There’s no national testing strategy for coronavirus. Seven states banded together to make one.
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Update: U.S. averages more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths for ninth day in a row
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As Trump Praises Plasma, Researchers Struggle to Finish Critical Studies
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Since April, the Trump administration has funneled $48 million into a program with the Mayo Clinic, allowing more than 53,000 Covid-19 patients to get plasma infusions. Doctors and hospitals desperate to save the sickest patients have been eager to try a therapy that is safe and might work. Tens of thousands more people are now enrolled to get the treatment that’s been trumpeted by everyone from the president to the actor Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock.
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Poll: Number of Americans who plan to get vaccinated falls to 42% — a new low
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So far, most of the conversation about COVID-19 vaccines has focused on the question of whether researchers can develop an effective vaccine in record time.
But maybe we should start asking another question as well: Will enough Americans actually get the vaccine for it to be effective?
“It’s not a vaccine that will save us,” says Harvard Global Health Institute director Ashish Jha. “It’s vaccination.”
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Study on the risk of COVID-19 among front-line health workers compared with thegeneral community
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Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study
Summary Background Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the general community and the effect of personal protective equipment (PPE) on risk.
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OPINION:- Good Covid-19 News From Italy...and Sweden--Bloomberg
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Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say
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U.N. chief warns world facing 'generational catastrophe' on education
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Local governments ‘overwhelmed’ in race to trace U.S. COVID contacts
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The soaring number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has far outstripped many local health departments’ ability to trace the contacts of those infected, a step critical in containing the virus’ spread.
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Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 test
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won’t supply enough test kits to check staff and residents beyond an initial couple of rounds.
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