WHO-backed policy brief calls for action to address ‘long COVID’
With one in 10 people still feeling ill 12 weeks after having COVID-19, authorities must do more to support them, a UN-backed policy brief issued on Thursday argues. ...
South Sudan: UN agencies support nationwide polio vaccination campaign
The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from polio is underway in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday. ...
West Africa steps up efforts to tackle latest Ebola threat
As a new Ebola outbreak threatens Guinea, six neighboring countries are urgently scaling up preparation and response efforts to prevent the further spread of the deadly virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. ...
First Identified Cases of SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7 in Minnesota – December 2020-January 2021
This report describes the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 identified in eight specimens from Minnesota residents. ...
Detection of B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 Variant Strain – Zambia, December 2020
This report describes detection of the B.1.351 variant in Zambia that establishes an epidemiologic linkage between COVID-19 outbreaks in Zambia and South Africa. ...
Telemedicine and Medical Licensure — Potential Paths for Reform
The rapid growth of telemedicine during the Covid-19 pandemic has focused renewed attention on the debate over physician licensure. Before the pandemic, states typically licensed physicians according to policies outlined in each state’s medical practice act, which dictate that physicians must be… ...
Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), emerged in China in late 2019 from a zoonotic source. The majority of Covid-19 cases either are asymptomatic or result in only mild disease. However, in a substantial percentage of… ...
EARLY RELEASE: Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at Three Fitness Facilities – Hawaii, June-July 2020
This report describes an investigation of COVID-19 transmission linked to a fitness instructor at a Hawaii exercise facility. ...
EARLY RELEASE: COVID-19 Outbreak Among Attendees of an Exercise Facility – Chicago, Illinois, August-September 2020
This report describes an investigation of COVID-19 transmission among attendees of indoor high-intensity classes at a Chicago exercise facility. ...
Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility
Six hundred thousand doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative have arrived in Ghana: a historic first for the international partnership to provide equitable innoculations for all. ...
COVID-19 imperils ‘historic advances’ in children’s access to school meals: UN report
Hard-won gains in efforts to provide millions of the world’s most vulnerable children with nutritious food, through free daily meals at school, are at risk due to the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, a UN World Food Programme (WFP) report said on Wednesday. ...
BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting
Mass vaccination campaigns using newly approved vaccines against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are beginning in many parts of the world. Randomized clinical trials of mRNA-based vaccines reported efficacies for preventing coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) in the range… ...
