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BioNTech ramps up vaccine production at another production plant in Germany

Wed, 2021-02-10 20:48 — mike kraft

BioNTech ramps up vaccine production at another production plant in Germany German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine partner, has opened a new production facility in Marburg, Germany to ramp up production of their vaccines. By James Griffiths, Adam Renton, Kara Fox and Christopher Johnson, CNN CNN

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Ford Motor will be producing new style masks that allow improved communication

Wed, 2021-02-10 05:48 — mike kraft

Ford’s next pandemic mission: Clear N95 masks and low-cost air filters The automaker is looking to mass produce masks that will make it easier to communicate and feature medical-grade filtration. Hannah Denham Washington Post

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ANALYSIS: Why Aren’t We Wearing Better Masks?

Thu, 2021-01-14 06:50 — mike kraft

Why Aren’t We Wearing Better Masks? Cloth masks are better than nothing, but they were supposed to be a stopgap measure. Zeynep Tufekci, Jeremy Howard The Atlantic

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OPINION: An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available?

Sat, 2020-12-19 05:32 — mike kraft

An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available? | Adrienne Matei These inventions could help our coronavirus crisis now. But delays mean they may not be adopted until the worst of the pandemic is behind us the Guardian

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How do home tests for coronavirus work

Thu, 2020-12-17 20:57 — mike kraft

How do home tests for coronavirus work? Where can I get one? Rapid tests allow people to test themselves at home and know within minutes whether they have the novel coronavirus. They could be a vital component in stanching the spread of the virus. William Wan Washington Post

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FDA Authorizes 1st Home Coronavirus Test That Doesn't Require A Prescription

Wed, 2020-12-16 03:36 — mike kraft

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-antigen-test-first-over-counter-fully-home-diagnostic

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Facebook bans false claims about COVID-19 vaccines

Thu, 2020-12-03 20:53 — mike kraft

Facebook bans false claims about COVID-19 vaccines Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet Inc's YouTube in October. Katie Paul, Elizabeth Culliford U.S.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday said it would remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts, following a similar announcement by Alphabet Inc’s YouTube in October.

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Time to Upgrade Your Mask?

Sun, 2020-11-29 21:45 — mike kraft

Is it time to upgrade your mask?

By now most of us have settled on a preferred cloth mask to protect ourselves and others from coronavirus. But new research shows that a few simple upgrades in fabric, filters and fit are likely to provide even more protection.

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Building freezer: Germany preps vaccine drive as COVID cases hit 1M

Fri, 2020-11-27 22:18 — mike kraft

Keep cool: Germany preps vaccine drive as COVID cases hit 1M TUTTLINGEN, Germany (AP) — Hulking gray boxes are rolling off the production line at a factory in the southern town of Tuttlingen, ready to be shipped to the front in the next phase of Germany's... AP NEWS

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Health systems are using AI to predict severe Covid-19 cases. But limited data could produce unreliable results

Fri, 2020-11-20 00:23 — mike kraft

Limited data in Covid-19 AI tools could produce unreliable results Some institutions have not published any results showing whether their models to predict a Covid-19 patient's trajectory actually work. Erin Brodwin STAT

As the United States braces for a bleak winter, hospital systems across the country are ramping up their efforts to develop AI systems to predict how likely their Covid-19 patients are to fall severely ill or even die. Yet most of the efforts are being developed in silos and trained on limited datasets, raising crucial questions about their reliability.

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