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  • Pregnancy, Breastfeeding & COVID-19

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode: 

    • Agonizing Lag in Coronavirus Research Puts Pregnant Women and Babies at Risk (Pro Publica)
    • Evaluation and Management Considerations for Neonates At Risk for COVID-19 (CDC)
    • Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's Statement on Coronavirus



    31 min
  • COVID News Updates: "Long-Haulers", Testing Info, Airborne Data & More

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode: 

    • Meet the Covid-19 'long-haulers' whose symptoms won't seem to go away (Advisory Board)
    • COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months (The Atlantic)
    • COVID-19 Update: Airborne Virus Controversy, Stem Cells (Medscape)
    • Here’s Exactly Where We Are with Vaccines and Treatments for COVID-19 (HealthLine)
    • Council votes to make face masks mandatory in Columbia (Columbia Missourian)


    28 min
  • Mandatory Mask Policies

    Community members have until 4:00 pm today (July 6) to submit a comment on the mask ordinance by emailing . The Council requests that written public comments include the agenda item being commented on and the name and address of the person submitting the comment. Members of the public can also give a three minute public statement in-person at the 7:00 pm meeting at the Council Chambers, located at 701 E. Broadway.

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode: 

    • Columbia City Council July 6 Meeting Agenda
    • Mandatory mask ordinance up for City Council vote Monday (Columbia Missourian)
    • Proposed Mask Ordinance for Columbia
    36 min
  • New Antibody Data for Missouri & More

    Links to resources mentioned in this episode: 

    • Commercial Laboratory Seroprevalence Survey Data (CDC)
    • Black Lives Matter, Social Distancing, and COVID-19 (National Bureau of Economic Research)
    • Protests against police brutality and systemic racism most likely did not spark coronavirus uptick: study (NY Daily News)


    29 min
  • Columbia Public Schools' Re-Entry Plan

    Links to resources related to this episode: 

    • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Considerations in children (UpToDate)
    • Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report (American Academy of Pediatrics)
    • Age-dependent effects in the transmission and control of COVID-19 epidemics (Nature Medicine)
    • CPS COVID-19 Re-Entry Plan 2020-2021


    24 min

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Community Pulse is a special report on the unfolding coronavirus situation in mid-Missouri featuring local family physician Elizabeth Allemann, M.D. and public health advocate Ginny Chadwick. Catch it…