17,391 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Globally – 362 Deaths Worldwide
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 15. WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 14 No new countries reported cases of…
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Alarming Medicaid Evaluation Finds “No Clear Rationale” for 45% of Antibiotic Prescriptions
Nearly 1 in 5 antibiotics prescribed to Medicaid patients without infection diagnosis. A new Northwestern Medicine study has found alarmingly high rates of inappropriate antibiotic…
New Study Makes Clear: Meat Isn’t Good for You
Eating Red Meat and Processed Meat Hikes Heart Disease, Death Risk Eating red meat, processed meat or poultry raises the risk of cardiovascular disease Eating…
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Climb to 14,557 Globally – First Death Outside of China
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 14. WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 13 No new countries have reported cases…
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Climb to 11,953 Globally – 259 Deaths in China
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 13. WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 12 The main driver of transmission, based…
Scientists Warn: Current Health Issues in China Could Be Dwarfed by Looming Threats
China Health Threats Likely to Increase Due to Heatwaves Study reveals climate change will pose a deadly threat in China in the future as heatwaves…
Strains of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Detected in France Isolated
As well as sequencing the whole genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the Institut Pasteur continued to work on the samples taken from the first confirmed cases….
Whole Genome of the Wuhan Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV Sequenced
On January 24, 2020, the French Ministry of Health confirmed the first three cases of patients affected by the Wuhan coronavirus. On January 29, 2020,…
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Climb to 9826 Globally – 213 Deaths in China
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 12. WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 11 The Emergency Committee on the novel…
Scientific Estimates of Spread of Coronavirus Much Higher Than Official Reports
Authors caution that given the lack of a robust and detailed timeline of records of suspected, probable, and confirmed cases and close contacts, the true…
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Climb to 7818 Globally – 170 Deaths in China
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 11. WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 10 The Emergency Committee on the novel…
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Climb to 6065 Globally – 132 Deaths in China
Note: There is now a newer Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 10. WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 9 Four confirmed cases reported in United…
WHO, China Leaders Discuss Battle Against Coronavirus Outbreak
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, yesterday met with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in…
Potential Global Spread of New Coronavirus Mapped by New Study
Experts in population mapping at the University of Southampton have identified cities and provinces within mainland China, and cities and countries worldwide, which are at…
What in Known About EVALI: Diagnosis of the Acute Lung Injury Associated With Vaping
Pulmonary imaging is important in the diagnosis of the acute lung injury associated with vaping, known as electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury…
Air Pollution Impacts Can Be Heart-Stopping – Even From Short-Term Exposure
Biggest Study of Dangerously Small Particulate Matter and Cardiac Arrest There is an increased risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) even from short-term exposure to…
Three Cases of Novel Coronavirus Reported in France – Virus Recently Emerged in China
The first confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in Europe are not unexpected. Their identification proves that detection and confirmation of this novel virus is working in…
“Snake Pneumonia” – Coronavirus Outbreak in China Traced to Snakes by Genetic Analysis
Emerging viral infections — from bird flu to Ebola to Zika infections — pose major threats to global public health, and understanding their origins can…