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CDC Director Robert Redfield and HHS Chief Information Officer Jose Arrieta provided an update for the media on HHS efforts to gather and disseminate real-time hospital data on COVID-19. Below are their statements as prepared for delivery.(July, 15, 2020.)

(Editors note: This news conference was held in response to reports that the administration was requiring that COVID-19 dfata be submitted directly to HHS, instead of the CDC.)

(Excerpts from Dr.Redfield's statement:

"We at CDC know that the lifeblood of public health is data. Collecting and disseminating that data as rapidly as possible is our top priority, and the reason for the policy change we’re discussing today.

As many of you know, CDC operates a system called the National Health Safety Network. This is an important surveillance system in our nation’s hospitals, which focuses on fighting antibiotic resistance.

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Testing Backlogs May Cloud the True Spread of the Coronavirus

Mon, 2020-07-20 11:33 — mike kraft

Public health experts say delays in testing continue to hinder attempts to track and contain the spread of disease.

As demand for coronavirus testing surges around the nation, laboratories that process samples are again experiencing backlogs that have left anxious patients and their doctors waiting days — sometimes a week or more — for results.

At the city and state levels, testing delays could mask persistent rises in case numbers and could cloud ways to combat the coronavirus, as health officials continue to find themselves one step behind the virus’s rapid and often silent spread, experts said.

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updates: L.A. 'on the brink' of reclosing; Jack Nicklaus has antibodies; Russian elites getting vaccine?

Mon, 2020-07-20 11:15 — mike kraft

Coronavirus updates: L.A. 'on the brink' of reclosing; Jack Nicklaus has antibodies; Russian elites getting vaccine? As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Los Angeles' mayor says the city may shut down again. The Bahamas is now closed to U.S. travelers. YahooNews

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Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count

Mon, 2020-07-20 09:11 — mike kraft

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county. nytimes

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Updates: Trump challenged over claims as L.A. mayor warns city ‘on the brink’ of new stay-home order

Sun, 2020-07-19 14:47 — mike kraft

Coronavirus updates: Trump challenged over claims as L.A. mayor warns city ‘on the brink’ of new stay-home order Coronavirus infections rose in states across the country over the past week, with more than a dozen states on Saturday reaching record highs in their seven-day averages for new daily cases. Derek Hawkins, Felicia Sonmez Washington Post

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Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic

Sun, 2020-07-19 11:55 — mike kraft

‘Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic Most spread the virus to only a few people — or none at all. But a small percentage transmit it with alarming efficiency, studies show. Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post

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Symptom tracker app reveals six distinct types of COVID-19 infection

Sun, 2020-07-19 10:47 — mike kraft

Symptom tracker app reveals six distinct types of COVID-19 infection British scientists analysing data from a widely-used COVID-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms. Reuters Editorial U.S.

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists analysing data from a widely-used COVID-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms.

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Israeli doctor reinfected with coronavirus 3 months after recovering

Sun, 2020-07-19 10:17 — mike kraft

Israeli doctor reinfected with coronavirus 3 months after recovering This is the second case at Sheba Medical Center in which a patient recovered from the virus and was subsequently reinfected. The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com

JERUSALEM--A doctor from Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan (a suburb of Tel Aviv) has been confirmed as infected with the coronavirus, three months after she recovered from the virus, according to Channel 13.

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