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In France, a virus cluster splits generations, raises fears

Thu, 2020-07-30 11:33 — mike kraft

A virus cluster in France splits generations, raises fears PARIS (AP) — As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus. An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast... AP NEWS

ARIS (AP) — As the sun went down, their partying got into full flow, with an unwanted guest: the coronavirus.

An outbreak among 18- to 25-year-olds at a seaside resort on the Brittany coast is crystallizing fears that the virus is flaring again in France, on the back of vacationers throwing COVID-19 caution to the summer winds.

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Trends show young adults exposing elders to the virus

Thu, 2020-07-30 11:18 — mike kraft

Young people are infecting older family members in shared homes Front-line caregivers are seeing more older people with covid-19. Young working adults and others who went to bars and restaurants are spreading the virus to relatives. Lenny Bernstein Washington Post

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Where states reopened and cases spiked after the U.S. shutdown

Thu, 2020-07-30 09:23 — mike kraft

Map: Which states are reopening and closing again after coronavirus shutdown Hundreds of millions of people started moving around again. Now, a surge is here, with new restrictions. Washington Post Staff, Ann Gerhart, Thomas Johnson, Monica Ulmanu, Chris Alcantara, Matthew Callahan, Leslie Shapiro, Jacqueline Dupree Washington Post

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Worldwide map of the spread of the novel coronavirus

Thu, 2020-07-30 09:09 — mike kraft

Tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus Reuters maps all places where COVID-19 cases have been confirmed. Gurman Bhatia Reuters

At least 667,650 people globally have died from COVID-19 and 17,118,787 have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes it, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December. The World Health Organization referred to it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

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County by county chart of COVID-19 in the U.S.

Thu, 2020-07-30 08:54 — mike kraft

The novel coronavirus in the U.S. How COVID-19 has spread across the U.S. Samuel Hart Reuters

Tracking the novel coronavirus in the U.S.

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UPDATE: California and Florida hit new daily record high coronavirus deaths

Thu, 2020-07-30 08:45 — mike kraft

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The Coronavirus Could Dodge Some Treatments, Study Suggests

Wed, 2020-07-29 18:45 — mike kraft

In a laboratory in New York City, researchers coaxed a key piece of the coronavirus — its infamous outer “spike” — to mutate so that it became invisible to disease-fighting antibodies, according to a new study that has not yet been published in a scientific journal.

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INTERNATIONAL: Early in the pandemic, doctors traded tips across international boundaries

Wed, 2020-07-29 17:47 — mike kraft

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to... AP NEWS

Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark.

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U.S. virus pandemic splintering into many pieces

Wed, 2020-07-29 15:54 — mike kraft

Once again, the coronavirus is ascendant. As infections mount across the country, it is dawning on Americans that the epidemic is now unstoppable, and that no corner of the nation will be left untouched.

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