News & Perspective

Feb 18, 2020

Feb 18, 2020
Chinese woman with mask in front of mask mural

China COVID-19 cases rise, as do worries over Diamond Princess risk

Research news includes evidence of person-to-person spread before symptoms.

Feb 18, 2020
Vaccine production

HHS partners with drug makers on COVID-19 vaccine, drugs

HHS is partnering with Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson to develop vaccines and therapeutics.

Feb 18, 2020

News Scan for Feb 18, 2020

DRC Ebola case
Measles in Africa
High global flu levels
Feb 18, 2020

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Feb 18, 2020

CARB-X funds for peptides
Airborne antimicrobial resistance
Rising resistance in kids' pneumococci

Feb 17, 2020

Feb 17, 2020
Lab scientist pipetting

More outbreak details emerge as COVID-19 cases top 70,000

A study of 44,672 cases reveals that 14% were severe and 5% critical.

Feb 17, 2020

News Scan for Feb 17, 2020

More Saudi MERS cases
Africa Ebola vaccine licenses
H5N6 avian flu in Vietnam
Feb 17, 2020

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Feb 17, 2020

Less antibiotic use in Canadian hospitals
Electronic alerts for C diff testing

Feb 16, 2020

Feb 16, 2020
Diamond Princess cruise ship

As cruise ship COVID-19 numbers climb, nations evacuate passengers

With 137 newly confirmed infections, cases on the Diamond Princess reach 355.

Feb 14, 2020

Feb 14, 2020
Swab sample

CDC: Flu surveillance system enlisted in hunt for COVID-19 cases

Officials will use the nation's flu surveillance system to detect the new coronavirus.

Feb 14, 2020
Female injection drug user

Injection drug use tied to MRSA bloodstream infections in Tennessee

Nearly a fourth of MRSA bloodstream infections were tied to injection drug use.

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