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Randy Kates
Apps
COVID tracing app roundup: All of the countries and US states that currently offer exposure notification apps
androidpolice.com - Matthew Sholtz
A running list of Android COVID tracing apps If you're looking for your country's or state's official COVID Exposure Notification System app, you …
1 hour ago
Randy Kates
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
What can we expect from first-generation COVID-19 vaccines?
thelancet.com - Malik Peiris
A first generation of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to gain approval as soon as the end of 2020 or early 2021. A popular assumption is that these …
16 hours ago
Randy Kates
News
CDC abruptly removes new guidance on coronavirus airborne transmission
ABC News - Anne Flaherty
The CDC said the guidance had been posted on its website "in error." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that it made a mistake …
15 hours ago
Randy Kates
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Why our minds can't make sense of COVID-19's enormous death toll
National Geographic - Sarah Elizabeth Richards
As we reach grim milestones—200,000 dead in the U.S. and one million globally—our new challenge is overcoming the natural tendency to go numb. When the COVID-19 pandemic started nine months ago, the current...
16 hours ago
Randy Kates
156 Nations Agree to 'Landmark' Coronavirus Vaccine Allocation Deal
Health
Governments say they'll prioritize healthcare and front-line workers when a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, pushing back against "vaccine nationalism." Plus, the Centers for Disease Control withdraws guidance it posted over the weekend saying airborne coronavirus transmission was possible, the U.K.'s top science adviser warns the country could see 50,000 new cases a day as infections rise, and how the virus impacts your heart.
19 hours ago