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Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. drug manufacturing

Fri, 2020-08-07 01:31 — mike kraft
Trump signs executive order to boost U.S. drug manufacturing President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting U.S. production of medicines and medical equipment, lowering drug prices and protecting the United States against shortfalls in a future pandemic. Jeff Mason U.S.
 
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Model projects nearly 300,000 Americans could die from Covid-19 by December

Fri, 2020-08-07 01:08 — mike kraft
Model projects nearly 300,000 Americans could die from Covid-19 by December Researchers behind an influential model are projecting that the US death toll from coronavirus could reach nearly 300,000 by December 1 -- but that can be changed if Americans consistently wear masks. Madeline Holcombe, Jason Hanna and Ben Tinker, CNN CNN
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ANALYSIS: The coronavirus is never going away--The Atlantic

Thu, 2020-08-06 17:04 — mike kraft
The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away No matter what happens now, the virus will continue to circulate around the world. Sarah Zhang The Atlantic
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ANALYSIS: The Unique failure of the U.S to control the spread of the coronavirusco

Thu, 2020-08-06 16:01 — mike kraft

Nearly every country has struggled to contain the coronavirus and made mistakes along the way.

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Fauci says regulators promise politics will not guide vaccine timing--Reuters interview

Thu, 2020-08-06 00:04 — mike kraft
Exclusive: Fauci says regulators promise politics will not guide vaccine timing U.S. regulators have assured scientists that political pressure will not determine when a coronavirus vaccine is approved even as the White House hopes to have one ready ahead of the November presidential election, the country's leading infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday. Jeff Mason U.S.
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'Too many are selfish': US nears 5 million virus cases

Wed, 2020-08-05 23:47 — mike kraft
'Too many are selfish': US nears 5 million virus cases Fourth of July gatherings, graduation parties, no-mask weddings, crowded bars — there are reasons the U.S. has racked up more than 155,000 coronavirus deaths, by far the most of any country, and is fast approaching an off-the-charts 5 million confirmed infections, easily the highest in the world. Many YahooNews
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Better education advocated for enforcing mask mandates

Wed, 2020-08-05 22:14 — mike kraft
America’s slow, painful shift to enforcing mask mandates Mask enforcement won’t work without education. Lois Parshley Vox

Though 33 states now have face mask mandates, Gov. Pete Ricketts says his state of Nebraska will not be joining them. On Monday, Ricketts doubled down on his conviction that a statewide mask mandate would be too “heavy-handed.”

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Update: U.S. averages more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths for ninth day in a row

Wed, 2020-08-05 02:33 — mike kraft
Live updates: U.S. averages more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths for ninth day in a row The U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 153,000. President Trump said the grim tally “is what it is,” during an interview with “Axios on HBO.” Antonia Farzan, Jennifer Hassan, Lateshia Beachum, Miriam Berger, Kim Bellware, John Wagner, Hamza Shaban, Reis Thebault, Hannah Knowles Washington Post
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OPINION:- Good Covid-19 News From Italy...and Sweden--Bloomberg

Tue, 2020-08-04 17:26 — mike kraft
Italy and Sweden Are Taming The Coronavirus's Potential Second Wave The countries' policies for taming the outbreak couldn't have been more different, but their current success in avoiding a resurgence should be heeded. Lionel Laurent Bloomberg.com
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Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say

Tue, 2020-08-04 16:48 — mike kraft
Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say Fast, frequent testing works best to curb coronavirus outbreaks Science | AAAS
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