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Nearly 2 years after it started and after 2,470 cases and 2,287 deaths, the outbreak is considered over.
The Americas and South Asia continue to be the hot spots, but cases in Europe rise for the first time in months.
Chilblains—which in this pandemic have been referred to as "COVID toes"—are not a sign of COVID-19 infection but rather a result of sedentary lifestyles linked to community lockdown measures and a lack of warm footwear, two small studies published today in JAMA Dermatology have found.
Pfizer and Wellcome Trust yesterday announced a new partnership with the governments of Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, and Uganda to track antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in those countries.
Of hospitals surveyed, 40% had significant respirator shortages, with many needing to stretch the supply.
COVID-19 cases are rising by 1 million a week, exceeding oxygen supplies in a market in which most concentrators are produced by a few companies.
Scientists have roundly criticized a new study's methodology, and the entire kerfuffle has highlighted the difficulty of "doing science" amid a full-blown pandemic.
The governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut say they'll require self-quarantine of visitors from several states.
One more case has been reported in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising the total to 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today on Twitter.
"A couple of days ago, there were 30,000 new infections. That's very troublesome."
The authors say factors relating to the severity of COVID-19 are likely at play.
EU officials might exclude travelers from the US and other nations, such as Russia and Brazil, that are having difficulty containing COVID-19 cases.
Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remained infectious for as long as 16 hours, according to a study published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Using nebulizers and a custom-built rotating drum, US researchers aerosolized the viruses once each in primate head-only exposure chambers or 30-liter rodent chambers in four aerobiology laboratories.
The implementation of a rapid diagnostic testing platform at a children's hospital, coupled with real-time antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) result notification, was associated with improved antibiotic management of hospitalized children with gram-positive blood culture isolates, researchers reported today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Meanwhile, cases continue to surge in Arizona, California, and Texas as US cases top 2.3 million.
Also, wide guideline variations could cause inequity in equipment allocation during a public health emergency.
The increase was led by surges in countries, such as Brazil, the United States, and India, that have large populations.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in New York City tripled during the start of the pandemic.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced over the weekend that it has stopped two randomized clinical trials exploring the use of the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine for treating and preventing COVID-19.
CARB-X today announced $4.6 million in funding to expand development of two topical antimicrobial products that target serious surgical and traumatic wound infections.
