronavirus response It can take a week or more to learn the outcome — so long that it’s of little use in the effort to control the disease. Rachel Weiner, William Wan, Abigail Hauslohner Washington Post
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How Coronavirus Cases Have Risen Since States Reopened

Sun, 2020-07-12 09:29 — mike kraft
How Coronavirus Cases Have Risen Since States Reopened Reported cases are rising fast in many states that opened early, while those that stayed shut down longer are largely seeing declines. nytimes

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Daily Virus Death Toll Rises in Some States

Fri, 2020-07-10 21:25 — mike kraft

By Farah Stockman, Mitch Smith and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio

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Officials Announce Possible Coronavirus Outbreak in Washington Nursing Facility

Sat, 2020-02-29 18:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Life Care Center of Kirkland (KIRO)

thehill.com - by Peter Sullivan - February 29, 2020

Officials on Saturday announced a possible outbreak of coronavirus at a nursing facility in Washington State, a serious situation given the risks the virus poses to elderly people.

The possible outbreak is at a long-term care facility in Kirkland, Wash., called Life Care Center, officials from Washington state and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on a media call Saturday. 

There are two presumptive positives associated with the facility, one a health care worker and the other a woman in her 70s. 

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ALSO SEE RELATED ARTICLE HERE - Health officials: Dozens at Kirkland nursing facility reporting symptoms that might suggest coronavirus

 

 

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The Really Big One

Mon, 2015-07-13 23:32 — Maeryn Obley

The next full-margin rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone will spell the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent. Credit Illustration by Christoph Niemann; Map by Ziggymaj / GettyImage: The next full-margin rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone will spell the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent. Credit Illustration by Christoph Niemann; Map by Ziggymaj / Getty

newyorker.com - July 20th, 2015 - Kathryn Schulz

When the 2011 earthquake and tsunami struck Tohoku, Japan, Chris Goldfinger was two hundred miles away, in the city of Kashiwa, at an international meeting on seismology. As the shaking started, everyone in the room began to laugh. Earthquakes are common in Japan—that one was the third of the week—and the participants were, after all, at a seismology conference.

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HHS selects nine regional Ebola and other special pathogen treatment centers

Mon, 2015-06-15 17:07 — mike kraft

New network expands US ability to respond to outbreaks of severe, highly infectious diseases

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES            June 12, 2015

WASHINGTON -- To further strengthen the nation’s infectious disease response capability, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected nine health departments and associated partner hospitals to become special regional treatment centers for patients with Ebola or other severe, highly infectious diseases.

HHS’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has awarded approximately $20 million through its Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) to enhance the regional treatment centers’ capabilities to care for patients with Ebola or other highly infectious diseases. ASPR will provide an additional $9 million to these recipients in the subsequent four years to sustain their readiness...

The nine awardees and their partner hospitals are:

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