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Medical Experts Tell Government: ‘Shut It Down Now, And Start Over’

Fri, 2020-07-24 13:27 — mike kraft
Medical Experts Tell Government: ‘Shut It Down Now, And Start Over’ If new lockdowns aren’t imposed, experts warn, “the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death.” Alison Durkee Forbes
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Coronavirus Testing Labs Again Lack Key Supplies

Fri, 2020-07-24 11:55 — mike kraft

Labs across the country are facing backlogs in coronavirus testing thanks in part to a shortage of tiny pieces of tapered plastic.

Researchers need these little disposables, called pipette tips, to quickly and precisely move liquid between vials as they process the tests.

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New CDC Guidelines for Schools

Fri, 2020-07-24 11:31 — mike kraft
Communities, Schools, Workplaces, & Event Cleaning and Disinfecting: Everyday steps, when someone is sick, and considerations for employers. CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Preparing K-12 School Administrators for a Safe Return to School in Fall 2020

Updated July 23, 2020

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Coronavirus Rebounds in Places Thought to Have Tamed It

Fri, 2020-07-24 10:45 — mike kraft

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Hong Kong, Spain, and Melbourne, Australia, are seeing resurgences. The U.S. recorded nearly 70,000 new cases, and President Trump canceled part of the Republican National Convention.

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US surpasses 4 million reported coronavirus cases as hospitalizations near record

Thu, 2020-07-23 16:25 — mike kraft
US surpasses 4 million reported coronavirus cases as hospitalizations near record The US on Thursday surpassed 4 million officially recorded Covid-19 cases -- and a quarter of that count came in just the last 15 days. Christina Maxouris and Jason Hanna, CNN CNN

(CNN)The US on Thursday surpassed 4 million officially recorded Covid-19 cases -- and a quarter of that count came in just the last 15 days.

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AP-NORC poll: 3 in 4 Americans back requiring wearing masks

Thu, 2020-07-23 13:14 — mike kraft
AP-NORC poll: 3 in 4 Americans back requiring wearing masks LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three out of four Americans, including a majority of Republicans, favor requiring people to wear face coverings while outside their homes, a new poll finds, reflecting fresh... AP NEWS
 
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three out of four Americans, including a majority of Republicans, favor requiring people to wear face coverings while outside their homes, a new poll finds, reflecting fresh alarm over spiking coronavirus cases and a growing embrace of government advice intended to safeguard public health.
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Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios

Thu, 2020-07-23 09:18 — mike kraft
Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios The study found the planet is most likely to warm 4.1 to 8.1 degrees if carbon dioxide doubles from preindustrial levels. Washington Post
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Are the Kids really safe as President Trump suggested?

Thu, 2020-07-23 08:48 — mike kraft
Are kids safe? POLITICO
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Surge pushes U.S. Hospitals Close to Brink, signaling crisis is widening

Thu, 2020-07-23 08:25 — mike kraft

More people are on track to be hospitalized with the coronavirus in the United States than at any point in the pandemic, a disturbing sign of how the current surge has spread widely and is seriously sickening as many people as ever.

Across the country, 59,628 people were being treated in hospitals on Wednesday, according to the Covid Tracking Project, nearing an earlier peak of 59,940 on April 15, when the center of the outbreak was New York.

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Texas county stores bodies in trucks as state sets one-day record for COVID-19 deaths

Thu, 2020-07-23 08:09 — mike kraft
U.S. coronavirus cases pass four million in rapid acceleration The total number of coronavirus cases reported in the United States passed 4 million on Thursday, reflecting a rapid acceleration of infections detected in the country since the first case was recorded on Jan. 21, a Reuters tally showed. Lisa Shumaker U.S.

 

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