News from the FDA/CDC
News from the FDA/CDC
2019-2020 flu season ends with ‘very high’ activity in New Jersey
Influenza activity has been at or above the national baseline since early November.
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COVID-19: When health care personnel become patients
For physicians and others in the health care industry, almost half of all exposures occurred outside of work.
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FDA approves emergency use of saliva test to detect COVID-19
“We can significantly increase the number of people tested each and every day as self-collection of saliva is quicker and more scalable than swab...
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CDC issues new return-to-work guidelines
Essential workers must take their temperature before work, wear a facial mask at all times, and practice social distancing when at work.
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Almost 90% of COVID-19 admissions involve comorbidities
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Autism prevalence: ‘Diminishing disparity’ between black and white children
Lack of difference “might signify progress toward earlier and more equitable identification of autism spectrum disorder.”
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Many children with COVID-19 don’t have cough or fever
The characteristic COVID-19 symptoms are not as common in pediatric patients, compared with adults.
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COVID-19 transmission can occur before symptom onset
Data from Singapore support presymptomatic viral shedding in a small number of cases.
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Comorbidities more common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Preliminary results from the United States “are consistent with findings from China and Italy,” CDC says.
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Rise in autism prevalence indicates earlier diagnosis
Wide variation among surveillance sites “could reflect variable success in improving community identification,” the CDC says.
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FDA issues EUA allowing hydroxychloroquine sulfate, chloroquine phosphate treatment in COVID-19
The Strategic National Stockpile will work with FEMA to ship the products to states.