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Experts say rapid tests can help lower-income nations scale up their testing without specialized labs or staff.
The researchers calculate that about 9.3% of the population had been infected by July.
World Health Organization (WHO) flu vaccine advisors recently met to recommend the strains to include in vaccines for the Southern Hemisphere's 2021 season, which—when compared with the Northern Hemisphere upcoming-season version—swaps out the 2009 H1N1 strain.
A review by members of the National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel finds insufficient data to recommend for or against convalescent plasma for treating COVID-19.
On the international front, Europe continues to see case counts rise, and the WHO makes its case for big investments in tools to battle the virus.
Of 4 new studies, all but 1 suggest that minorities shoulder heavier burdens.
Today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) provides updated information from voluntary reports on 100,570 healthcare personnel (HCP) with COVID-19 from February to July that shows variations in risk, including higher death rates in minority workers.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A report this week from Australian health officials shows a consistent decline in the country's antibiotic use.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced a Salmonella Stanley outbreak linked to dried mushrooms in dishes served at ramen restaurants that has so far sickened 41 people in 10 states.
In one study, 25.5% of patients had low viral loads in April, but the rate climbed to 70% in June.
"What we can change is where we are in October, and into the winter," Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says.
A large study of German patients presented online at this week's European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Conference on Coronavirus Disease found that men have a 62% higher risk of death from COVID-19, possibly due to higher levels of inflammation.
The WHO calls on nations to counter misinformation about COVID-19.
The GAO offers 16 actions to address "catastrophic loss of life and profound economic disruption."
"To sustain these gains, we must continue our disciplined mitigation efforts."
A study released this week shows a 40% asymptomatic rate among healthcare workers (HCW) testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of screening—meaning they had no symptoms compatible with a COVID-19 diagnosis—raising concerns about silent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare settings.
The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) this week announced that a second local dengue case has been reported from Miami-Dade County, and last week it confirmed another local dengue case in Monroe County, raising the total in the county, which includes the Florida Keys, to 56.
Blacks and Hispanics were 1.9 and 1.8 times, respectively, more likely than whites to test positive.
Facilities with higher rates of minorities had almost 4 times the COVID-19 cases.
Deaths outpace an earlier projection, more upheaval keeps the US response unsteady, and new developments add clarity to vaccine expectations.
