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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.
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.
Doctors in Italy face grim decisions about whom to save.
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.
"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.
President Trump declares a ban on flights from Europe and calls for worker tax relief.
Sacramento County is focusing on mitigating risk in those at highest risk.
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.
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.
Governor Cuomo announces the country's first containment zone, in New Rochelle, New York.
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.
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.
Most Americans will be exposed to the novel coronavirus this year or next, a CDC official says.
