Global cooperation is our only choice against COVID-19, says WHO chief
With more than 18.5 million cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide as of Thursday, and 700,000 deaths, the UN’s top health official again appealed to countries to unite in the fight against the disease ...
New humanitarian air service boosts COVID-19 response in the Pacific
A flight carrying protective masks, ventilators and other essential medical supplies for COVID-19 response, landed in Papua New Guinea on Thursday, marking the start of a humanitarian air service for the Pacific region, Governments and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have announced. ...
Increase in Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment Among Persons with HIV Infection During the Lusaka HIV Treatment Surge – Lusaka Province, Zambia, January 2018-June 2019
This report describes how Zambia's Lusaka Province HIV Treatment Surge increased the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy as well as the number of people with documented viral load suppression. ...
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Males, Females, and Both Sexes – United States, 2009-2018
This report describes the age-adjusted death rates for males, females, and both sexes in the United States from 2009-2018. ...
Zika Virus Disease in Colombia — Preliminary Report
Zika virus is a flavivirus transmitted primarily by the bite of an infected aedes mosquito. In Colombia, a country with a population of 48 million, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are the species that are most commonly found at elevations below 2000 m above sea level. Transmission of… ...
Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis
Foreword. This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the authors’ clinical recommendations. Stage. A 72-year-old… ...
EARLY RELEASE: Serious Adverse Health Events, Including Death, Associated with Ingesting Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol – Arizona and New Mexico, May-June 2020
This report describes 15 cases of methanol poisoning associated with swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitizers that were reported in Arizona and New Mexico in May through June. ...
South Africa: UN health agency sends experts to help battle against COVID-19
new “surge team” of leading UN health experts is on its way to South Africa to ramp up the COVID-19 response there, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. ...
From Icebox to Tinderbox — A View from the Southern Border
Dozens of asylum seekers used to arrive at Puerto Fronterizo El Chaparral in Tijuana at the break of dawn each day, where they would be corralled within makeshift metal barriers. Children lay sprawled on the concrete, heads nestled in parents’ laps after the disorienting trip from the crowded… ...
Partitioning the Curve — Interstate Travel Restrictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis in the United States, government action taken to "flatten" the curve of disease transmission has varied dramatically among states, counties, and cities. The early epicenters — New York City, Washington State, and the San Francisco Bay Area — implemented… ...
Thailand’s COVID-19 response an example of resilience and solidarity: a UN Resident Coordinator’s Blog
In January, Thailand became the second country to confirm a COVID-19 case but, since then, the country has shown remarkable resilience and, as of late July, there had not been any recorded cases of domestic transmission for nearly two months. Gita Sabharwal, the UN Resident Coordinator in Thailand, explains that this...
EARLY RELEASE: Vital Signs: Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Confirmed Acute Flaccid Myelitis, United States, 2018
This report describes symptoms, physical findings, test and imaging results, and hospitalization data of patients with confirmed acute flaccid myelitis during 2018. ...
