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This week’s coronavirus trendline (9.25.20 edition)
New case numbers increased sharply from the previous week. Hotspots stretch from Eastern Idaho to north-central Idaho. On the other hand, deaths decreased from last week, as did hospitalizations.
ISU teams up on project to step up coronavirus testing
The new equipment will run 60 to 90 tests in 90 minutes, yielding up to 500 results daily. Currently, tests are processed one at a time, taking roughly 90 minutes apiece.
HBO spotlights Idaho’s transgender athletics ban
The segment had been scheduled to air Tuesday, the Idaho Statesman reported, but is now on hold.
U of I reports spike in coronavirus cases
The increase appears tied to travel during Labor Day weekend.
U of I research study looks at the psychology of quarantining
The research could have two long-term applications.
Madison County: A closer look at a coronavirus hotspot
Cases are growing rapidly in the eastern Idaho county. And weeks after the Madison School District opened for face-to-face learning, the case numbers are skewing younger, the Post Register reported Saturday.
This week’s coronavirus trendline (9.18.20 edition)
After a steady dropoff over the past four weeks, new coronavirus case numbers crept back upward this week. Cases numbers increased sharply at Boise State University and across much of Eastern Idaho.
NNU reports slight enrollment increases
The Nampa-based private college opened for face-to-face learning on Aug. 31. So far this semester, six students have tested positive for coronavirus.
Conservative group takes transgender athletes case to appeals court
A federal judge placed Idaho’s transgender athletics ban on hold in August.
Tromp: Job cuts, program cuts inevitable at Boise State
“We have yet to see the full breadth of economic impact from these uncertain times,” the Boise State University president said in a letter to faculty and employees Tuesday.