Friday, December 04, 2020
News from Duke
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COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Information for the Duke Community
Dear Duke Health and Duke University colleagues and staff: The FDA is planning to review the interim safety and efficacy data for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on December 10th and the Moderna vaccine on December 17th as part of the process to consider COVID-19 vaccines for an emergency use authorization.
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Gut Microbiome Snapshot Could Reveal Chemical Exposures in Children
Dec 03, 2020
Pratt School of Engineering
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Engineers Develop Heating and Cooling Device That Could Reduce HVAC energy use by nearly 20 percent
Dec 03, 2020
Pratt School of Engineering
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Rapid Testing for Children Barrels Ahead, Despite a Lack of Data
Quotes Dr. Ibukun Akinboyo, a pediatrician and infectious disease expert at Duke
Dec 02, 2020
MSN News, New York Times
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Sign Over I-40 in Durham Could Damage Public Trust About Vaccine Process, Expert Says
Features comments by Thomas Denny, chief operating officer of Duke’s Human Vaccine Institute
Dec 02, 2020
MSN Health, News & Observer
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‘All Hands on Deck’: How Duke and AI for Health Raced to Create a COVID-19 Solution for Patients
Featuring the work and comments of assistant professor of biomedical sciences Amanda Randles and her team at Duke
Dec 02, 2020
Microsoft’s The AI Blog
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Barr Makes Durham a Special Counsel in a Bid to Entrench Scrutiny of the Russia Inquiry
Quotes Samuel Buell, a Duke University law professor and former federal prosecutor
Dec 02, 2020
New York Times
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Texas Prepares for COVID-19 Vaccine
Interview with Dr. Mark McClellan, director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Dec 02, 2020
YouTube, KVUE-Austin
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The COVID-19 Vaccine Will Require Multiple Doses. How Officials Plan to Ensure Compliance
Interview with Dr. Sarah Armstrong, a professor of pediatrics at Duke
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Some Triangle Hospitals Expecting to Have a COVID-19 Vaccine in as Few as 2 Weeks
Features comments by Dr. Joseph Rogers, chief medical officer for Duke Health
Dec 02, 2020
WNCN-Raleigh
News about Duke
Flaws In The Reparations Bill
Commentary co-authored by William Darity Jr.
Dec 04, 2020
The Boston Globe
NC Health Leaders Say ‘No Corners Cut’ With COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Quotes Dr. Thomas Holland, infectious disease doctor at Duke
States Prepare for Coronavirus Vaccine. The Logistics Get Complicated.
Quotes Thomas Denny, chief operating officer of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Dec 04, 2020
Spectrum News Charlotte Online
Donald Trump Can – And Should – Be Stopped From Running In 2024
Op-ed by political scientist Alexander Kirshner
Dec 04, 2020
The Guardian (US)
Perdue Says the SEC ‘Totally Exonerated’ Him, a Thing the SEC Cannot Legally Do
Quotes James Cox, a professor of securities law at Duke, who explained that the absence of charges against a person or company can reflect a number of calculations.
Dec 04, 2020
The Daily Beast
What to Do if You Can’t Find a Job
Quotes Fuqua School adjunct professor Dorie Clark
Dec 04, 2020
The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Company
Meet Preeminent Scholar And Tireless Activist John Hope Franklin
Host Frank Stasio remembers the Duke historian
52 Technologies to Fight Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans
Mentions Duke’s involvement in project
Dec 04, 2020
Science Blog
Duke University’s Nanotech Invention Could Slash US Cooling, Heating Costs By Up To 20%
Quotes Po-Chun Hsu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science
Dec 04, 2020
WRAL Tech Wire
India Biggest Buyer of COVID-19 Vaccine With 1.6 Billion Doses
Cites an analyses from the Global Health Innovation Center
