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CDC slowing pace on releasing new coronavirus health guidance

Thu, 2020-10-01 09:43 — mike kraft

CDC slowing pace on releasing new coronavirus health guidance For the last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped issuing new health information related to the novel coronavirus after altering the procedure by which that information was being shared with the American people, sources with direct knowledge of the change told ABC News. The YahooNews

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Washington state emergency responders first to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet in the field

Wed, 2020-09-30 16:56 — mike kraft

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/washington-emergency-responders-use-spacex-starlink-satellite-internet.html

The Starlink satellite internet network that SpaceX is developing has been used in the field by Washington state emergency responders in recent weeks, the first early application of the company’s service to be disclosed.

Washington’s state military, which includes its emergency response division, began employing Starlink user terminals in early August to bring internet service to areas devastated by wildfires. User terminals are the small devices on the ground that connect to the satellites. The emergency division has seven Starlink user terminals, which it is deploying with early success.

“I have never set up any tactical satellite equipment that has been as quick to set up, and anywhere near as reliable” as Starlink, Richard Hall, the emergency telecommunications leader of the Washington State Military Department’s IT division, told CNBC in an interview Monday.

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OPINION: Discussion of unusing the National HIV strategy to counter the coronavirus

Tue, 2020-09-29 15:51 — mike kraft

Could the National HIV Strategy Help Guide the Covid Fight? The Trump administration hasn't created a comprehensive plan for battling the pandemic. Some researchers propose borrowing one from the past. Maryn McKenna Wired

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An expert’s take on what the U.S., U.K did wrong in Covid-19 communications — and what others did right

Fri, 2020-09-18 12:04 — mike kraft

What the U.S. did wrong on Covid-19 — and what others did right When it comes to public health communications and Covid-19, an expert sees clear differences between countries around the world. Rebecca Robbins STAT

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The FDA's new app for frontline doctors could help discover Covid-19 treatments faster

Fri, 2020-09-11 09:13 — mike kraft

The FDA's new app for frontline doctors could help discover Covid-19 treatments faster The Food and Drug Administration's Cure ID app is allowing doctors to communicate about drug therapies. The plan is to more quickly find new uses for old drugs to combat difficult-to-treat diseases like Covid-19. Ryan Prior, CNN CNN

(CNN)In the trenches of the fight against coronavirus, Dr. Raghav Tirupathi often has little time to think and no textbook to follow while treating patients with Covid-19.

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Apple and Google expand coronavirus warning software

Wed, 2020-09-02 19:35 — mike kraft

Apple and Google expand coronavirus warning software Apple and Google announced they expanded their virus warning software, giving U.S. states new options for participating. Reed Albergotti Washington Post

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Coronavirus Doctors Battle Another Scourge: Misinformation

Thu, 2020-08-20 11:39 — mike kraft

Doctors on the front lines of the global pandemic say they are fighting not just the coronavirus, but also increasingly combating a never-ending scourge of misinformation about the disease that is hurting patients.

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Health advisers to the government say hospitals are 'scrambling' after Trump administration's 'abrupt' change to Covid-19 data reporting requirements

Fri, 2020-08-14 11:51 — mike kraft

Health advisers to the government say hospitals are 'scrambling' after Trump administration's 'abrupt' change to Covid-19 data reporting requirements Public health advisers to the US government said they are "extremely concerned" and "troubled" by the Trump administration's decision to change how hospitals report Covid-19 data. Jen Christensen, CNN CNN

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Why Contact Tracing Is Failing in Many States.

Sat, 2020-08-01 11:31 — mike kraft

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Contact tracing, a cornerstone of the public health arsenal to tamp down the coronavirus across the world, has largely failed in the United States; the virus’s pervasiveness and major lags in testing have rendered the system almost pointless. In some regions, large swaths of the population have refused to participate or cannot even be located, further hampering health care workers.

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