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Coronavirus Cases Increase in Jefferson County

Radio Alfa, Creative Commons, some rights reserved “href =” https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/images/49620880236_41ce352dc3_o.jpg “> Coronavirus tests. Photo: Radio Alfa, Creative Commons, some rights reserved July 17, 2020 – This week there has been a significant increase in coronavirus cases in Jefferson County, and health officials reported 26 new cases since Monday. New cases …

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COVID-19 is in the air? – Science and Technology

In the race to develop a treatment for COVID-19, Gilead Sciences may have found a winner with remdesivir. In a study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Gilead, researchers found that the experimental drug inhibited the coronavirus in human lung cell cultures …

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A day in the life of a COVID-19 contact tracer

Tracking contacts is considered a critical tool in the fight to contain coronavirus, but what is it like to get the job done? While medical personnel are working to save COVID-19 lives, it is the contact trackers that can actually stop the spread. READ: ‘Answer the phone’: Michigan health officials …

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