Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC study: Teachers key to COVID-19 infections in 1 district
A new study finds that teachers may be more important drivers of COVID-19 transmission in schools than students.
Feb 22, 2021
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News tagged with coronavirus clusters
Medical research
In-depth analysis identifies causes and mitigation efforts in COVID-19 cluster
Hospitals across the United States have gone to great lengths to implement infection control measures to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2. And yet, as the pandemic has unfolded, many health care settings have experienced ...
Feb 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kawasaki disease is not a homogenous disease nor are its triggers
Researchers at University of California San Diego report that while Kawasaki disease (KD) occurs in clusters, the traits, and thus the triggers of the inflammatory disease vary among clusters. The findings are published in ...
Sep 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Genome sequencing tells us the Auckland outbreak is a single cluster—except for one case
Genome sequencing—mapping the genetic sequences of the virus from confirmed COVID-19 cases in a bid to track its spread—is now an integral part of New Zealand's coronavirus response. It is providing greater certainty ...
Aug 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Italy travel linked to 1 in 4 first virus cases outside China: study
People who had visited Italy accounted for more than a quarter of the first reported cases of the new coronavirus outside China, according to a new study that found most initial infections were linked to just three countries.
Jul 31, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals where first cases of COVID-19 outside China may have originated based on case travel histories
Web-based surveillance of the global spread of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) during the first 11 weeks of the outbreak (Dec 31, 2019, to March 10, 2020), reveals that three-quarters (75/99) of affected countries ...
Jul 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Australia posts record number of new virus cases
Australia on Monday posted its highest number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, even as officials expressed hope outbreaks in locked-down Melbourne may have peaked.
Jul 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beijing reports zero virus cases for first time since new outbreak
Beijing on Tuesday reported zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the emergence of a cluster in the Chinese capital in June that prompted fears of a domestic second wave.
Jul 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Identifying clusters central to South Korea's COVID-19 response
South Korean interventions controlled the transmission of COVID-19 quickly, resulting in a smaller epidemic made up of "clusters" of cases.
Jun 1, 2020
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Medical research
The case for DIY masks to slow coronavirus spread
A nationwide chorus is urging the wearing of homemade facemasks in public to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. One voice is that of is physicist Walt de Heer who here explains some of the logic behind wearing the ...
Apr 13, 2020
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