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The Corvallis Advocate -
OSU Expands COVID-19 Prevalence Study to Newport
The TRACE-COVID-19 project will collaborate with the Hatfield Marine Science Center to test members of the Newport community on June 20-21. The addition of Newport to the study follows positive tests of more than 120 workers at Pacific Seafood.
Bend Source -
Zero COVID-Positive Cases Found In OSU Study
Last month, a group of field teams working with OSU's TRACE-COVID-19 project fanned out across Bend to test households for COVID-19. They tested 615 people in Bend, and no one tested positive. This adds up to an estimated 100 cases within Bend’s population of 100,421.
KTVZ News -
OSU’s COVID-19 tracing project expands to Newport, site of recent outbreak
TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking OSU project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus, is expanding to include two days of sampling in Newport on June 20-21. University researchers will collaborate with Lincoln County Health & Human Services.
The Bulletin -
Bend has a low prevalence of COVID, researchers conclude
Bend has a low prevalence of COVID-19, according to OSU researchers who randomly tested about 600 residents in late May. Based upon the sampling,1 person for every 1,000 has the virus.
Bend Bulletin -
Results showing prevalence of COVID-19 in Bend coming next week
In a week, researchers will know the prevalence of COVID-19 in Bend, after teams scoured 30 neighborhoods seeking a random sample of people to test for the virus.
Central Oregon Daily News -
OSU expands coronavirus prevalence study to Bend
TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking Oregon State University project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus, is expanding to include two days of sampling in Bend.
Oregon Live -
Oregon State researchers found no coronavirus infections among 649 Corvallis residents tested
OSU researchers did not identify anyone infected with coronavirus among the 649 Corvallis residents tested the weekend of May 9. Epidemiologist Ben Dalziel is quoted on the promising results of the study.
OPB -
OSU researchers search Bend’s wastewater for COVID-19
Researchers at OSU plan to look into Bend's sewer system for genetic evidence of COVID-19. Bend public works staff will collect sewage samples the weekend of May 30-31, the same weekend as TRACE-COVID-19 field workers gather door-to-door nasal swab samples in Bend.
The Corvallis Advocate -
Sewer Surveillance: OSU COVID-19 Detection Research Will Go to Congressional Committee
Researchers at Oregon State University will look in Bend’s sewer system for genetic evidence of the virus that causes COVID-19 in an effort to help determine the virus’ prevalence in the city.
KTVZ -
OSU expands COVID-19 prevalence study to Bend; also will analyze wastewater
TRACE-COVID-19, the groundbreaking Oregon State University project to determine community prevalence of the novel coronavirus, is expanding to include two days of sampling in Bend.
KATU2 -
OSU coronavirus prevalence study expanding to Bend
An Oregon State University study to determine the prevalence of coronavirus is expanding to include Bend on May 30 and 31.
The Bulletin -
Scientists to test random sampling of residents for COVID-19 following worst week of positive test results
Teams of researchers will be combing 30 Bend neighborhoods next weekend asking residents to be tested and nasal swabbed for COVID-19.
KGW8 -
OSU to test wastewater systems for COVID-19
Oregon State University is about to start a sewer study of Washington County. The project, funded with a grant from the National Science Foundation, will run for a year. The new OSU study will follow the sewer system to at least 15 locations, near schools, retirement communities, maybe even hospitals, to get a closer look at COVID-19 trends.
Register Guard -
No positives from Corvallis coronavirus testing project’s second weekend, last of testing postponed
The TRACE-COVID-19 project began weeks before the state entered its first stage of reopening on Friday, and in light of new developments, the final weekend of the door-to-door testing been postponed. Project leaders Ben Dalziel and colleague Jeff Bethel explain that it could be better to hold off until the state’s reopening is well underway.
The Oregonian -
Latest from OSU coronavirus study: 672 people tested, 0 infections found
New results from a sample of the Corvallis population performed by TRACE-COVID-19 team have shown zero positive test results from data collected on the weekend of May 2. University officials have used the data to estimate that 1 in 1000 city residents had an infection that weekend.
The Denver Channel -
Oregon State project will help determine prevalence of coronavirus in communities
OSU's TRACE-COVID-19 project is among the first measure the number of people actually infected with the virus in a community. Epidemiologist Jeff Bethel predicts the project may help public health leaders make more accurate decisions about what steps to take next.
CBC Radio -
Friday Edition: Oregon Testing
As It Happens, a Canadian news show, featured OSU researchers for their work on Covid-19 sampling in Corvallis to accurately determine the prevalence of the virus in the local population.
KATU -
Ask An Expert: How OSU's study is determining coronavirus prevalence
OSU researchers are going door to door and testing residents for coronavirus to find its prevalence in the community. Watch a video conference where OSU epidemiologist Jeffery Bethel responds to questions about the research.
KGW -
Door-to-door COVID-19 testing in Corvallis begins with encouraging results
TRACE-COVID-19 epidemiologists Jeff Bethel and Benjamin Dalziel are quoted for their significant findings in the novel community-testing project. In the first weekend of sampling, the teams visited 237 households across Corvallis, with findings suggesting that about two people per 1,000 residents were infected.
KGW8 -
OSU trace project initial results are in
OSU researchers are continuing a unique project to track COVID-19 in Corvallis, Oregon. Watch video at KGW8.