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These 13 states need to lock down now, according to Harvard coronavirus experts

Thu, 2020-07-30 10:57 — mike kraft

A report released this week by the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force warns that 21 states are now in the “red zone” and need to take aggressive steps to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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Russia claims it's on track to approve Covid-19 vaccine by mid-August. But speed of process raises questions

Thu, 2020-07-30 09:09 — mike kraft

Russia claims it's on track to approve Covid-19 vaccine by mid-August. But speed of process raises questions Russia intends to be the first in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine, in less than two weeks -- despite concerns about its safety, effectiveness and over whether the country has cut essential corners in development, CNN has learned. Matthew Chance, CNN CNN

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In France, a virus cluster splits generations, raises fears

Thu, 2020-07-30 08:33 — mike kraft

A virus cluster in France splits generations, raises fears PARIS (AP) — As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus. An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast... AP NEWS

ARIS (AP) — As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus.

An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast is crystallizing fears that the virus is flaring again in France, on the back of vacationers throwing COVID-19 caution to the summer winds.

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Trends show young adults exposing elders to the virus

Thu, 2020-07-30 08:18 — mike kraft

Young people are infecting older family members in shared homes Front-line caregivers are seeing more older people with covid-19. Young working adults and others who went to bars and restaurants are spreading the virus to relatives. Lenny Bernstein Washington Post

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UPDATE: California and Florida hit new daily record high coronavirus deaths

Thu, 2020-07-30 05:45 — mike kraft

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The Coronavirus Could Dodge Some Treatments, Study Suggests

Wed, 2020-07-29 15:45 — mike kraft

In a laboratory in New York City, researchers coaxed a key piece of the coronavirus — its infamous outer “spike” — to mutate so that it became invisible to disease-fighting antibodies, according to a new study that has not yet been published in a scientific journal.

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INTERNATIONAL: Early in the pandemic, doctors traded tips across international boundaries

Wed, 2020-07-29 14:47 — mike kraft

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to... AP NEWS

Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark.

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UPDATE: U.S. coronavirus deaths top 150,000, among highest in deaths per capita globally

Wed, 2020-07-29 14:09 — mike kraft

U.S. coronavirus deaths top 150,000, among highest in deaths per capita globally U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 150,000 on Wednesday, a number higher than in any other country and nearly a quarter of the world's total, according to a Reuters tally. Lisa Shumaker U.S.

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U.S. virus pandemic splintering into many pieces

Wed, 2020-07-29 12:54 — mike kraft

Once again, the coronavirus is ascendant. As infections mount across the country, it is dawning on Americans that the epidemic is now unstoppable, and that no corner of the nation will be left untouched.

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