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Study says Covid-19 may have arrived in US in December -- earlier than thought

Wed, 2020-09-16 12:23 — mike kraft

Study says Covid-19 may have arrived in US in December -- earlier than thought The deadly coronavirus may have circulated in the United States as early as December, about a month earlier than believed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to researchers with UCLA. Madeline Holcombe and Ray Sanchez , CNN CNN

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India: 5M people infected, virus outbreak still soaring

Wed, 2020-09-16 09:47 — mike kraft

5M people infected, India's virus outbreak still soaring NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus infections passed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and... AP NEWS

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus infections passed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages.

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Coronavirus kills far more Hispanic and Black children than White youths, CDC study finds

Wed, 2020-09-16 09:31 — mike kraft

Coronavirus kills far more Hispanic and Black children than White youths, CDC study finds More than 75 percent of children dying from covid-19 are minorities, a finding that echoes disproportionate death rates among adults. William Wan Washington Post

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CDC data shows thousands of patients caught coronavirus in hospitals while seeking care for other conditions

Tue, 2020-09-15 17:45 — mike kraft

CDC data shows thousands of patients caught coronavirus in hospitals while seeking care for other conditions More than 7,400 patients likely caught the coronavirus while seeking care for other conditions in U.S. hospitals between mid-May and mid-July, data the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided The Wall Street Journal shows.The data, reported by half of U.S. hospitals to the CDC, indicates YahooNews

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Coronavirus cases are growing in 11 U.S. states as Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ data

Mon, 2020-09-14 09:51 — mike kraft

Coronavirus cases are growing in 11 U.S. states as Fauci warns of 'disturbing' data Covid-19 cases continued to grow over the weekend in nearly a dozen states as the nation's leading infectious disease expert warns about the nation's worrying level of new infections. Berkeley Lovelace Jr. CNBC

Coronavirus cases continued to grow over the weekend in nearly a dozen U.S. states as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, warns about the nation’s worrying level of new infections.

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New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas

Sun, 2020-09-13 09:17 — mike kraft

New Research Shows Disproportionate Rate of Coronavirus Deaths in Polluted Areas The type of pollution emitted by many chemical plants in Louisiana's industrial corridor is correlated with increased coronavirus deaths, according to new peer-reviewed research from SUNY and… ProPublica

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How Colleges Became the New Covid Hot Spots

Sat, 2020-09-12 11:19 — mike kraft

...Across the country, college students' mounting coronavirus outbreaks have become an urgent public health issue. Of the 25 hottest outbreaks in the U.S., communities heavy with college students represent 19 of them...

It began last month with a trickle of coronavirus infections as college students arrived for the fall semester. Soon that trickle became a stream, with campuses reporting dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of new cases each day.

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The FDA's new app for frontline doctors could help discover Covid-19 treatments faster

Fri, 2020-09-11 09:13 — mike kraft

The FDA's new app for frontline doctors could help discover Covid-19 treatments faster The Food and Drug Administration's Cure ID app is allowing doctors to communicate about drug therapies. The plan is to more quickly find new uses for old drugs to combat difficult-to-treat diseases like Covid-19. Ryan Prior, CNN CNN

(CNN)In the trenches of the fight against coronavirus, Dr. Raghav Tirupathi often has little time to think and no textbook to follow while treating patients with Covid-19.

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Global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 900,000--NYTimes roundup

Thu, 2020-09-10 10:45 — mike kraft

The global death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 900,000, according to a New York Times database, and sickened at least 27.8 million people as of Thursday morning.

Seven months into the pandemic, the virus has been detected in almost every country.

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