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Doctors in hard-hit Lombardy paint a dire picture of overwhelmed ICUs and a lack of resources.
The White House says to limit gatherings to 10 people.
Data on children treated for mild pneumonia suggests antibiotics may not be needed as often as prescribed.
And 1,440 new cases in Spain mean it is now the world's fourth hardest-hit country.
An important mode of transmission—close-range aerosol spread—needs to be part of the COVID-19 prevention equation.
As of Mar 2, the United States so far this year has recorded 12 measles cases from 7 jurisdictions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a Mar 12 monthly update. The totals reflect an increase of 7 cases and 2 jurisdictions since the CDC's last update on Feb 3.
A wild deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) near Farmington, Minn., nearly 100 miles from the state's disease epicenter, according to a Mar 13 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) news release.
New York City cancels schools, the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, and Italy reports a large spike in cases.
US travel restrictions now include flights arriving from the UK and Ireland.
The declaration allows the president to exercise emergency powers and tap into $50 billion for relief efforts; Trump also announced a new public-private partnership to address the test shortage.
The alert comes after 6 patients were infected with diarrhea-causing E coli following FMT.
Italy reports 2,547 new infections and 250 more deaths, boosting its totals to 17,770 cases and 1,255 deaths.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
US levels of clinic visits for influenza-like illness (ILI), after falling for 3 straight weeks, rose slightly last week, but the increase might be related to concerns over COVID-19, according to the latest FluView report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the flu season continues to take a toll on children.
Doctors in Italy face grim decisions about whom to save.
Several states limit the size of gatherings, and dozens of sports teams are affected by cancellations.
Researchers detected COVID-19 viral RNA and live virus in specimens other than from the throat and sputum.
A paper today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes a small cluster of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae detected at an Arizona nursing home.
Analysis of six European studies on the 2019/2020 influenza season indicate the interim vaccine effectiveness (VE) against laboratory-confirmed influenza in the primary care setting ranged from 29% to 61% and from 35% to 60% in hospitalized older adults. The results appeared today in Eurosurveillance.
President Trump declares a ban on flights from Europe and calls for worker tax relief.
