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Category: Coronavirus

Coronavirus, Prevention, Public Health

Where is COVID-19 transmitted in King County?

November 25, 2020

Report shows most common exposure settings are homes, workplaces, community and social gatherings.

Coronavirus, Laboratory Medicine, Public Health

No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic

November 23, 2020

Rather than being an artifact of changes in testing policy, the rise in cases reflects ongoing transmission and serious illness.

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Coronavirus, Health Policy, Politics

What Biden Can Do to Combat COVID Right Now

November 23, 2020

Should he set up a shadow COVID effort, to compete with the Trump administration’s task force?

Coronavirus, Healthcare Providers, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

Rural hospitals are under siege from COVID-19 . . . here’s what doctors are facing, in their own words

November 20, 2020

In many communities, the goodwill seen early in the pandemic has given way to COVID fatigue and anger, making it hard to implement public health measures

Coronavirus, Prevention

Here are a 12 things you can do to help stop COVID-19

November 20, 2020

Ultimately, lowering the staggering numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths lies squarely with us.

Coronavirus, Prevention

Fear of Flying Is a COVID-Era Conundrum

November 20, 2020

“Relatives getting on a plane, being exposed in an airport, and then walking in the door and saying ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ — that you have to be concerned about.”

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Coronavirus, Prevention

What fabric should you make your face mask from?

November 19, 2020

Our tests indicated that more suitable fabrics included felted wool, with 36% filtration efficiency, and quilting cotton, with 35% efficiency.

Biotechnology, Coronavirus, Vaccines

Government-Funded Scientists Laid the Groundwork for Billion-Dollar Vaccines

November 18, 2020

The coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna rely heavily on two fundamental discoveries that emerged from federally funded research.

Lieutenant (junior grade) Natasha McClinton, a surgical nurse, prepares a patient for a procedure in the intensive care unit aboard the U.S. the hospital ship USNS Comfort. The ship cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus

The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave

November 17, 2020

I’m exhausted and infuriated to be doing the same interviews and hearing the same stories for a third time. Why haven’t we learned?

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Brain and Nervous System, Coronavirus, Mental Health, Public Health

How Your Brain Tricks You Into Taking Risks During the Pandemic

November 17, 2020

The unprecedented nature of the pandemic undermines how we process information and assess risk. Need proof? Look around.

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Coronavirus, Politics, Public Health

GOP Lawsuits Restrain Governors’ COVID-19 Actions

November 17, 2020

Republican say governors need legislative approval to shut down businesses, require mask-wearing or force residents to stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
Coronavirus, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington

Patients admitted to hospital with higher COVID-19 levels more likely to die in next 30 days, UW study finds

November 16, 2020

Patients who had already made antibodies against the virus on admission tended to have lower virus levels and may do better, the findings suggest..

Coronavirus, Prevention, Public Health

Inslee announces statewide COVID-19 restrictions for four-weeks

November 15, 2020

The restrictions go into effect Monday, November 16 at 11:59 PM

Biotechnology, Coronavirus, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals, Vaccines

Rural hospitals can’t afford ultra-cold freezers to store the leading Covid-19 vaccine

November 11, 2020

The vaccine has to be stored at -70 degrees Celsius. Typical freezers don’t get that cold, making distribution of this vaccine a logistical nightmare.

Coronavirus, Prevention

As the pandemic dragged on, the young resumed risky behaviors earlier than the elderly

November 11, 2020

Women, racial minorities and people with left-leaning political views were more likely to limit risk.

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