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September 8, 2019 by
Coronavirus
- Reporting COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States
- Reporting Trends in Number of COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Reporting COVID-19 Vaccination Demographic Data
- Reporting County-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Data
- Cases in the U.S.
- Strategies for Optimizing Supply of N95 Respirators
- Guidance for Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results
Outbreaks
- 1.4 million vaccines from global stockpile support yellow fever control in Nigeria
- WHO supports the immunization of 874 000 people against yellow fever in Nigeria
- WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar
- Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030
- World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
- Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
Medical News
- Job and social strain associated with higher risk of coronary heart disease in women
- Broadly neutralizing antibodies show promise in preventing tick-borne encephalitis in mice
- Sleep apnea treatment linked to lower risk of Alzheimer's and other dementias
- SFU mathematics professor to lead new infectious disease modeling network
- WHO develops Progress Indicators to monitor the status of assistive technology access
- New consortium aims to accelerate development of stem cell-based therapies for Huntington’s disease
- Obesity reduces mitochondrial gene expression in fat tissue, finds study
- Study uncovers molecular reason why fecal transplants effectively treat C. difficile infections
- FDA approves marketing of first AI-based device to assist clinicians during colon cancer screening
- Removing race modifiers in equations used to estimate kidney function
Public Health
- Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Racism and HealthToday, Rochelle P. Walensky MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), declared racism a serious public health threat.
- Federal Grantees May Now Use Funds to Purchase Fentanyl Test StripsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today that federal funding may now be used to purchase rapid fentanyl test strips (FTS) in an effort to help curb the dramatic spike in drug overdose deaths largely driven by the use of strong synthetic […]
- CDC Awards $3 Billion to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine ProgramsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded funding to support local efforts to increase vaccine uptake by expanding COVID-19 vaccine programs and ensuring greater equity and access to vaccine by those disproportionately affected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.