With the pixl platform, customers can now generate fast sample-to-answer results on a portable, compact device. We expect the expanded EUA to provide broader access to clinical laboratories for decentralized PCR-based testing, enabling faster, better,... https://t.co/FyIjY59J8P
Some Alabama districts are set to return to classrooms as early as Aug. 5, while others have opted out of in-person instruction altogether. https://t.co/UUVJg67oPp
Survey of people with COVID-19 in Colorado finds half reported close contact with someone with symptoms of or lab-confirmed COVID-19 in the 14 days before showing symptoms. If you have #COVID19 symptoms, stay home and avoid contact with others. @CDCMMWR https://t.co/urssmS60ac
Thanks to fast work by @UWVirology we now know that there are at least two #COVID19 transmission chains circulating in the greater Seattle area. We're working on revised prevalence estimates.
Further #SARSCoV2 genome data now released using @nanopore and @NetworkArtic protocol, providing insights into Canadian and Brazilian strains. Oxford @Nanopore continues to support Public Health labs; read more & get in touch here: https://t.co/bhMec6O9qe #COVID2019#COVID_2019
@seattleflustudy This case, WA2, is on a branch in the evolutionary tree that descends directly from WA1, the first reported case in the USA sampled Jan 19, also from Snohomish County, viewable here: https://t.co/gxyo0PsJ7x 2/9
Journals have sensibly removed paywalls for COVID-19 manuscripts. I'd quite like to see the popular press do the same for COVID-19 articles (at least, the useful, sensible ones) how about it @washingtonpost@thetimes@nytimes ?
Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun