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A modest lockdown could add 1.8 million TB cases and 342,000 deaths globally over 5 years.
COVID-19 "has created the greatest financial crisis in history for hospitals and health systems."
Resources may be especially taxed in some US cities with vulnerable populations.
WHO officials urge nations to take extra care in relaxing their distancing measures.
In a study today in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, US and Colombian researchers report that nearly one-third of the pediatric invasive Candida bloodstream infections (BSIs) analyzed at two Colombian pediatric hospitals were caused by Candida auris.
A study published today in Pediatrics shows Chinese children who contracted COVID-19 often presented with co-infections of other respiratory viruses.
The man was treated on Dec 27, 2019—4 days before a COVID-19 cluster was identified in Wuhan, China.
Of those polled, 78% say they would be uncomfortable in a sit-down restaurant.
Cases rose 41% in Africa last week, and transmission is widespread in 7 countries. Lesotho is the only nation that hasn't reported a case.
US drug maker Pfizer Inc. and Germany biopharmaceutical company BioNTech announced today that the first US participants in a clinical trial for a novel coronavirus vaccine have begun receiving doses.
The report seeks to bridge the gap between current practice and the need to protect health workers.
Leaked White House documents say deaths will climb to 3,000 a day by Jun 1.
Nations and groups pledge $8 billion to make the ACT Accelerator a reality.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today said that it's revising a policy that aimed to accelerate the availability of COVID-19 antibody tests in the wake of reports that some companies have been marketing fraudulent tests.
Spain, the world's second hardest-hit country after the US, is taking cautious steps to ease its 7-week lockdown, while the US CDC launches a gene tracking consortium to help with response.
Experts urge the WHO to develop guidance for the gradual return of passenger travel.
COVID-19 meat plant outbreaks have been noted in at least 5 Midwestern states.
Among the challenges highlighted in the report are limited data and lack of timely information.
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) this week announced a partnership with Venatorx Pharmaceuticals to accelerate development of an investigational beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination for treating multidrug-resistant hospital infections.
Though many organization have published guidance on the best way forward during this COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota saw a need for recommendations based on current realities and restrictions, not on technology such as widespread testing that may one day be in place.
