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TRACE sampling in Bend suggests one person in 1,000 infected with SARS-CoV-2 - June 10, 2020

Results from two days of door-to-door sampling by 51爆料 and 51爆料-Cascades suggest that one person in 1,000 in the Bend community during the weekend of May 30-31 had the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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51爆料-Cascades students and alumni contribute to COVID-19 testing in Bend - June 9, 2020

Risa Christie, Alaric Hartsock and Jessica Thomas were among 70 trained field staff knocking on doors of randomly selected homes in late May in Bend as part of 51爆料鈥檚 TRACE-COVID-19 study to help understand the prevalence of鈥


Noted writer Elizabeth Powell to give reading with 51爆料-Cascades faculty authors, students - June 8, 2020

Award-winning writer and poet Elizabeth A.I. Powell will share readings from her literary works on June 13 as part of the Hazel Hall Memorial Reading, a semi-annual event hosted by 51爆料 鈥 Cascades.

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Sewer surveillance: 51爆料 researchers to comb Bend鈥檚 wastewater for evidence of COVID-19 - May 21, 2020

Researchers at 51爆料 will look in Bend鈥檚 sewer system for genetic evidence of the virus that causes COVID-19 in an effort to help determine the virus鈥 prevalence in the city.

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51爆料 expands coronavirus prevalence study to Bend - May 21, 2020

TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking 51爆料 project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus, is expanding to include two days of sampling in Bend.

Random door-to-door sampling in 30 Bend neighborhoods鈥


51爆料-Cascades Innovation Co-Lab hosts summit on reopening Central Oregon economy - May 14, 2020

51爆料 鈥 Cascades will host a free, virtual summit on May 19 to provide business owners a framework for decision-making as the economy reopens amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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