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The evidence does not conclusively favor using masks, whether homemade or surgical, to protect against the disease.
States reporting a large jump in cases include New York, Michigan, Florida, and Louisiana.
Any plan to wean the country from lockdowns must face the reality of supply chain shortages.
Experts suggest limiting older docs' direct patient care and expanding their telehealth role.
A second study shows a 5% COVID-19 rate in those with mild flulike illness.
As global deaths top 41,000, UK researchers estimate a case-fatality rate of 1.4%.
Less-affected hospitals should be thinking creatively and acting urgently to be ready to care for COVID-19 patients, experts say.
A study of 150 households has found that recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and other soft-tissue infections (MRSA SSTIs) may be associated with persistent MRSA colonization of household members and contamination of environmental surfaces, US researchers reported yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
In India, a nationwide lockdown has stranded some migrant workers without food and shelter.
A total of 1,218 fatalities have occurred in New York, the hardest-hit state.
After analyzing a large outbreak at a Seattle-area nursing home, researchers share prevention tips.
A review of published research going back nearly 70 years suggests oral antibiotic step-down therapy is at least as effective as intravenous (IV)-only antibiotics for treating infective endocarditis (IE), US researchers reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
US social distancing steps will extend through April.
US activity is surging in New York and several other states and cities.
Also, new studies highlight virus shedding and before-symptom transmission.
The US depends heavily on drugs made in other countries, especially India and China.
A day after topping 500,000 global cases, the total is poised to pass 600,000.
While laboratory-confirmed flu cases continue to decline in the United States, the number of people visiting healthcare providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) rose sharply again last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) latest FluView report today.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The Malaria Consortium yesterday published a paper outlining the steps that the global community needs to take to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Hospitalization rates in Los Angeles and New York City are doubling every few days.
