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Coronavirus in Europe: Infections surge in France, Germany and Spain

Thu, 2020-08-13 13:27 — mike kraft

European countries fight coronavirus surge Germany and Greece record their highest daily cases, while Spain and France reach a "tipping point". BBC News

Germany has recorded its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases in more than three months as European countries struggle to curb a surge in infections.

More than 1,200 cases were reported in Germany in the past 24 hours. Officials said the rise was due, in part, to people returning from holidays.

It came as Germany warned against non-essential trips to parts of Spain.

Meanwhile, France had 2,524 new cases in 24 hours, the highest daily rise since its lockdown was lifted in May.

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Israeli hospital trials super-quick saliva test for COVID-19

Thu, 2020-08-13 13:07 — mike kraft

Israeli hospital trials super-quick saliva test for COVID-19 A newly developed saliva test aims to determine in less than a second whether or not you are infected with the novel coronavirus, Israel's largest medical center said on Thursday. Reuters Editorial U.S.

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Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging

Thu, 2020-08-13 10:49 — mike kraft

Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in imported frozen food and on food packaging, local authorities said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments might cause new outbreaks. Roxanne Liu U.S.

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CDC issues a dire warning for the fall if coronavirus measures are not followed; Anti-vaxers ramp up

Thu, 2020-08-13 09:20 — mike kraft

The CDC issues a dire warning for the fall if coronavirus measures are not followed A top federal health official is issuing a dire warning: Follow recommended coronavirus measures or risk having the worst fall in US public health history. Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy, CNN CNN

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The Many Symptoms of Covid-19

Wed, 2020-08-12 16:24 — mike kraft

For a Texas nurse, the first sign that something was wrong happened while brushing her teeth — she couldn’t taste her toothpaste. For a Georgia attorney, it was hitting a wall of fatigue on a normally easy run. When a Wisconsin professor fell ill in June, he thought a bad meal had upset his stomach.

But eventually, all of these people discovered that their manifold symptoms were all signs of Covid-19. Some of the common symptoms — a dry cough, a headache — can start so mildly they are at first mistaken for allergies or a cold. In other cases, the symptoms are so unusual — strange leg pain, a rash or dizziness — that patients and even their doctors don’t think Covid-19 could be the culprit.

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‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air

Wed, 2020-08-12 10:48 — mike kraft

Skeptics of the notion that the coronavirus spreads through the air — including many expert advisers to the World Health Organization — have held out for one missing piece of evidence: proof that floating respiratory droplets called aerosols contain live virus, and not just fragments of genetic material.

Now a team of virologists and aerosol scientists has produced exactly that: confirmation of infectious virus in the air.

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Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19

Wed, 2020-08-12 10:15 — mike kraft

Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19 With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the... AP NEWS

With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the immune system to make them.

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How to recognize Covid-19 symptoms in children, based on pediatricians' advice

Wed, 2020-08-12 09:51 — mike kraft

How to recognize Covid-19 symptoms in children As US schools and universities move forward with plans for full or partial in-person instruction, parents worry about the spread of coronavirus. Here's what we know about Covid-19's impact on children and how to identify the illness. Sandee LaMotte, Katia Hetter, Kristen Rogers and Ryan Prior, CNN CNN

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Federal spending on COVID-19 vaccine candidates tops $9 billion, spread among 7 companies

Wed, 2020-08-12 09:35 — mike kraft

Federal spending on COVID-19 vaccine candidates tops $9 billion, spread among 7 companies Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government has allocated more than $9 billion among 7 companies to develop and make COVID-19 vaccine. Karen Weintraub and Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY

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STUDY: measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech

Tue, 2020-08-11 13:42 — mike kraft

Low-cost measurement of facemask efficacy for filtering expelled droplets during speech Mandates for mask use in public during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, worsened by global shortage of commercial supplies, have led to widespread use of homemade masks and mask alternatives. It is assumed that wearing such masks reduces the likelihood for an infected person to spread the disease, but many of these mask designs have not been tested in practice. We have demonstrated a simple optical measurement method to evaluate the efficacy of masks to reduce the transmission of respiratory droplets during regular speech.

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How Covid Sends Some Bodies to War With Themselves

Tue, 2020-08-11 11:39 — mike kraft

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Why does COVID-19 strike some and not others? Fauci sees an answer in new study

Tue, 2020-08-11 11:09 — mike kraft

Why does COVID-19 strike some and not others? Fauci sees an answer in new study Scientists believe they may have discovered why the novel coronavirus affects some people so much more than others. YahooNews

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said a new study could explain the extraordinary range that people experience with the novel coronavirus, from having no symptoms at all or a mild case to hospitalization or death.

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Global coronavirus cases top 20M

Tue, 2020-08-11 10:50 — mike kraft

Global coronavirus cases top 20M as Russia approves vaccine ROME (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million, more than half of them from the United States, India and Brazil, as Russia on Tuesday became the first country to... AP NEWS

ROME (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million, more than half of them from the United States, India and Brazil, as Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a vaccine against the virus.

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