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Recent developments in Chinese coronavirus dominate top stories in infectious disease
Healio’s coverage of the Chinese coronavirus outbreak, which WHO had not yet declared a global health emergency at the time of this story’s posting, are the top stories in infectious disease.
These stories include the CDC’s announcement that the outbreak currently poses a ‘low’ risk to the general U.S. population and information on what clinicians need to know about this disease.
CDC: Coronavirus still poses ‘low’ risk to general US population
The novel coronavirus at the center of an ongoing outbreak in China continues to pose a “low” risk to the general United States population, according to the CDC. Read more.
Q&A: Understanding transmission, origins of Chinese coronavirus key for global security
With hundreds of cases of novel coronavirus reported thusfar, Healio spoke with Amesh Adalja, MD, infectious disease, bioterrorism and emergency medicine specialist and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and Anne Rimoin, PhD, MPH, professor of epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health and director of the UCLA-DRC Research Program in Kinshasa, about what U.S. clinicians should look for and global health priorities related to the epidemic. Read more.
CDC confirms first US case of Wuhan coronavirus
The first case of a novel coronavirus at the center of an ongoing outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, was identified last week in the United States, health officials confirmed. Read more.
CDC confirms second US case of coronavirus in Chicago woman
A female U.S. citizen in her 60s returning to Chicago from Wuhan, China, was the second confirmed coronavirus case identified in the U.S. Read more.
WHO: Coronavirus outbreak not yet a global public health emergency
An emergency committee convened by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, recommended against declaring the ongoing coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern at this time. Read more.