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Although US Covid-19 numbers may be slowing experts project tens of thousands more deaths in next 3 months

Submitted by mike kraft on Sun, 2021-02-21 11:13

US Covid-19 numbers may be slowing but experts project tens of thousands more deaths in next 3 months Covid-19 trends may be encouraging in recent weeks -- but a new forecast offered a grim reminder the US is not in the clear. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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ANALYSIS: Most vaccine clinical trials fail to report data on participants’ ethnicity or race

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2021-02-19 12:33

Most vaccine trials fail to report data on participant ethnicity or race - STAT Of the 230 trials researchers examined, more than 40% did not record participants’ race and about 65% did not report their ethnicity. Nicholas St. Fleur STAT

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The difficulties in enrolling teenagers for vaccine test trials.

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2021-02-18 11:06

Teenagers contract the novel coronavirus almost twice as often as younger children but vaccines authorized in the United States are mostly for adults — Moderna’s for 18 and older, Pfizer’s for 16 and up.

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Oxford University begins major international trial of potential Covid-19 drug treatments

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2021-02-18 10:49

Oxford University's major therapeutics trial goes international A major UK trial of potential Covid-19 treatments has started to enrol patients in other countries in the hope of speeding up results, Oxford University said on Thursday. By <a href="/profiles/sarah-faidell">Sarah Faidell</a>, <a href="/profiles/brad-lendon">Brad Lendon</a>, <a href="/profiles/joshua-berlinger">Joshua Berlinger</a>, Mary Ilyushina and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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White House says it's not looking to require COVID-19 tests before domestic flights

Submitted by mike kraft on Sat, 2021-02-13 10:29

White House says it's not looking to require COVID-19 tests before The White House says it’s not currently looking to require passengers to get COVID-19 tests before domestic flights. Jordan Williams TheHill

The White House says it’s not currently looking to require passengers to get COVID-19 tests before domestic flights.

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Study lists top point-of-care COVID-19 tests

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2021-02-11 19:03

Point-of-care COVID-19 tests: Study lists top performers - Outbreak News Today After screening more than 1,100 independently assessed, point-of-care COVID-19 tests, researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures have identified 5 direct (antigen/RNA) tests for detection of acute infection and 6 indirect (antibody) tests for detection of prior infection that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) “desirable” Target Product Profile (TPP) criteria. The researchers […] Press Release Outbreak News Today

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The controversy over rapid coronavirus tests: a guide

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2021-02-09 13:01

Rapid coronavirus tests: a guide for the perplexed Scientists still debate whether millions of cheap, fast diagnostic kits will help control the pandemic. Here’s why. Giorgia Guglielmi nature

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Study measures reductions in coronavirus transmissions by vaccinated persons--Israeli lab

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2021-02-09 12:38

Vaccinated people less likely to transmit coronavirus, Israeli study suggests Nation's largest testing lab publishes research showing older group's viral load fell compared to younger cohort once most Israelis 60+ had received Pfizer-BioNTech shot timesofisrael

Israel’s largest COVID-19 testing lab says it has found evidence indicating that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine significantly reduces the transmissibility of the coronavirus, offering a tentative answer to one of the world’s most burning questions.

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