COVID ‘long way from over’ as cases and deaths surge – WHO
The COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over” but there are many reasons to be optimistic and it’s possible the pandemic can be brought under control “within months”, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday. ...
EARLY RELEASE: Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Hospitalizations, by Region – United States, March-December 2020
Within each U.S. Census region, the proportion of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was highest for Hispanic or Latino patients. Racial and ethnic disparities were largest during May-July 2020 and became less pronounced as the pandemic spread throughout the country; however, disparities remained in December 2020 in all regions. ...
EARLY RELEASE: Emergency Department Visits for COVID-19 by Race and Ethnicity – 13 States, October-December 2020
Data from 13 states indicate that compared with White persons, Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska Native persons experienced 1.7 times the rate, and Black persons experienced 1.4 times the rate of emergency department care visits for COVID-19 during October-December 2020. ...
FROM THE FIELD: providing hope for those living with HIV in Yemen
Living with HIV in Yemen, a country mired in a seemingly interminable conflict, is particularly challenging, with medical supplies hard to come by, and only around half of all health facilities fully operational. ...
Without access to vaccines, COVID will continue widening inequality everywhere
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented public health, economic and social crises, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions and exacerbating inequalities throughout the world, the World Bank said at the COVID-19: Vaccines for Developing Countries event on Friday. ...
Low-income countries have received just 0.2 per cent of all COVID-19 shots given
The vast majority of COVID-19 vaccines administered have so far gone to wealthy nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday. ...
COVID-19 equitable vaccine scheme reaches more than 100 countries and economies
More than 100 countries and economies have now received COVID-19 vaccines through the UN-partnered equitable coronavirus-busting scheme, COVAX. ...
COVID-19 Stats: College and University COVID-19 Student Testing Protocols, by Mode of Instruction (N = 1,849) – United States, Spring 2021
This report describes COVID-19 testing protocols at colleges and universities in relation to class instruction type. ...
Provisional Mortality Data – United States, 2020
The age-adjusted death rate increased by 15.9% in 2020. Overall death rates were highest among Black and American Indian or Alaska Native people. COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death, and the COVID-19 death rate was highest among Hispanics. ...
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Had an Influenza Vaccination in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity – National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019
This report describes the age-adjusted percentage of adults who received an influenza vaccination in the U.S. in 2019. ...
Death Certificate-Based ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance – United States, January-December 2020
Among 378,048 death certificates from 2020 listing COVID-19 as a cause of death, 5.5% listed COVID-19 without codes for any other conditions. Among 357,133 death certificates with at least one other diagnosis, 97% had a co-occurring diagnosis of a plausible chain-of-event condition, a significant contributing condition, or both. ...
Notes from the Field: COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Program – Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota, September-November 2020
This report describes COVID-19 contact tracing and case investigation efforts on the Spirit Lake reservation in South Dakota. ...
