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Some of the latest #Covid19 updates from the publications, journalists, and experts Undark is following. Friday, April 10, 2020, 10:30 a.m. (EDT). 
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Antibody tests that would verify whether a person recently had the novel coronavirus could be available within a week, according to the nation's top infectious disease expert. (By @dakinandone and @FaithMKarimi for @CNN) (1/15) https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html
Widespread use of unproven treatments like hydroxychloroquine could be muddying clinical trials of other interventions. (By @Sara_Talpos for @undarkmag) (2/15) https://undark.org/2020/04/09/hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-clinical-trials-harder/
Hospitals have deferred or canceled surgeries, but that triage maneuver cut off a main source of income, causing some hospitals to let go or cut pay for health care workers. (By @shaneharris, @JustinSondel, @SchneiderG for @washingtonpost) (3/15) https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/starved-for-cash-hospitals-and-doctor-groups-cut-staff-amid-pandemic/2020/04/09/d3593f54-79a7-11ea-a130-df573469f094_story.html
Workers have been contracted to bury coffins on Hart Island, which has been long been used as a burial site for those with no known next of kin or whose family are unable to arrange a funeral. (By @Lucas_Jackson_, @reuters_nyphoto for @reuters) (4/15) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hart-island/new-york-city-hires-laborers-to-bury-dead-in-hart-island-potters-field-amid-coronavirus-surge-idUSKCN21R398
French President Emmanuel Macron traveled yesterday to meet microbiologist Didier Raoult, whose small, controversial studies on hydroxychloroquine have sparked wide interest in the drug. (By @yvessciama for @NewsFromScience) (5/15) https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/france-s-president-fueling-hype-over-unproven-coronavirus-treatment
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has declared a two-week ceasefire in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. (By @NicRobertsonCNN, @mtawfeeqCNN, @HamdiAlkhshali for @CNN) (6/15) https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/middleeast/saudi-yemen-coronavirus-ceasefire-intl/index.html
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is stepping back from a plan to end support today for community-based #Covid19 testing sites around the country. (By @jeffbradynews for @npr) (7/15) https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/09/830805038/in-reversal-federal-support-for-coronavirus-testing-sites-continues
Targeting a cellular receptor known as ACE2 is one pathway among dozens researchers are exploring as they race to find drugs that could help bring the pandemic under control. (By @sheridan_kate for @statnews) (8/15) https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/10/coronavirus-ace-2-receptor/
The proposal could be “a game-changer moment for animal protection in China,” said a spokesperson for Humane Society International. The organization estimates that 10 million dogs a year are killed in China for meat. (By @DavidStanway for @reuters) (9/15) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-dogs/china-reclassifies-dogs-as-pets-not-livestock-in-post-virus-regulatory-push-idUSKCN21R1VI
Faced with a spike in deaths from what the tribal health department calls Dikos NtsaaĂgĂĂ-19 — or #Covid19 — Navajo officials are putting up checkpoints, assembling field hospitals, and instituting curfews. (By @viaSimonRomero for @nytimes) (10/15) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/coronavirus-navajo-nation.html
There’s no evidence that bats can transmit #SARSCoV2 directly to humans. But the U.S. government is worried the reverse may not be true, which could imperil bat populations or risk creating a new viral reservoir. ( @MZDonahue for @washingtonpost) (11/15) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-advises-suspending-bat-research-over-concerns-coronavirus-could-infect-north-american-species/2020/04/09/1aabcf52-7a8e-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html
Uncertainty over whether it is the virus itself — or the immune system’s response — that ultimately overwhelms a patient’s organs, is making it difficult for doctors to determine the best way to treat patients. (By @heidiledford for @NatureNews) (12/15) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01056-7
Masks offer limited protection, and work better when combined with hand washing and social distancing. To get the most benefit, avoid these common mistakes. (By @taraparkerpope for @nytimes) (13/15) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/well/live/coronavirus-face-mask-mistakes.html
Color Of Change, a nonprofit that advocates for racial equality, is meeting today with Zoom to demand that the company do more to stop harassment on its video-conferencing platform, according to @npr. (By @shannonpareil) (14/15) https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/831379995/racial-slurs-and-swastikas-fuel-civil-rights-pressure-on-zoom
Most U.S. churches are expected to be closed on Sunday, following authorities’ and health experts' recommendations to avoid crowds to limit the spread of #Covid19. But not all of them. (By Rich McKay for @reuters) (15/15) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-easter-usa/some-defiant-u-s-churches-plan-easter-services-ignoring-public-health-guidelines-idUSKCN21S10Y
