Tipoffs for Maine (New England)
How Broad Institute Converted a Clinical Processing Lab Into a Large-Scale COVID-19 Testing Facility in a Matter of Days
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The Broad Institute issued the following news release:
On Monday, March 9, 2020, Broad Institute core member Deborah Hung spoke urgently with her colleague at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), Michael Mina, the associate medical director of the clinical microbiology laboratory and director of molecular virology diagnostics at the hospital. Hung, co-director of the Broad Institute's Infectious Diseases and Microbiome Program, is on the medical front lines
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University of Massachusetts Amherst: Urgent Research Shows Face Masks Can Be Safely Reused by Pandemic Medical Workers
AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news:
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- Findings from UMass Amherst scientist may ease critical equipment shortage
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Medical face masks, which have fallen into short supply during the COVID-19 pandemic, endangering both frontline health care workers and their patients, may be safely reused after sterilization, according to initial results from urgent research conducted this week by a University of Massachusetts
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University of New England: Tom Meuser Discusses Efforts to Assist Older Adults During COVID-19 Crisis With Maine Public
BIDDEFORD, Maine, March 28 -- The University of New England issued the following news release:
Tom Meuser, Ph.D., director of the Center for Excellence in Aging and Health (CEAH), was a special guest caller on Maine Public's "Maine Calling" program.
The topic of the program was the impact of the coronavirus on older adults and the support that is available to them.
"What I'm hearing from folks is that there is an increase of anxiety and worry over this situation," Meuser told host Jennifer Ro
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