We Must Protect the Frontline Warriors Against COVID-19 by Ensuring Health Care Workers Have Necessary PPE
We are no more prepared to deal with the rapid increases in coronavirus patients needing hospitalization in the United States ...
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COVID-19 Hot Spots: Handful of Buildings Outside Wuhan Linked to Multiple Cases
An apartment building in Hong Kong, its units linked by pipes. A department store in the eastern Chinese city of ...
Easy Diagnostic Tops Priorities at WHO COVID-19 Research Meeting
Today marked the conclusion of a 2-day global research meeting in Geneva aiming to set priorities to answer key questions ...
Coronavirus Epidemic Reaches Bleak Milestone, Exceeding SARS Toll
The coronavirus epidemic in China has now claimed more lives than the SARS outbreak of 2002 and 2003. The number ...
Boom and Bust Funding for Coronavirus Research Leaves Knowledge Gaps
The coronavirus research field is small and modestly funded, and until very recently, was not viewed as a fertile patch ...
What Does the Illegal Wildlife Trade Have to Do With Spreading Epidemics?
From live monkeys smuggled through customs to tigers shot or bred for their bones, soaring demand for wildlife, dead or ...
Life and Death in a Wuhan Coronavirus ICU
In the coronavirus epidemic, doctors on the front lines take on the greatest risk and best understand the situation. Dr. ...
Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Suggests We Aren’t Ready for a Pandemic
A top biosecurity expert says the US and the world aren’t ready for a big, mass-casualty pandemic. In this interview, ...
WHO Asks for $675 Million in Q1 to Stop Coronavirus Epidemic
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to the international community for $675 million to boost international ...
Report on Asymptomatic Spread of Coronavirus Based on Faulty Information
A paper published on 30 January in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) about the first four people in Germany infected with a ...
Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Threatens to Become Pandemic
New coronavirus has now reached more than 20 countries from China, where the epidemic or disease outbreak began over a ...
Health Officials Confirm Second Case of Coronavirus in Bay Area
The Santa Clara Public Health Department said today that a second case of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the Bay Area ...
Washington State Preparing for Possible Coronavirus Repatriation Flights
Karina Shagren with Washington state's Emergency Management Division says the state is assessing airfields, housing and resources that could accommodate ...
UK Chief Medical Officer Confirms Cases of Coronavirus in England
In a 31 January statement, Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty confirmed two cases of novel coronavirus in England. "We ...
Scientists Call for More Transparency from Federal Government on ‘Risky Pathogen’ Research
U.S. officials are weighing the benefits and risks of proposed experiments that might make a dangerous pathogen even worse — ...
Novel Coronavirus R0 1.4-2.5 According to Preliminary Estimates
After the announcement of new containment measures in Wuhan on 22 January, the Director-General asked the Emergency Committee to reconvene ...
WHO Panel Puts Off Decision on Declaration of PHEIC
After two days of deliberations, the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee was divided on whether to declare a an ...
Coronavirus Deaths Are So Far Mostly Older Men, Many With Previous Health Issues
China’s health commission today released the most complete details to date about the 17 confirmed deaths from the disease. An ...
Boston Hospital Only New England Center Designated to Treat Ebola Patients
As part of a recent training session, staff members at the Center for Disaster Medicine in Boston trained on a ...
Japan Confirms First Case of New China Coronavirus 2019-nCoV
Japan’s Health Ministry said in a statement on Jan. 15 that a Chinese man in his 30s tested positive for ...
