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The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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Fast, Less-Accurate Coronavirus Tests May Be Good Enough, Experts suggest

Fri, 2020-08-07 09:51 — mike kraft

For months, the call for coronavirus testing has been led by one resounding refrain: To keep outbreaks under control, doctors and researchers need to deploy the most accurate tests available — ones reliable enough to root out as many infections as possible, even in the absence of symptoms.

That’s long been the dogma of infectious disease diagnostics, experts say, since it helps ensure that cases won’t be missed. During this pandemic, that has meant relying heavily on PCR testing, an extremely accurate but time- and labor-intensive method that requires samples to be processed at laboratories.

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Coronavirus infections among younger populations are skyrocketing, WHO says

Fri, 2020-08-07 09:31 — mike kraft

Coronavirus infections among younger populations are skyrocketing, WHO says The Covid-19 pandemic is moving into younger populations, health experts said Thursday, with cases skyrocketing among children, teens and young adults. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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One man with coronavirus attending church service led to infection of 91 others

Fri, 2020-08-07 09:15 — mike kraft

One man with coronavirus attending church service led to infection of 91 others "It spread like wildfire," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said of the case. "All it takes is one person to cause tremendous COVID19 spread." YahooNews

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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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New study on Asymptomatic People Carrying the Coronavirus in High Amounts

Thu, 2020-08-06 18:50 — mike kraft

Of all the coronavirus’s qualities, perhaps the most surprising has been that seemingly healthy people can spread it to others. This trait has made the virus difficult to contain, and continues to challenge efforts to identify and isolate infected people.

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