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Also, the WHO urges caution as African countries resume air travel, and cases rise in some parts of Europe.
Steps that many Americans took on their own appear to have helped reduce COVID-19 spread in March and April.
Florida confirms a record number, and Texas has a new order to wear masks.
One more Ebola case has been confirmed in an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Equateur province, raising the total to 34, according to a statement from the country's multisectoral Ebola technical committee (CMRE).
WHO officials also share details about a similar rise in the Middle East, due to multiple factors.
At least 19 states have paused or rolled back plans to reopen establishements such as bars and restaurants.
One study finds that a 3-day antibiotic course is non-inferior to a 5-day course.
In the first 3 months of the pandemic, excess US deaths were 28% higher than reported COVID-19 deaths.
Yesterday, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published studies showing that only 46% of COVID-19 patients reported recent contact with an infected person and that only 27% did so in Colorado.
Three more Ebola cases have been confirmed in a recently emerged outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Equateur province, raising the total to 33, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said on Twitter today.
Also, the Recovery trial announces that a review showed no COVID benefit for a well-known HIV treatment.
More than 10% of swine workers tested had antibodies to the novel influenza strain.
More than half of 57 patients had abnormal lung CT findings a month after hospital discharge.
"How the country will respond in the next 7 to 10 days will have an impact," says CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm. "But there are going to be lots and lots of cases."
CARB-X announced an award today of up to $1.82 million to French biotechnology company Eligo Bioscience to develop CRISPR- and bacteriophage-based therapeutics to prevent multidrug-resistant infections in transplant patients.
A study of 770 teens' attitudes conducted in the 7 days after the United States declared a national emergency amid the COVID-19 pandemic found that 69% weren't practicing physical distancing but 89% were following the news, and 88% were disinfecting daily.
The US now has 2,564,163 COVID-19 cases and 125,928 deaths.
Both studies revealed the same high level of intensive care: 80%.
Nations in the Americas account for about half of global cases and deaths.
Living with a family member with C difficile increased the risk of contracting the disease 12-fold.
