News & Perspective

Apr 27, 2020

Apr 27, 2020
Masked shopper

World's COVID-19 total tops 3 million cases

WHO officials are concerned about increasing trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and some Asian countries.

Apr 27, 2020
Woman pushing sausage trolley

US food processing plants become COVID-19 hot spots

Meat and cheese plants across the country close in light of COVID-19 infections in employees.

Apr 27, 2020
Nursing home nurse man in wheelchair

Study: Many asymptomatic COVID-19 cases undetected

Twenty-seven (56%) of 48 nursing home residents had no symptoms when tested, but 24 of the 27 later did.

Apr 27, 2020

News Scan for Apr 27, 2020

US H7N3 avian flu outbreak findings
Measles outbreak in Mexico
Apr 27, 2020

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Apr 27, 2020

Antibiotic use in older Australians
Pneumonia and antibiotic Rx
Funds for novel antibiotic

Apr 25, 2020

Apr 25, 2020
Elderly patient's hand in hospital bed

Global COVID-19 deaths top 200,000

Brisk activity continues in US hot spots, and in Brazil, hospitals in several major cities are nearing collapse after surges of patients.

Apr 24, 2020

Apr 24, 2020
Exhausted healthcare workers

Trump adds confusion on COVID-19 treatments as US deaths top 50,000

Trump muses about injecting disinfectants but later says he was using sarcasm.

Apr 24, 2020
Vaccine vial with syringe

WHO, partners unveil massive COVID-19 vaccine, treatment effort

In the past, such as with 2009 H1N1 flu vaccines, they weren't equitably available.

Apr 24, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine bottle and pills

FDA warns about hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine for COVID-19

The arm of a trial involving high-dose chloroquine had to be stopped early.

Apr 24, 2020

News Scan for Apr 24, 2020

Norovirus on cruise ships
Polio in 4 countries

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