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Patients At Some Community Hospitals In New York City May Have Been Three Times More Likely To Die From Coronavirus Than Patients At Medical Centers In Wealthier Parts Of The City, Data Suggest

The New York Times (7/1, Rosenthal, Goldstein, Otterman, Fink) reports, “In its first four months in New York, the coronavirus tore through low-income neighborhoods, infected immigrants and essential workers unable to stay home and disproportionately kill...

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Lawmakers Call For Additional Transparency In HHS Program To Track Coronavirus Spread

The Washington Post (7/1, Albergotti) reports, “A growing number of Democratic lawmakers are sounding the alarm about a program launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to track the spread of the coronavirus.” This “public health effor...

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More Than Half Of Patients With COVID-19 Can’t Identify Who May Have Infected Them, CDC Survey Shows

USA Today (7/1, Rodriguez) reports, “A survey published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 54% of people infected with coronavirus were unable to pinpoint who may have infected them.” According to experts, “the survey results und...

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Analysis Shows Few States Doing Enough Testing To Control Spread Of Coronavirus

NPR (6/30, Stein) reports an analysis conducted for NPR by the Harvard Global Health Institute shows that while “more states have begun to do enough testing to keep their outbreaks from getting worse...most are still falling short,” and “only a handful ar...

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HHS To Extend Partnership With Retailers To Increase COVID-19 Testing

Reuters (6/30, Malara) reports that HHS “said on Tuesday it would extend its partnership with private pharmacies and grocery chains to provide better access to COVID-19 testing.” According to the story, “the partnership with CVS Health Corp, Rite Aid Corp...

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Experts Unable To Say For Certain Whether Protests Led To Coronavirus Spikes

The Washington Post (6/30, Janes) reports “some public health officials and disease trackers” are saying “there appears to be scant evidence” the protests following the death of George Floyd “sparked widespread outbreaks.” Meanwhile, “others say that beca...

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Researchers Discover Swine Flu Virus In Chinese Pigs That Could Become “Potential Pandemic”

USA Today (6/30, Rodriguez) reports “researchers have discovered a swine flu virus in Chinese pigs that may be able to jump to humans and are sounding the alarm for another “potential pandemic” as international public health experts still struggle to cont...

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Fauci Warns Congress New Cases May Rise To 100,000 Per Day, Redfield Urges Everyone To Wear Masks

USA Today (6/30, Groppe) reports on Tuesday Dr. Anthony Fauci, CDC Director Robert Redfield, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, and Assistant HHS Secretary Brett Giroir testified before the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on the curr...

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EU Will Reopen Its Borders To Visitors From 15 Countries, But Not To Travelers From US

The New York Times (6/30, Stevis-Gridneff) reports that “the European Union will open its borders to visitors from 15 countries as of Wednesday, but not to travelers from the United States, Brazil or Russia.” According to the Times, “Travelers’ country of...

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New York Governor Extends Quarantine Rules To Eight More States

Reuters (6/30, Allen) reports on Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) announced that “people arriving in New York from an additional eight states must quarantine themselves for 14 days” due to the pandemic. They are: California, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisia...

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Texas Governor Extends Ban On Elective Surgeries To Four More Counties

Newsweek (6/30, Kirk) reports on Tuesday Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced a ban on non-urgent surgery “in four counties” due to “a rapid surge in cases of the novel coronavirus.” Those affected are “the border counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Nueces, and We...

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WHO Director General Says That Pandemic “Is Not Even Close To Being Over”

NBC News (6/30, Edwards) reports that while in the “six months since the first report of a new virus emerging in Wuhan, China,” some countries have been able to “slow or even stop the spread of COVID-19,” others including the US “are experiencing surges i...

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CDC’s Schuchat Still Hopes To Slow Transmission

The Hill (6/30, Guzman) reports in continuing coverage that Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, on Monday told the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Howard Bauchner, “What we hope is that we can take it seriously and slow the...

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Preprint Study Shows First Physical Evidence Of Coronavirus Circulated At Low Levels In New York City In First Week Of February

The New York Times (6/30, Mandavilli) reports, “A new study offers the first physical evidence that the coronavirus was circulating at low levels in New York City as early as the first week of February.” New York City “confirmed its first infection on Mar...

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Patients With Severe COVID-19 May Be At Greater Risk Of Acute Symptomatic Seizures, Study Finds

Cleveland Clinic Consult QD (6/30) reports, “Patients with severe COVID-19 disease are at increased risk for acute symptomatic seizures and a variety of electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities,” according to “the largest study to date of continuous EE...

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Ecuadorean City Succeeded In Combating Virus By Going Into Most Affected Neighborhoods

The Wall Street Journal (6/30, Dube, de Córdoba, Subscription Publication) reports on the experience of Guayaquil, Ecuador of responding to a major coronavirus outbreak. An urban planner used data on 911 calls to identify neighborhoods where the outbreak...

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Goldman Sachs Report Suggests Mask Mandate Could Be More Effective Than Lockdowns At Slowing Virus

NBC News (6/30) reports on a study by Goldman Sachs suggesting “a national mask mandate could be more effective than lockdowns.” The study suggests “a national mandate could raise the percentage of people who wear masks by 15 percentage points and cut the...

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Disruptions From COVID-19 May Result In Deaths Of 250,000 Babies And 10,000 Young Mothers Over Next Six Months, Study Suggests

USA Today (6/30, Weintraub) reports on a study finding that “disruptions to health care and lack of food from COVID-19 are likely to cost the lives of at least 250,000 babies and young children and more than 10,000 mothers in low- and moderate-income coun...

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Some Texas Hospitals Strained By COVID-19

NPR (6/30, Glenn) reports the “almost 6,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19” in Texas is “a record.” At present, “Houston Methodist Hospital...has enough beds,” by “making room at the expense of other services.” NPR features Houston Methodist executive...

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FDA Says COVID-19 Vaccine Must Be At Least 50% Effective To Be Approved

The Washington Post (6/30, McGinley) reports the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said that to be approved a COVID-19 vaccine must “prevent disease, or decrease its severity, in at least 50 percent of the people who receive it.” Still, “many peo...

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Patients At Some Community Hospitals In New York City May Have Been Three Times More Likely To Die From Coronavirus Than Patients At Medical Centers In Wealthier Parts Of The City, Data Suggest

Lawmakers Call For Additional Transparency In HHS Program To Track Coronavirus Spread

More Than Half Of Patients With COVID-19 Can’t Identify Who May Have Infected Them, CDC Survey Shows

Analysis Shows Few States Doing Enough Testing To Control Spread Of Coronavirus

HHS To Extend Partnership With Retailers To Increase COVID-19 Testing

Experts Unable To Say For Certain Whether Protests Led To Coronavirus Spikes

Researchers Discover Swine Flu Virus In Chinese Pigs That Could Become “Potential Pandemic”

Fauci Warns Congress New Cases May Rise To 100,000 Per Day, Redfield Urges Everyone To Wear Masks

EU Will Reopen Its Borders To Visitors From 15 Countries, But Not To Travelers From US

New York Governor Extends Quarantine Rules To Eight More States

Texas Governor Extends Ban On Elective Surgeries To Four More Counties

WHO Director General Says That Pandemic “Is Not Even Close To Being Over”

CDC’s Schuchat Still Hopes To Slow Transmission

Preprint Study Shows First Physical Evidence Of Coronavirus Circulated At Low Levels In New York City In First Week Of February

Patients With Severe COVID-19 May Be At Greater Risk Of Acute Symptomatic Seizures, Study Finds

Ecuadorean City Succeeded In Combating Virus By Going Into Most Affected Neighborhoods

Goldman Sachs Report Suggests Mask Mandate Could Be More Effective Than Lockdowns At Slowing Virus

Disruptions From COVID-19 May Result In Deaths Of 250,000 Babies And 10,000 Young Mothers Over Next Six Months, Study Suggests

Some Texas Hospitals Strained By COVID-19

FDA Says COVID-19 Vaccine Must Be At Least 50% Effective To Be Approved