Covid-19 News and Updates

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 31, 2020 Experts suggest limiting older docs' direct patient care and expanding their telehealth role.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 31, 2020 As global deaths top 41,000, UK researchers estimate a case-fatality rate of 1.4%.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 31, 2020 A second study shows a 5% COVID-19 rate in those with mild flulike illness.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 31, 2020 Less-affected hospitals should be thinking creatively and acting urgently to be ready to care for COVID-19 patients, experts say.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 30, 2020 A total of 1,218 fatalities have occurred in New York, the hardest-hit state.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 30, 2020 In India, a nationwide lockdown has stranded some migrant workers without food and shelter.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 30, 2020 After analyzing a large outbreak at a Seattle-area nursing home, researchers share prevention tips.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 29, 2020 US social distancing steps will extend through April.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 28, 2020 US activity is surging in New York and several other states and cities.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 27, 2020 Also, new studies highlight virus shedding and before-symptom transmission.

Robert Roos | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 27, 2020 The US depends heavily on drugs made in other countries, especially India and China.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 27, 2020 A day after topping 500,000 global cases, the total is poised to pass 600,000.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 26, 2020 Cases are accelerating in multiple hot spots, causing the global total to climb from 400,000 to 500,000 cases in only 2 days.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 26, 2020 Hospitalization rates in Los Angeles and New York City are doubling every few days.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 26, 2020 Chinese researchers say that they can't rule out mother-to-baby transmission in 3 infected newborns.

Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH, and Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH Mar 26, 2020 The federal government needs to take leadership to get past our current piecemeal approach to addressing shortages of personal protective equipment, ventilators, and other critical needs.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 25, 2020 The ECDC says the risk is very high if mitigation measures are inadequate.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 25, 2020 The bill promises relief for many US households and small businesses.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 24, 2020 More nations, including the UK and India, order countrywide lockdowns.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 24, 2020 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the COVID-19 pandemic case count is doubling every 3 days in his state, as the WHO warns that the US could become the next global epicenter.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 24, 2020 Italian authors reported a 7.2% fatality rate—even higher in those 70 and older.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 23, 2020 Spain seems to be following Italy's trajectory, reporting 4,321 new cases and 33,090 total.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 23, 2020 "We need you to understand you could be spreading it to someone else."

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 23, 2020 In 3 papers, experts lay out strategies for priority decisions on PPE, etc.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 22, 2020 Guard troops will help efforts in New York, California, and Washington state.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 21, 2020 The FDA authorizes an emergency use authorization for the first point-of-care rapid test.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 20, 2020 Italy today reported a staggering 6,000 new cases, and confirmed global deaths have topped 10,000.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 20, 2020 Governors in New, California, and Illinois announced new restrictions.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 20, 2020 As supplies of equipment dwindle, healthcare workers are likely at increased risk.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 19, 2020 President Trump is pushing the FDA to remove barriers to using an antimalarial drug.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 19, 2020 Spain, like Italy, has plans to support its overwhelmed health system with medical students and other surge staff.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 19, 2020 While kids are less likely than adults to be infected and have severe illness, they are still vulnerable.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 18, 2020 Fully 80% of US deaths so far have been in those 65 years and older.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 18, 2020 Trump announced that the USNS Mercy and Comfort Navy hospital ships, hospitals at sea, will be deployed to New York and the West Coast.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 18, 2020 The WHO announces a large international clinical trial to test 5 treatments.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 18, 2020 Modeling predicts "a terrible dilemma of very long-term social distancing, or overloading healthcare systems, or both."

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 17, 2020 Italy reports 3,526 new infections, boosting its total past 30,000.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 17, 2020 The number of US COVID-19 cases tops 5,000.

Peter M. Sandman, PhD, and Jody Lanard, MD Mar 17, 2020 People are likely experiencing exactly this contradiction as we confront the COVID-19 pandemic together.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 16, 2020 Doctors in hard-hit Lombardy paint a dire picture of overwhelmed ICUs and a lack of resources.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 16, 2020 And 1,440 new cases in Spain mean it is now the world's fourth hardest-hit country.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 16, 2020 The White House says to limit gatherings to 10 people.

Lisa Brosseau, ScD Mar 16, 2020 An often ignored, yet important mode of transmission for infectious respiratory diseases—close-range aerosol transmission—needs to be part of the COVID-19 prevention equation.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 15, 2020 New York City cancelled schools, the Federal Reserve cut the interest rate again, and Italy reported its biggest daily case rise.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 14, 2020 US travel restrictions now include flights arriving from the UK and Ireland.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 13, 2020 The declaration allows the president to exercise emergency powers and tap into $50 billion for relief efforts; Trump also announced a new public-private partnership to address the test shortage.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 13, 2020 Italy reports 2,547 new infections and 250 more deaths, boosting its totals to 17,770 cases and 1,255 deaths.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Mar 12, 2020 Doctors in Italy face grim decisions about whom to save.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Mar 12, 2020 Several states limit the size of gatherings, and dozens of sports teams are affected by cancellations.

Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News Mar 12, 2020 Researchers detected COVID-19 viral RNA and live virus in specimens other than from the throat and sputum.