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One more Ebola case has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province outbreak, raising the total to 68 cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today on Twitter.
The patient is apparently from Mbandaka, the provincial capital, which is a concern, given its travel connections to Kinshasa and neighboring countries. The number of deaths held steady at 31.
An observational study of 10,021 COVID-19 patients admitted to 920 German hospitals has found that patients requiring mechanical ventilation were at highest risk for death—especially those 80 years and older and those needing dialysis.
Arizona has seen a 13% decrease in its 7-day average, Florida an 8% drop, and Texas a 19% decline.
Vietnam, Greece, Germany, and other nations that had low levels scramble to address flare-ups.
Some CDC data assessment may perpetuate racial disparities, one study finds.
The consumption of "Watch" antibiotics, which are broad-spectrum, rose by 91%.
More than 2 million American workers called in sick in a single week in mid-April, causing the highest absence rate on record and leading to suspicions that COVID-19 cases were substantially undercounted, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
WHO officials stressed that even intense transmission countries can turn their outbreaks around with leadership, consistent messaging, and key measures.
The vaccine trial is starting against a backdrop of a vigorous US outbreak, in which three states outside the main hot spots reported record highs: Oklahoma, Missouri, and North Dakota.
Two German studies published today in JAMA Cardiology show abnormal heart imaging findings in recently recovered COVID-19 patients.
Two more Ebola infections and two more deaths from the virus have been reported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said on Twitter today.
In a comparative analysis published late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the antiviral drug remdesivir was linked to significantly greater recovery and a 62% lower death rate by day 14 versus standard treatment in hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19.
"We need to reopen the schools with the understanding the virus is still here," CDC Director Robert Redfield says.
In India, surging COVID-19 has led to remdesivir shortages, and the outbreak is expanding in Brazil.
A plague outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that began on June likely involves all three types, including pneumonic, and has so far resulted in 45 cases, 9 of them fatal, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in a statement.
A study yesterday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health found no evidence of COVID-19 transmission between 120 babies born to mothers with COVID-19, even after 2 weeks of breastfeeding with appropriate hygiene precautions.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Scientists in Luxembourg this week announced the creation of a new biobank that will collect and analyze strains of bacteria from Europe that are resistant to last-resort antibiotics.
WHO head reiterates that political leadership and community engagement are the 2 key response pillars.
July continues to look like April for the US, just as pro baseball opens.
About 47% of US adults have an underlying condition strongly tied to severe COVID-19 illness.
