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USA TODAY: 'It's going to be a long road': His father developed the polio vaccine. This is what he thinks about COVID-19.

Fri, 2020-12-25 08:56 — mdmcdonald

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Vaccination, COVID-19, polio

'It's going to be a long road': His father developed the polio vaccine. This is what he thinks about COVID-19.
Dr. Peter Salk was one of the first children to receive his father's vaccine in 1953. Here's what he thinks could happen with the COVID-19 vaccines.

Read in USA TODAY: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/25/covid-vaccine-salks-son-talks-polio-vaccine-future-coronavirus/3940623001/

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NIH awards ore than $107M in broad effort to find new COVID-19 testing, surveillance ideas

Wed, 2020-12-23 19:59 — mike kraft

More than $107M awarded by NIH in broad effort to find radical COVID-19 testing, surveillance ideas - Homeland Preparedness News As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded more than $107 million to support new, non-traditional means of plugging gaps in COVID-19 testing and surveillance, as well as to develop platforms for future outbreaks. … Read More » Chris Galford Homeland Preparedness News

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As Virus Spreads, C.D.C. Draws Up an Urgent Battle Plan

Sat, 2020-12-05 14:35 — mike kraft

With coronavirus infections soaring across the nation, federal health officials on Friday urged Americans in the most forceful language yet to take steps to protect themselves — starting with consistent, proper use of masks — and pressed local governments to adopt 10 public health measures deemed necessary to contain the pandemic.

The guidance reflected deep concern at the agency that the pandemic is spiraling further out of control and that many hospitals are reaching a breaking point, potentially disrupting health care across the country.

Agency officials have issued increasingly stark warnings in the waning weeks of the Trump administration, and President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has promised a new national strategy to turn back the virus. On Thursday, Mr. Biden said he would call on Americans to wear facial coverings for 100 days.

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Spit in a Tube and Mail It In: A New Frontier in Coronavirus Testing

Fri, 2020-12-04 11:04 — mike kraft

FULLERTON, Calif. — The post-Thanksgiving rush for coronavirus testing is on: Pharmacies in the Southern California suburbs are advising customers lucky enough to score appointments that it could be four days before they receive results. In Chelsea, Mass., a line of people who hoped for testing, pelted by rain and wind, strung along an entire block early this week. In Atlanta, people have idled in cars, sometimes for hours, to get swabbed at drive-throughs.

Testing has long been one of the keys to controlling the spread of a virus that with the onset of winter is entering its most dangerous phase. Yet even as cases per capita have rocketed, securing a test has become enough of an ordeal that many people have been dissuaded from even trying.

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Safe Dining in style: German cooking school gets creative with camper van dinners

Tue, 2020-12-01 14:37 — mike kraft

German cooking school gets creative with camper van dinners A cooking school in northern Germany has taken the concept of "meals on wheels" to new levels to stay afloat during a partial lockdown, offering candlelight dinners for those willing to bring their own camper van and dine in it. Reuters Staff U.S.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A cooking school in northern Germany has taken the concept of “meals on wheels” to new levels to stay afloat during a partial lockdown, offering candlelight dinners for those willing to bring their own camper van and dine in it.

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A gym trainer exposed 50 athletes to Covid-19, but no one else got sick because of a ventilation redesign

Sat, 2020-11-21 15:21 — mike kraft

A gym trainer exposed 50 athletes to Covid-19, but no one else got sick because of a ventilation redesign A Virginia gym owner thought she had a nightmare scenario on her hands when she learned that 50 athletes were potentially exposed to Covid-19 particles by one of the gym's coaches. But not a single member ended up contracting the virus, thanks to the extra safety precautions and ventilation measures she put in place. Mallory Hughes, CNN CNN

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Robots in hospitals are joining the fight against coronavirus in India

Thu, 2020-11-12 17:36 — mike kraft

Robots are joining the fight against coronavirus in India In India, a handful of hospitals are using robots to assist healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic. Isabelle Gerretsen, CNN Business CNN

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The COVID challenge : How to Make Buildings Breathe Better

Mon, 2020-11-09 17:58 — mike kraft

The Next Covid Dilemma: How to Make Buildings Breathe Better Better indoor ventilation systems could make people safer and healthier—and not just because they’d slow down the coronavirus. Adam Rogers Wired

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Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults

Mon, 2020-10-26 12:26 — mike kraft

Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults One of the world's leading COVID-19 experimental vaccines produces an immune response in both young and old adults, raising hopes of a path out of the gloom and economic destruction wrought by the novel coronavirus. Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Kelland, Kate Holton U.S.

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Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join to Combat Covid Misinformation

Fri, 2020-10-23 19:57 — mike kraft

As part of efforts to stop the spread of false information about the coronavirus pandemic, Wikipedia and the World Health Organization announced a collaboration on Thursday: The health agency will grant the online encyclopedia free use of its published information, graphics and videos.

The collaboration is the first between Wikipedia and a health agency.

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