What the NBA's Collaboration With Yale Reveals About COVID Variants

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What the NBA's Collaboration With Yale Reveals About COVID Variants

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Feb 23, 2021

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The NBA was looking for help with COVID-19 surveillance. They found it in Nathan Grubaugh's team at Yale. Grubaugh talks with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese about that collaboration and more.

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Feb 23, 2021

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What the NBA's Collaboration With Yale Reveals About COVID Variants

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