The virus is now hitting urban, suburban and rural areas and has even spread to Americans living on distant islands. Hawaii and Puerto Rico both saw their highest seven-day averages of new daily cases on Monday, per data from Johns Hopkins University. Nationally, the seven-day average of new daily cases is at about 60,000 and… Read More: Covid-19 is more widespread than ever in the US, even… »
Article content continued The public-health department of Peel region west of Toronto said Wednesday it typically manages to reach contacts within 24 to 48 hours of a case being identified. At the peak of the pandemic the unit had 237 staff doing contact tracing, though that number had dwindled to 190 by the end of… Read More: Case of Ontario man who ignored COVID-19 quarantine order shows… »
Dive Brief: HHS extended the public health emergency declared for the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday, according to a tweet from Secretary Alex Azar. The move was expected but came just days before the emergency, first declared at the end of January, was scheduled to expire. The tweet from Azar did not indicate how long the emergency… Read More: COVID-19 public health emergency extended »
To the Editor: A recent article suggested the rapid decay of anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG in early infection,1 but the rate was not described in detail. We evaluated persons who had recovered from Covid-19 and referred themselves to our institution for observational research. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participants, with approval by the institutional… Read More: Rapid Decay of Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Persons with Mild Covid-19… »