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Could You Have Covid-19? Soon Your Smartwatch or Smart Ring Might Tell You- Wearable devices with sensors that continuously gather your temperature, heart rate and blood oxygen could become personal warning systems for the coronavirus
WSJ, July 28, 2020

Seek COVER: Development and validation of a personalized risk calculator for COVID-19 outcomes in an international network
RD Williams et al, MERXIV, July 27, 2020

We developed and validated COVID-19 Estimated Risk (COVER) scores that quantify a patient's risk of hospital admission (COVER-H), requiring intensive services (COVER-I), or fatality (COVER-F) in the 30-days following COVID-19 diagnosis. We analyzed a federated network of electronic medical records and claims data from 14 data sources and 6 countries.

Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
NIH News, July 27, 2020 

A Phase 3 clinical trial designed to evaluate if an investigational vaccine can prevent symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults has begun. The vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, was co-developed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Coronavirus research updates: Mutations allow virus to elude antibodies
Nature News, July 28, 2020

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 might help the virus to thwart potent immune molecules. The blood of many people who recover from COVID-19 contains immune-system molecules called neutralizing antibodies that disable particles of the new coronavirus. Most such antibodies recognize the new coronavirus’s spike protein, which the virus uses to infect cells.

Oligonucleotide capture sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome and subgenomic fragments from COVID-19 individuals
HV Doddapanenni et al, BIORXIV, July 27, 2020

Evolution And Genetic Diversity Of SARSCoV-2 In Africa Using Whole Genome Sequences
BO Motayo et al, BIORXIV, July 27, 2020

Predicting the Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Clades
S Jain et al, BIORXIV, July 27, 2020

As Covid-19 surges, researchers amass lung scans to build AI systems for patient care
C Ross, Stat News, July 27, 2020

Why (and how) COVID-19 could move us closer to the "health information for all" goal
M Capocasa et al, MEDRXIV, July 27, 2020