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Sacramento County is focusing on mitigating risk in those at highest risk.
"Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO's assessment."
"We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now": Fauci.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced a deadly Listeria outbreak today linked to enoki mushrooms distributed by Sun Hong Foods, Inc.
Governor Cuomo announces the country's first containment zone, in New Rochelle, New York.
Advanced age, signs of sepsis, and blood clotting issues were all risk factors for in-hospital death.
Three groups announce $125 million to speed treatment development, and CEPI announces $4.4 million more to support 2 vaccine projects.
Florida Health officials confirmed a case of locally acquired dengue in the Florida Keys, according to the Associated Press (AP), and said the patient is doing well. The Keys saw outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease in 2009 and 2010.
Most Americans will be exposed to the novel coronavirus this year or next, a CDC official says.
The virus quickly produces high viral loads, sheds efficiently, and grows well in the nose and mouth.
Also, WHO officials carefully weigh their messaging, stopping short of calling the epidemic a pandemic.
Experts find that 41% of CRE isolates did not carry carbapenemase genes, and 22% were not carbapenem resistant on further testing.
Over the weekend Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 2 new MERS-CoV cases, 1 each in Mecca and Riyadh, bringing the country's March tally to 6 infections, after the ministry reported 18 cases in February and 15 in January.
Plans are under way to disembark Grand Princess cruise ship passengers at Oakland's port and move them to federal quarantine sites. And 2 more deaths were reported in the Seattle area nursing home cluster.
New York state reports 45 new cases and Washington state 22 new infections, as global hot spots continue to light up.
Cases are surging in the hot spot nations of Italy, South Korea, and Iran, and medical oxygen supplies are running low in some areas.
President Trump signed an $8.3 billion spending bill to fund states' response efforts.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
For the third week in a row, US flu levels dropped last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly FluView report. But the CDC said the flu season continues to be tough on children, as 11 new pediatric flu-related deaths were confirmed.
Italian doctors warn their peers of a high percentage of ICU patients among cases and urge them to prepare.
