A study of children treated for mild cases of pneumonia suggests antibiotics may not be needed as frequently as they are prescribed. The prospective study, published today in Pediatrics, looked at nearly 300 children between 3 months and 18 years of age who were discharged from the emergency department (ED) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) with [...]
An allegation that the Trump administration tried to secure exclusive rights to the production of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Germany has revived health officials’ concerns that countries worldwide might move to nationalize key supplies to respond to the growing pandemic. The allegation, first reported on Sunday in German media and later echoed by the [...]
The challenges that COVID-19 poses for governments around the world are formidable. For Taiwan, there have been additional hurdles. Experts say the island’s response to the novel coronavirus has been remarkably effective so far, despite many serious challenges, starting with its close links to China, and may even hold lessons for others to follow. “Taiwan is [...]
Abstract We estimated the case-fatality risk for 2019 novel coronavirus disease cases in China (3.5%); China, excluding Hubei Province (0.8%); 82 countries, territories, and areas (4.2%); and on a cruise ship (0.6%). Lower estimates might be closest to the true value, but a broad range of 0.25%–3.0% probably should be considered. CC0 Creative Commons Pixabay [...]
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday announced a “shelter in place” order restricting all residents to their homes, with few exceptions, for at least the next three weeks — the strictest move announced to date in the U.S. in the response to the coronavirus. The order will [...]
Cases reported Total confirmed cases: 197 Cases by County Image by Juraj Varga from Pixabay Read more… The post The latest coronavirus numbers from Massachusetts appeared first on Healthier Environment Living Program.
People from flats numbered 13 and 14 across six floors at Tai House at Fu Heng Estate asked to vacate and undergo quarantine Four new infections bring local tally to 141 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Read more… The post Coronavirus: at least 10 households evacuated from Hong Kong public housing block in [...]
At a media briefing today following a meeting of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, federal officials added the United Kingdom and Ireland to a travel ban, and President Trump signaled that the administration is considering domestic travel restrictions. On the international COVID-19 front, Spain today became the second European country to go on lockdown, [...]
Compulsory home quarantine will apply to people who have been to any of the three countries, or Egypt, in the previous 14 days The city on Sunday records seven more confirmed cases, bringing total tally to 148 Read more… The post Coronavirus: Hong Kong issues ‘red’ travel alert on the United States, Britain and Ireland [...]
Top infectious disease experts call for tougher measures, including banning non-residents flying in from countries the city has issued red travel alerts for Government says it will start charging people arriving from mainland China HK$200 a day for bed and board in quarantine facilities so system will not be abused Base64, retouched by CarolSpears [...]
