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Officials reported five more illnesses and three more deaths in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to figures reported today by the country's multisectoral Ebola response committee (CMRE).
The new developments raise the outbreak total to 17 cases, 14 of them confirmed and 3 listed as probable. The new deaths raise the fatality count to 11.
Redfield said Americans need to embrace CDC recommendations.
Pandemic disruptions in some nations are affecting pregnant women, and lockdowns reduce access to mental health services, nutrition for young people.
A new study in The Lancet shows that the population prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, grew in Geneva, Switzerland, in April from 5% to 11%.
A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies found that extended infusion of antipseudomonal beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients who had respiratory infections was associated with reduced mortality but not with clinical success, Japanese and Egyptian researchers reported yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Experts say states need to re-emphasize safety measures that can slow the spread of the virus.
Also, the NIH said researchers will begin assessing antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs in children.
Though Latin America remains the world's main hot spot, cases are also rising in Africa and the Mideast.
For maximum benefit relative to risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic, banks, dentists, colleges, places of worship, auto dealers, and repair shops should be reopened first, followed by gyms, cafes, juice bars, and dessert parlors, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
A study of children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) found that a shorter course of antibiotics did not increase the odds of treatment failure compared with a longer course, US researchers reported today in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
"It's fair to say that this microscopic virus has humbled all of us": WHO director-general.
Some National Guard soldiers have tested positive after protests in Washington, DC.
About 18 million Americans with chronic conditions or older age are uninsured or underinsured.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirmed that two deer at Brush Ranch Outfitters, a Wisconsin game ranch that was previously charged with the unauthorized taking of live wild animals and failure to register deer, have chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal prion disease in cervids, which are members of the deer family.
A study of 68 children in China with COVID-19 reveals that 96% were household contacts of infected adults who had developed symptoms earlier, and 51% of those tested for common respiratory pathogens also had another type of infection.
Anywhere from 6% to 40% of the population may be infected but not have symptoms, a WHO officials says.
The newer antiviral was tied to a faster recovery than Tamiflu was.
Also, an analysis of a Navy ship outbreak highlights few symptoms in young adults.
The syndrome is different from Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome.
