Krishna “Just Stay Home” Komanduri
Chief, Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, @SylvesterCancer, @ASTCT Past President, viruses, immunity, father of 4, #bmtsm Previously MIT/UMN/UCLA/UCSF/MDACC
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Health agency halts coronavirus ad campaign, leaving Santa Claus in the cold — The Wall Street Journal
A federal health agency halted a public-service coronavirus advertising campaign funded by $250 million in taxpayer money after it offered a special vaccine deal to an unusual set of essential workers: Santa Claus performers.
Krishna “Just Stay Home” Komanduri
Read this. It’s mind boggling and stretches credibility. The $250M campaign aimed at limiting despair included a deal where Santas and elves would spread hope in exchange for early #vaccine access. Real government #COVID19 policy by @TheOnion.
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Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States
A modeling study using case and mortality data from the first 8 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States explores five potential future scenarios of social distancing mandates and mask use at the state level, with projections of the...
Will masks become the 'new normal' even after the pandemic has passed? Some Americans say so
Some Americans are realizing that wearing a mask isn't a big deal. Even after the crisis has passed, they'd keep wearing them in crowded places, especially with a cough or sniffle.
Dr. Glenn Flores Named Chair of Pediatrics at Miller School
Glenn Flores, M.D., FAAP, director of the Health Services Research Institute at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, has been named chair of the Department of...
Salesforce CEO gives all employees Election Day off, encourages others to join campaign
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff confirmed today in a tweet that the company will be giving all employees across the globe the day off to vote on Election Day, November 3, and encouraged other companies to make a commitment to do the same.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid Bennu - OSIRIS-REx Mission
Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements – acquiring at...
The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives
The pandemic death toll could be lowered by next spring if more Americans wear masks, a new analysis finds.
GOV. NOEM: Update on South Dakota’s COVID-19 response
It has been nearly eight months since COVID-19 first hit our state. Though there is still much to learn, we are fortunate to have a much better sense of the
Live update from the city after reports of all-time high COVID-19 spike
El Paso County reported an all-time high new COVID-19 cases with 1,161 and four additional deaths Thursday.
Reliability of Laboratory-Developed Tests Called Into Question - Cancer Therapy Advisor
A recent HHS announcement addressed all LDTs, including those used for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cancer.
Pinellas Sheriff will station deputies outside early voting sites
The decision came after Wednesday evening when two armed security guards were spotted among people campaigning for candidates outside the early voting site in downtown St. Petersburg.
Iran Is Behind Threatening Emails Sent to Influence Election, U.S. Officials Say
Both Iran and Russia have obtained voter information, the officials warned, but there was no indication that any votes themselves have been altered.
Krishna “Just Stay Home” Komanduri
Alternate headline: #Iran and #Russia endorse @realdonaldtrump. #Vote #Election2020
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Health Care – Joe Biden for President
“When we passed the Affordable Care Act, I told President Obama it was a big deal – or something to that effect.” — Joe Biden in Dubuque, Iowa, April 30, 2019 SHARE ON FACEBOOK → SHARE ON TWITTER → On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the...
Images Before and After Spacecraft Touchdown on Bennu - OSIRIS-REx Mission
Captured on Oct. 20 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of 2 images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view at the moment before and after the NASA spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu’s...
Overwhelmed by cases, North Dakota tells residents with COVID-19 to do their own contact tracing | Grand Forks Herald
BISMARCK — North Dakota is now asking residents who test positive for COVID-19 to inform their own close contacts of the diagnosis as a recent surge in new cases of the virus has overloaded the state's contact tracing operation.
62nd ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition
The premier event in malignant and non-malignant hematology, the ASH annual meeting highlights the highest-caliber science and the most important areas of clinical progress in hematology.
Patient Information: What Is Herd Immunity?
This JAMA Patient Page describes what herd immunity is, how it limits disease spread, and how it is achieved in a population either by vaccination or by infection and recovery from a disease.
Elect Joe Biden. Reject Donald Trump.
Our View: In 2016, we broke tradition in urging you not to vote for Trump. Now we're making our first presidential endorsement. We hope it's our last.
Lawyers: We can't find parents of 545 kids separated by Trump admin
About two-thirds of the 1,000 plus parents separated from their kids under a 2017 pilot program were deported before a federal judge ordered they be found.