Category: Public Health

Pandemic will likely ‘get worse before it gets better,’ Trump says; US inks deal for 100M vaccine doses — 4 COVID-19 updates

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Bingeing on Doom: Expert on the ‘Black Death’ Attracts Cult Following

A 2016 series on the 14th-century plague became must-see TV during spring’s COVID-19 outbreak — and flooded Purdue medievalist Dorsey Armstrong with questions about parallels between that pandemic and the current crisis.

Essential and in Danger: Coronavirus Sickens, Even Kills Public Health Workers

As the coronavirus threatens the nation’s public health army, an outbreak in Maryland reflects the tension between serving the community and protecting workers from a deadly disease.

Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread

‘Germicidal’ ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne microbes. It’s now being used in some restaurants and on subways.

COVID-19 cases may be 6 to 24 times higher than reported in some areas, CDC says

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Stopping ‘superspreaders’ could slam brakes on pandemic, professor says

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Texas county threatens criminal prosecution of those not complying with coronavirus order

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31% of Americans believe COVID-19 death toll is less than official count, survey finds

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US records smallest daily case increase in 1 week; 7 states see record hospitalizations — 5 COVID-19 updates

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NIH Project Homes In on COVID Racial Disparities

The pandemic has given the National Institutes of Health an opportunity to show the value of its $1.5 billion “All of Us” research program. A major effort to make the platform’s database representative of America resulted in minorities making up more than half of its more than 270,000 volunteers.