Spit in a Tube and Mail It In: A New Frontier in Coronavirus Testing

Fri, 2020-12-04 11:04 — mike kraft

FULLERTON, Calif. — The post-Thanksgiving rush for coronavirus testing is on: Pharmacies in the Southern California suburbs are advising customers lucky enough to score appointments that it could be four days before they receive results. In Chelsea, Mass., a line of people who hoped for testing, pelted by rain and wind, strung along an entire block early this week. In Atlanta, people have idled in cars, sometimes for hours, to get swabbed at drive-throughs.

Testing has long been one of the keys to controlling the spread of a virus that with the onset of winter is entering its most dangerous phase. Yet even as cases per capita have rocketed, securing a test has become enough of an ordeal that many people have been dissuaded from even trying.

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With hospitals slammed by covid-19, doctors and nurses plead for action by governors

Fri, 2020-12-04 10:36 — mike kraft

With hospitals slammed by covid-19, doctors and nurses plead for action by governors But the efforts have had negligible impact as more than 100,000 coronavirus patients jam U.S. hospitals. Lenny Bernstein Washington Post

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Analysis: First U.S. delivery of COVID-19 vaccine will leave out many high-risk workers

Fri, 2020-12-04 10:18 — mike kraft

Analysis: First U.S. delivery of COVID-19 vaccine will leave out many high-risk workers The U.S. government's first shipment of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses to be divided among states and federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, will fall far short of protecting high priority groups such as healthcare workers, a Reuters analysis has found... Rebecca Spalding, Carl O’Donnell U.S.

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Almost All COVID Transmission Is Happening in These 5 Places, Doctor Says

Fri, 2020-12-04 10:06 — mike kraft

Almost All COVID Transmission Is Happening in These 5 Places, Doctor Says As the U.S. continues to report record-breaking COVID numbers, medical experts are trying desperately to appeal to Americans to stay away from high-risk locations and adhere to coronavirus precautions. Some areas, like Los Angeles, have even implemented new stay-at-home orders in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. However, CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, says not everything has to shut down because the majority of COVID transmission happens in just five places.While Gupta was on CNN's New Day on Dec.

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America Is Having A Third Coronavirus Wave. Some Countries Are Having Their First.

Fri, 2020-12-04 09:54 — mike kraft

America Is Having A Third Coronavirus Wave. Some Countries Are Having Their First. People and politicians have reached the "bargaining" stage of the pandemic. YahooNews

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Fewer infants hospitalized for respiratory infections followed counter-COVID-19 measures in New Zealand

Thu, 2020-12-03 19:53 — mike kraft

COVID-19 and Infant Hospitalizations for Seasonal Respiratory Virus Infections, New Zealand, 2020 In March 2020, a national elimination strategy for coronavirus disease was introduced in New Zealand. Since then, hospitalizations for lower respirat... Emerging Infectious Diseases journal

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Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage --The Lancet

Thu, 2020-12-03 19:33 — mike kraft

Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous strain on countries around the world, exposing long-standing gaps in public health and exacerbating chronic inequities. Although research and analyses have attempted to draw important lessons on how to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response, few have examined the effect that fragmented governance for health has had on effectively mitigating the crisis.

By assessing the ability of health systems to manage COVID-19 from the perspective of two key approaches to global health policy—global health security and universal health coverage—important lessons can be drawn for how to align varied priorities and objectives in strengthening health systems.

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The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many won’t save critically ill COVID-19 patients

Thu, 2020-12-03 19:09 — mike kraft

The U.S. has spent billions stockpiling ventilators, but many won’t save critically ill COVID-19 patients With the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across its shores earlier this year, the U.S. government in April announced orders for almost $3 billion of ventilators for a national stockpile, meant to save Americans suffering from severe respiratory problems brought on by the disease. Tom Bergin U.S.

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Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office, keeps Dr.Fauci

Thu, 2020-12-03 18:51 — mike kraft

CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office President-elect Joe Biden told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days after he takes office, in a sign of how Biden's approach to the virus will be dramatically different to President Donald Trump's response. Dan Merica, CNN CNN

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States plan for vaccines as daily US virus deaths top 3,100

Thu, 2020-12-03 18:40 — mike kraft

US virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the first time The U.S. recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans in the hospital with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the... AP NEWS

States drafted plans Thursday for who will go to the front of the line when the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine become available later this month, as U.S. deaths from the outbreak eclipsed 3,100 in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring.

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Africa foresees 60% of people vaccinated against COVID in two to three years

Thu, 2020-12-03 13:05 — mike kraft

Africa foresees 60% of people vaccinated against COVID in two to three years Africa aims to have 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union's disease control group said on Thursday. Reuters Staff U.S.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa aims to have 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union’s disease control group said on Thursday.

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China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms - AP Investigation

Thu, 2020-12-03 12:57 — mike kraft

China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery. Throughout the... AP NEWS

WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.

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Coronavirus Is Surging: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak?

Thu, 2020-12-03 11:12 — mike kraft

Coronavirus Is Surging: How Severe Is Your State's Outbreak? View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off. NPR.org

More than 13 million people in the U.S. have had confirmed coronavirus infections and more than 270,000 have died of COVID-19. Tens of thousands of new cases are reported daily nationwide. In the graphics below, explore the trends in your state.

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OVERVIEW Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus --Reuters

Thu, 2020-12-03 11:01 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus China ordered inspections of imported cold chain products to prevent the spread of COVID-19, while Australia said its international borders would stay shut for now and health officials warned Americans could face a "rough" winter. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive... Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - China ordered inspections of imported cold chain products to prevent the spread of COVID-19, while Australia said its international borders would stay shut for now and health officials warned Americans could face a "rough" winter.

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