Category: Bio-Defense Network Team

Johns Hopkins University and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials published a well-documented white paper “A National Plan […]

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While most discussions have focused on countries’ use of surveillance technology, contact tracing is actually a fairly manual process. After […]

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Lauran Neergaard and Hallah Fingerhut, report that only about half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if […]

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STAT’s Helen Branswell writes that new research has poured cold water on the theory that the Covid-19 outbreak in Washington […]

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The Hill’s Peter Sullivan writes that the U.S. is likely to enter a period of “slow burn” of coronavirus cases […]

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Tony Bizjak and Alexandra Yoon Hendricks write in the Sacramento Bee that California state health officials have launched an unprecedented […]

Read More… from California Rushes to Build an Army of Coronavirus Detectives

Shreya Kangovi writes for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement that the US National Governor’s Association and public health experts have recommended a multibillion dollar […]

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An elite cadre of 20th-century syphilis hunters can teach us a lot about what it takes to stop infections. Kate […]

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Joel Achenbach, Rachel Weiner and Isaac Stanley-Becker write in the Washington Post that the coronavirus may still be spreading at epidemic rates in 24 states, particularly […]

Read More… from Study estimates 24 states still have uncontrolled coronavirus spread

STAT’s Helen Branswell writes that with a little luck and a lot of science, the world might in the not-too-distant […]

Read More… from The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power