06/17/2020
Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.
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Do Your Genes Place You At High Risk For COVID-19?
E Matloff, Forbes, June 17, 2020
Age-dependent effects in the transmission and control of COVID-19 epidemics
NG Davies, et al. Nature Medicine, June 16, 2020
Disease and healthcare burden of COVID-19 in the United States
IF Miller et al, Nature Medicine, June 16, 2020
Impact of Host Genomics on COVID-19: What We Know and Don’t Know
CDC Webinar, July 23, 2020
Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives
H Ledford, Nature News, June 16, 2020
How deadly is the coronavirus? Scientists are close to an answer
S Malapaty, Nature News, June 16, 2020
Frequency of genomic secondary findings among 21,915 eMERGE network participants
Emerge Working Group, Genetics in Medicine, June 17, 2020
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