 | FRI, MAR 27, 2020 | | | | Coronavirus: US is largest outbreak; response may slow flattening curve | | | | The United States now has more COVID-19 cases than Italy and China, making the U.S. the largest outbreak in the world. The total number of cases in the U.S. reached 85,996 as of Friday morning, including 1,300 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The outbreak is accelerating, with hot spots in California, Washington state and New York state. We have the latest, and what's to come, from our team below.
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| | The 'piecemeal' response in the U.S. may slow efforts to flatten the curve | Any hope of stemming the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. depends on having a stronger national strategy, public health experts said this week, with the risk of domestic travel seeding new outbreaks across the country even as existing ones come under control. It looked as if Westchester, home of an early hotspot, may have been headed in the right direction - until a big jump in cases Thursday. Meanwhile, New Orleans is now taking off.
-Meg Tirrell | | | | Pregnant health workers don't know if it's safe to treat patients | Pregnant health care workers are terrified about whether to continue to treat patients, because they're deemed at-risk if they contract the coronavirus. Because of the lack of clear national guidelines, the decision to allow pregnant doctors and nurses to see patients is up to the discretion of an individual hospital. Some are encouraging pregnant health workers to transition to seeing patients virtually, but others are pushing them to go to work. If they don't, they face the prospect of losing their jobs. Obsetricians told CNBC that there's still a lot of unknows about pregnancy, infant health and the coronavirus.
-Chrissy Farr | | | | How the coronavirus stacks up to other pandemics and serious outbreaks | There is a lot that infectious disease specialists and scientists still don't know about the virus. Exactly how deadly and contagious COVID-19 is, is still a matter of debate. So far, the virus appears to be more deadly than the seasonal flu, H1N1 and the 1918 flu, which was one of the most horrific pandemics of the 20th century. It's much less lethal than SARS and MERS, two other coronaviruses that caused serious outbreaks. Thankfully, many scientists think, or are at least hopeful, that COVID-19's current mortality rate of 4.5 will fall as more people are tested and mild cases that have previously gone undetected are identified.
-Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | | | | LA health officials examining whether a child under 18 died from virus | Los Angeles County health officials announced Tuesday that a child under 18 died from the coronavirus in California. Then the county said the death will require "further evaluation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." Representatives of the CDC declined to comment. The initial announcement, if it proves true, underscores that the virus can infect young people and, while it may be less common, can also develop into a severe and life-threatening illness. "Tragically, one of the people who died was a person under the age of 18, a devastating reminder that COVID-19 infects people of all ages," said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the County of Los Angeles Public Health Department.
-Will Feuer | | | | Mayor Bill de Blasio says at least half a million New Yorkers will be unemployed | New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said this week that early estimates of unemployment data shows at least half a million New Yorkers have or will lose their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced state and local officials to shutter businesses and schools across the state. "It's staggering, we're only seeing the initial numbers, they will get worse unfortunately," de Blasio said, adding that a lot of people can't get even get through online or via phone to apply for unemployment. Americans filed over 3 million unemployment claims last week as the coronavirus pandemic displaces workers in record numbers.
-Noah Higgins-Dunn | | | | There's little evidence the malaria drug touted by Trump will work | Hopes for a coronavirus treatment were boosted after President Donald Trump announced at a White House press briefing last week that two anti-malaria drugs were a "game-changer" that have shown "very, very encouraging results.″ But scientists and infectious disease experts say Trump's claims about the drugs — chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — may be premature. While some small studies give doctors reason to hope, large clinical trials are needed to determine whether the drugs are truly effective in fighting COVID-19, they say. Chloroquine has gained a lot of attention after a small study of 36 COVID-19 patients published March 17 in France found that most patients taking the drug cleared the coronavirus from their system a lot faster than the control group.
-Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | |
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