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The head of PAHO says, "We are increasingly worried about the poor and other vulnerable groups."
Of 1,150 adults hospitalized in New York City, 257 (22%) were critically ill, and 101 (39%) of them died.
A retrospective study of inpatients treated at 576 US hospitals in 2016 and 2017 found that nearly two-thirds received antibiotics, and that broad-spectrum antibiotic use was common, US researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) today announced that it—along with local public health officials—is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with backyard chicks and ducklings that sickened 97 people in 28 states from Feb 26 to May 1.
"The hardest thing to do as a doctor is nothing, even if nothing is the right answer."
Researchers reveal that discharged patients who test positive for COVID-19 again don't appear to be contagious.
Chinese researchers have isolated live COVID-19 virus from the feces of several patients.
All 50 states will have begun the process of reopening their economies by the end of May.
Church events held between Mar 6 and 11 at an Arkansas church—where the pastor and his wife were positive for COVID-19 and showing symptoms—led to 35 confirmed COVID-19 cases among 92 people (38%) who attended events. The super-spreading event is described today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
In other developments, some recently reopened states report increased cases, while automakers return to work and National Parks reopen.
Patients with COVID-19 outside of Wuhan, China, shed virus RNA for a median of 17 days.
In other international developments, case surges stretch health systems in Russia and Brazil, and France reports illnesses associated with recent school reopenings.
CARB-X today announced an award of up to $1.26 million to Facile Therapeutics of Belmont, California, to develop a new oral drug for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections.
The nearly 22% of US counties with higher proportions of black people accounted for 52% of COVID-19 cases and 58% of related deaths, according to a study published late last week in the Annals of Epidemiology.
The researchers accessed public data on Apr 13 to compare predictors of COVID-19 infections and deaths in counties with 13% or more black people and those with lower percentages.
Brazil is poised to become the next pandemic epicenter, with almost 10,000 new cases reported today.
One of the studies is the first published randomized controlled trial on the drug for COVID-19.
A major part of Operation Warp Speed will involve ramping up vaccine production.
Two options are decontaminating N95s or using elastomeric respirators.
The World Health Assembly gears up to meet virtually for the first time and will focus mainly on the pandemic.
Four countries in the Middle East and Africa reported a total of nine new cases this week, according to the latest update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
