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Navajo Nation says it has 34 communities with 'uncontrolled spread' of Covid-19

Thu, 2020-11-12 14:11 — mike kraft

Navajo Nation says it has 34 communities with 'uncontrolled spread' of Covid-19 The Navajo Nation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, has 34 communities with "uncontrolled spread" of Covid-19, its president's office said in a statement. Konstantin Toropin, CNN CNN

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Can a nose-full of chicken antibodies ward off coronavirus infections?

Wed, 2020-11-11 20:36 — mike kraft

Can a nose-full of chicken antibodies ward off coronavirus infections? A novel project aims to temporarily protect humans from COVID-19 with a nasal spray Science | AAAS

While the world waits for a widely available, safe, and effective COVID-19 vaccine, scientists are becoming ever more creative in their search for other ways to protect people from the disease. Now, a clinical trial has begun in Australia to find out whether nasal drops that contain chicken antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 can offer temporary protection.

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Coronavirus updates: U.S. shatters records with more than 100,000 new cases in a single day

Thu, 2020-11-05 09:55 — mike kraft

Coronavirus updates: U.S. shatters records with more than 100,000 new cases in a single day With nearly 9.5 million coronavirus cases reported to date, the United States is adding new infections at an unprecedented rate. Antonia Farzan, Karla Adam, James McAuley, Paulina Villegas Washington Post

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In Arizona, the coronavirus raged. With masks and other measures, it subsided. What can it teach?

Tue, 2020-11-03 11:58 — mike kraft

In Arizona, the coronavirus raged. With masks and other measures, it subsided. What can it teach America? In Arizona, some jurisdictions are lifting mask mandates, fraying nerves among some observers who say such loosening is premature. Karin Brulliard, Jeremy Duda Washington Post

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OVEREVIEW: The Pandemic Is in Uncharted Territory

Sat, 2020-10-31 09:42 — mike kraft

The Pandemic Is in Uncharted Territory The fall surge is rewriting the coronavirus record books across America. And the numbers are still climbing. The COVID Tracking Project The Atlantic

The United States set a new record for reported cases this week, breaking 500,000 for the first time in the pandemic as the third surge continued to build across nearly every state in the country.

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Short of medics as virus surges, central Europe sounds alarm

Thu, 2020-10-29 09:45 — mike kraft

Short of medics as virus surges, central Europe sounds alarm KYJOV, Czech Republic (AP) — Soldiers in Poland are giving coronavirus tests. American National Guard troops with medical training are headed to the Czech Republic to work alongside doctors there.... AP NEWS

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America hits highest daily number of coronavirus cases since pandemic began

Fri, 2020-10-23 19:17 — mike kraft

America is poised to enter into its worst stretch yet of the pandemic Hospitalizations are rising so quickly many facilities in the Midwest have already become overwhelmed. And the number of deaths nationally has crested above 1,000 in recent days. William Wan, Jacqueline Dupree Washington Post

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‘At Capacity’: Covid-19 Patients Push U.S. Hospitals to Brink

Fri, 2020-10-23 10:16 — mike kraft

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — A hospital in Idaho is 99 percent full and warning that it may have to transfer coronavirus patients to hospitals in Seattle and Portland, Ore. Medical centers in Kansas City, Mo., turned away ambulances on a recent day because they had no room for more patients. And in West Allis, just outside Milwaukee, an emergency field hospital erected on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair admitted its first virus patient this week.

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Covid cases increase across US as upper midwest sees rapid rise

Fri, 2020-10-23 09:19 — mike kraft

Covid cases increase across US as upper midwest sees rapid rise Cool weather and indoor activity appears to be driving increase as experts fear ‘darkest weeks’ in fall and winter the Guardian

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Virus Surges Again Across Most of the United States

Wed, 2020-10-21 10:07 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus races across the country, it has reached every corner of a nursing home in Kansas, infecting all 62 residents inside. There are so few hospital beds available in North Dakota that patients sick with the virus are being ferried by ambulance to facilities 100 miles away. And in Ohio, more people are hospitalized with the virus than at any other time during the pandemic.

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