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FORT COLLINS, Colo., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ GT Molecular, a leader in wastewater-based epidemiological testing, has reported the detection of hyper-transmissible SARS-CoV-2 from the B.1.1.7 lineage in three wastewater treatment plants in the United States. This is an additional piece of evidence that the UK variant or a UK variant-like strain is spreading in the United States. GT Molecular detected the strain using its highly sensitive digital PCR test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This test is available
immediately both as a fee-for-service and as a complete, ready-to-use PCR kit for testing labs. Molecular biologists from around the world have come together to advance wastewater-based epidemiological approaches over the last year. This is an excellent demonstration of the power of these approaches, wherein an entire community can be tested for the presence of a variant in a single sample in a matter of hours, says, Dr. Rose Nash, Direc
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How great is the need for food assistance? Where you can get help this week
Eric Wallace, Senior Producer, I-TEAM
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Northeast Florida residents struggle through the pandemic, more people than ever need assistance. One gauge of how much that need is if they have enough to feed their family.
On Tuesday, Eastside Florida Farm Share teamed up with the Church of Oakland to distribute food to around 1,600 families, the first of six distributions of free food in Jacksonville this week.
The church’s pastor, Christopher McKee, said he see more need right now than he’s seen in recent years.