Duke President Reviews ‘Pool Testing’ on CNN’s ‘The Situation Room’
Duke University President Vincent Price talks with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the university’s successful pool testing program during the fall semester
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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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‘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
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Vaccine Institute’s Denny Co-Authors ‘How To’ Manual for College Campuses
Testing strategies against Covid-19 aren’t the only measure, but they’re most important
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From Campus, a Lesson in Controlling the Virus
Notes that some institutions, including Duke and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, have set up extensive testing programs of their own
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Contact Tracing: When Duty Calls
How a diverse team of staff and volunteers filled the need for student contact tracers
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Six From Duke Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows are recognized for their distinguished scientific and social contributions
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Six from Duke Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Elected by their peers for distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications
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Mask Up on Campus: It's Now the Law
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Virtual 'Venture Day' Brings Duke and UNC Startups Before Investors
First shared presentation helped bring in more investors
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President Price Talks with CNN's Wolf Blitzer About Duke's Pool Testing Program
Video of Duke President Reviews “Pool Testing” on CNN’s The Situation Room In a CNN interview Saturday night, President Vincent Price described Duke's pool testing program and other aspects of the university's multifaceted effort to protect campus and community health.
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Duke President Reviews ‘Pool Testing’ on CNN’s ‘The Situation Room’
Duke University President Vincent Price talks with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the university’s successful pool testing program during the fall semester
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