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EU agrees on $2.1 trillion deal after marathon summit

Tue, 2020-07-21 09:17 — mike kraft

EU agrees on $2.1 trillion deal after marathon summit BRUSSELS (AP) — After four days and nights of wrangling, exhausted European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus... AP NEWS

BRUSSELS (AP) — After four days and nights of wrangling, exhausted European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund early Tuesday, after one of their longest summits ever.

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Coronavirus updates: California OKs outdoor haircuts; teachers sue Florida governor; Trump to bring back daily briefings

Tue, 2020-07-21 09:04 — mike kraft

Coronavirus updates: California OKs outdoor haircuts; teachers sue Florida governor; Trump to bring back daily briefings California is allowing hair and nail salons to operate outside. Florida's largest teacher union is suing the governor over reopening. Latest news. Ryan W.

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Trump Administration restores public access to coroavirus data

Mon, 2020-07-20 20:50 — mike kraft

HHS unveils new public coronavirus data system The Trump administration has restored public access to coronavirus data reported by hospitals to the federal government, after an outcry over missing data and controversy over a change in the agency Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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While the latest research suggests that antibodies against Covid-19 could be lost in just three months, a new hope has appeared on the horizon: the enigmatic T cell.

Mon, 2020-07-20 17:13 — mike kraft

The people with hidden immunity against Covid-19 While the latest research suggests that antibodies against Covid-19 could be lost in just three months, a new hope has appeared on the horizon: the enigmatic T cell. Zaria Gorvett BBC_Future

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ANALYSIS: How America’fumbled its response to the coronavirus

Mon, 2020-07-20 13:51 — mike kraft

The crisis that shocked the world: America’s response to the coronavirus How the world’s richest country got into this dismal situation is a complicated tale that exposes the flaws and fissures in a nation long proud of its ability to meet cataclysmic challenges. Joel Achenbach, William Wan, Karin Brulliard, Chelsea Janes Washington Post

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Text of CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield's statement on new requirement that corovirus date be submitted to HHs instead of CDC

Mon, 2020-07-20 12:39 — mike kraft

CDC Director Dr. Robert R. Redfield and HHS Chief Information Officer Jose Arrieta Remarks on HHS Protect | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC

CDC Director Robert Redfield and HHS Chief Information Officer Jose Arrieta provided an update for the media on HHS efforts to gather and disseminate real-time hospital data on COVID-19. Below are their statements as prepared for delivery.(July, 15, 2020.)

(Editors note: This news conference was held in response to reports that the administration was requiring that COVID-19 dfata be submitted directly to HHS, instead of the CDC.)

(Excerpts from Dr.Redfield's statement:

"We at CDC know that the lifeblood of public health is data. Collecting and disseminating that data as rapidly as possible is our top priority, and the reason for the policy change we’re discussing today.

As many of you know, CDC operates a system called the National Health Safety Network. This is an important surveillance system in our nation’s hospitals, which focuses on fighting antibiotic resistance.

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Studies provide glimpse at efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines from Oxford-AstraZeneca and CanSino

Mon, 2020-07-20 12:20 — mike kraft

New data offer glimpse of efficacy of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine The vaccine generated an immune response in a study of roughly 1,000 patients, and all of the side effects were deemed mild or moderate. Matthew Herper STAT

A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and the drug giant AstraZeneca generated an immune response in a study of roughly 1,000 patients, according to interim results published Monday.

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Testing Backlogs May Cloud the True Spread of the Coronavirus

Mon, 2020-07-20 11:33 — mike kraft

Public health experts say delays in testing continue to hinder attempts to track and contain the spread of disease.

As demand for coronavirus testing surges around the nation, laboratories that process samples are again experiencing backlogs that have left anxious patients and their doctors waiting days — sometimes a week or more — for results.

At the city and state levels, testing delays could mask persistent rises in case numbers and could cloud ways to combat the coronavirus, as health officials continue to find themselves one step behind the virus’s rapid and often silent spread, experts said.

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updates: L.A. 'on the brink' of reclosing; Jack Nicklaus has antibodies; Russian elites getting vaccine?

Mon, 2020-07-20 11:15 — mike kraft

Coronavirus updates: L.A. 'on the brink' of reclosing; Jack Nicklaus has antibodies; Russian elites getting vaccine? As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Los Angeles' mayor says the city may shut down again. The Bahamas is now closed to U.S. travelers. YahooNews

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Worldwide: Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus

Mon, 2020-07-20 09:22 — mike kraft

Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus Reuters maps all places where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. Gurman Bhatia Reuters

At least 605,782 people globally have died from COVID-19 and 14,576,899 have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes it, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December. The World Health Organization referred to it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.