COVID-19 testing rates drop in Berkeley, researchers raise concerns

As COVID-19 testing rates fall and new viral variants emerge, researchers may be blindsided in their ability to address the variants without test data.
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As COVID-19 testing rates fall and new viral variants emerge, researchers may be blindsided in their ability to address the variants without test data.
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Two-year-old Edith Heines watched the blood as it pooled and snaked across the white tiles of her home. Moments earlier, two Gestapo men had kicked down the 400-year old door of her family’s house and brutally tortured the family’s housemate.
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In a press release Tuesday, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín announced the city has vaccinated half its population with at least one dose.
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Touching on the economic aspect behind decarbonization, Sarah Raskin, former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and former deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, spoke at a virtual Berkeley Forum event Monday.
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Toxic nitrogen dioxide gas — an invisible and odorless air pollutant with the potential to cause health issues with long-term exposure — can be found in many places.
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Newly admitted UC Berkeley freshmen looking for a smaller, close-knit environment can now choose to start their college journey at Mills College, a small liberal arts school 16 minutes away from the UC Berkeley campus.
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Marking a large step toward making research freely available to all, the UC system struck an open publishing deal with research publishing giant Elsevier.
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Adobe Creative Cloud, Zoom Pro and laptop borrowing programs are all services covered by the Student Technology Fund, or STF, fee which was recently added to the April ballot for renewal by the ASUC Senate.
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Khwal Rafique, a UC Berkeley sophomore, is running independently for ASUC president on a platform rooted in the “ABCs”: accessibility, belonging and connection.
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In the last few years, deadly waves of an opioid epidemic have swept across the United States, hitting rural areas especially hard and leaving millions of impacted lives in its wake.
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