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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
Kerri Miller and Breann Schossow

The latest on the science of the novel coronavirus

A health-care worker takes the temperature of a visitor
Amid coronavirus concerns, a health-care worker takes the temperature of a visitor to Essentia Health in a skywalk bridge from the adjoining parking garage on Friday, April 10 in Duluth.
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Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States are on the rise, and the country continues to have the highest number of confirmed cases in the world. Meanwhile, researchers and medical professionals here and abroad carry on in their quest to provide care, find effective treatment and ultimately devise a vaccine.

At 9 a.m. Monday, MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two researchers about the latest on the novel coronavirus.

Guests:
-Vineet Menachery is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
-Lisa Gralinski is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina.

To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.

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