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Updated Guidance on Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

alert icon Distributed via the CDC Health Alert NetworkMarch 08, 2020, 8:20 PM ETCDCHAN-00429 SummaryThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to...

Checklist for Community and Faith Leaders

Exit Notification/Disclaimer Policy Close Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot...

Active Monitoring of Persons Exposed to Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 – United States, January-February 2020

On March 3, 2020, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. Rachel M. Burke, PhD1; Claire M. Midgley, PhD1; Alissa Dratch,...

Judge Says More Answers Needed About Relocation of COVID-19 Patients

HealthDay News — Federal and California officials must provide more information to local officials about plans to relocate former cruise ship passengers...

Healthcare Professional Preparedness Checklist For Transport and Arrival of Patients With Confirmed or Possible COVID-19

Healthcare Personnel Preparedness Checklist for COVID-19 pdf icon Front-line healthcare personnel in the United States should be prepared to evaluate patients for coronavirus...

Interim Guidance for Ships on Managing Suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019

Revisions were made on February 18, 2020 to reflect the following: Clarified guidance on laundry and disposal of used PPE and other disposable...

New Hospital Being Built in China for Coronavirus Outbreak

HealthDay News — A new 1,000-bed hospital just for patients infected with the coronavirus that has caused 830 confirmed illnesses and 26...

New Coronavirus May Be Cause of Viral Pneumonia Outbreak in China

HealthDay News — A new type of coronavirus may be responsible for dozens of viral pneumonia illnesses in China, according to state...

World Health Organization recommendations for the influenza virus vaccine composition for the 2020 southern hemisphere season

The World Health Organization (WHO) convenes in February and September each year to recommend influenza viruses for inclusion in the vaccines for the...

Extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea: risk of further dissemination within and across Europe

The study by Eyre et al. in the Eurosurveillance edition of 7 March 2019 reported on two cases of ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae with...

Conclusions of the twentieth IHR Emergency Committee do not change the ECDC risk assessment for Europe concerning polio

The twentieth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened by...

WHO recommendations for influenza virus vaccine composition for the 2019–2020 northern hemisphere season

On 18–20 February 2019 in Beijing, China, the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed on the recommended composition of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine for...

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