With all this holiday travel, why don’t airports have COVID-sniffing dogs?
Data and Metrics Testing and Contact Tracing
Lauren Hale, PhD MA
A: As noted in prior posts, highly trained dogs have the incredible capacity to successfully detect the odor of people with COVID-19 by sniffing human sweat. Pilot programs using COVID-sniffing dogs to detect infection among potential passengers have already launched in airports in Finland, the United Arab Emirates, and most recently Chile. These pilot projects Read more…
December 26, 2020
Are there any new heroines of the pandemic that you can highlight?
Uncategorized
A: Yes! We love lifting up the tireless work of female clinicians and scientists in this pandemic, and we are delighted to share a little bit about Dr. Sara Oliver, a member of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). Sara Oliver, MD, MSPH is an EIS Officer at the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Read more…
December 26, 2020
¿Puede comentar sobre el uso del jarabe de saúco y COVID?
Posts en Español Treatments Uncertainty and Misinformation
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
P: Estamos en la temporada de cuando le doy jarabe de saúco a mi familia como prevención de la influenza, pero he leído que pueda agravar algunos síntomas del COVID. R: No se han realizado estudios científicos sobre el uso de jarabe de saúco para prevenir o tratar COVID-19. De la misma manera, no ha Read more…
A: As noted in prior posts, highly trained dogs have the incredible capacity to successfully detect the odor of people with COVID-19 by sniffing human sweat. Pilot programs using COVID-sniffing dogs to detect infection among potential passengers have already launched in airports in Finland, the United Arab Emirates, and most recently Chile. These pilot projects Read more…
Are there any new heroines of the pandemic that you can highlight?
UncategorizedA: Yes! We love lifting up the tireless work of female clinicians and scientists in this pandemic, and we are delighted to share a little bit about Dr. Sara Oliver, a member of the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). Sara Oliver, MD, MSPH is an EIS Officer at the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Read more…
¿Puede comentar sobre el uso del jarabe de saúco y COVID?
Posts en Español Treatments Uncertainty and Misinformation
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
P: Estamos en la temporada de cuando le doy jarabe de saúco a mi familia como prevención de la influenza, pero he leído que pueda agravar algunos síntomas del COVID. R: No se han realizado estudios científicos sobre el uso de jarabe de saúco para prevenir o tratar COVID-19. De la misma manera, no ha Read more…
P: Estamos en la temporada de cuando le doy jarabe de saúco a mi familia como prevención de la influenza, pero he leído que pueda agravar algunos síntomas del COVID. R: No se han realizado estudios científicos sobre el uso de jarabe de saúco para prevenir o tratar COVID-19. De la misma manera, no ha Read more…