Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

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Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

The Novel Coronavirus And How Isolation And Quarantine Authority Works In Wisconsin

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In the arsenal of weapons available to public health officials for combating outbreaks of infectious disease, quarantines are among their most serious options.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

The Novel Coronavirus, Face Masks And When To Use Them

Will Cushman

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The novel coronavirus sweeping through China and rippling across the globe is invisible to the naked eye, but one of its effects is increasingly conspicuous on sidewalks, public transit and doctors' offices around the world: the widespread use of face masks.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

The Scientific Serendipity Of Wisconsin's First Novel Coronavirus Case

Will Cushman

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A serious new respiratory illness is gaining steam around the world, and epidemiologists, virologists and many other scientists are sprinting to learn as much about it as quickly as possible.