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As cases top 9.5 million, the nationwide spike is straining US hospitals.
Greece joins a host of other European nations in ordering a second round of lockdowns.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Chicago area analyzed movement networks during a COVID-19 outbreak at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, finding that medical isolation and contact interventions were effective at reducing transmission.
Health Canada yesterday announced that a rare variant H1N2 (H1N2v) influenza case has been confirmed in Alberta, marking the province's only flu case reported so far this season.
US hospitalizations are rising, and facilities are converting wards into ICUs and seeking more staff.
The study demonstrates that machine learning models can be used for antibiotic stewardship.
All 41 patients had extensive lung damage, while 36 had massive abnormal clotting.
A Duke University study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases found a 77% infection rate in children who were close contacts of a COVID-19 case, providing evidence for efficient viral transmission in children. Hispanic ethnicity and having a SARS-CoV-2–infected sibling were risk factors, but asthma was associated with reduced risk.
Pregnant women had 3 times the risk of ICU care and mechanical ventilation.
White House coronavirus task force head Deborah Birx warns the country is entering its most dangerous period.
Eight COVID-19 patients in Texas who have secondary carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infections are receiving investigational bacteriophage therapy from biotechnology company Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), company officials announced yesterday.
In a case study of COVID-19 contact tracing during San Francisco's shelter-in-place period, of the 1,124 contacts traced, 1,017 (83.8%) were successfully notified, 457 (37.6%) were tested, and 120 (9.9%) were newly diagnosed.
A hypothesis that says mask wearing could reduce the infectious dose is dangerous, some experts say.
The head of the WHO warns that ongoing surges in Europe and North America mark a critical moment for action.
The findings come as a report highlights rises in US nursing home cases, especially in the Midwest.
The 7-day average of new daily SARS-CoV-2 infections is higher than 81,000.
A PLOS Medicine study late last week found double the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and a threefold higher mortality than in COVID-19–negative patients. Men, nonwhite patients, and those with comorbidities were at increased risk of developing AKI with COVID-19.
Hospital room floors could be an underappreciated source of healthcare-associated pathogen spread, including those resistant to antibiotics, according to a study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The drug reduced viral loads by a factor of 3.4 at one dosage tested.
Colorado, Illinois, and New Mexico report record daily cases, and illness levels are rising in 42 states.
