Browsing by Subject "United States"
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Male-to-Male Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus - Texas, January 2016
(2016-06)Zika virus infection has been linked to increased risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome and adverse fetal outcomes, including congenital microcephaly. In January 2016, after notification from a local health care provider, an ... -
Mortality from COVID-19 in 12 countries and 6 states of the United States
(2020-04-22)Importance: Reliable estimates of COVID-19 mortality are crucial to aid control strategies and to assess the effectiveness of interventions. Objective: Project COVID-19 mortality trends to October 1, 2020, in 12 countries ... -
Outcomes of hydroxychloroquine usage in United States veterans hospitalized with Covid-19
(2020-04-23)BACKGROUND: Despite limited and conflicting data on the use of hydroxychloroquine in patients with Covid-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of this drug when clinical trials are ... -
Patterns in Zika Virus Testing and Infection, by Report of Symptoms and Pregnancy Status - United States, January 3-March 5, 2016
(2016-06)CDC recommends Zika virus testing for potentially exposed persons with signs or symptoms consistent with Zika virus disease, and recommends that health care providers offer testing to asymptomatic pregnant women within 12 ... -
Possible Zika Virus Infection Among Pregnant Women - United States and Territories, May 2016
(2016-06)Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and brain abnormalities (1), and it is the first known mosquito-borne infection to cause congenital anomalies in humans. The establishment of a comprehensive surveillance system to ... -
Predictions of Covid-19 Related Unemployment On Suicide and Excess Mortality in the United States
(2020-05-18)Importance: The Covid-19 pandemic has driven behavioral and governmental responses with large impacts on economic activity. Estimates of indirect health effects of economic impacts may inform societal action. Objective: ... -
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in previously undiagnosed health care workers at the onset of the U.S. COVID-19 epidemic
(2020-04-24)Importance: Healthcare workers are presumed to be at increased risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection due to occupational exposure to infected patients. However, no epidemiological ... -
Racial, Economic and Health Inequality and COVID-19 Infection in the United States
(2020-05-01)Abstract Background: There is preliminary evidence of racial and social-economic disparities in the population infected by and dying from COVID-19. The goal of this study is to report the associations of COVID-19 with ... -
Safety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of mRNA-1325 in Healthy Adult Subjects
(2017)The clinical study will assess the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of mRNA-1325 in healthy adult subjects. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel ... -
Social Distancing Has Merely Stabilized COVID-19 in the US
(2020-04-30)Social distancing measures, with varying degrees of restriction, have been imposed around the world in order to stem the spread of COVID-19. In this work we analyze the effect of current social distancing measures in the ... -
Transmission of Zika Virus Through Sexual Contact with Travelers to Areas of Ongoing Transmission - Continental United States, 2016
(2016-06)Zika virus is a flavivirus closely related to dengue, West Nile, and yellow fever viruses. Although spread is primarily by Aedes species mosquitoes, two instances of sexual transmission of Zika virus have been reported ... -
Zika Virus Disease in Travelers Returning to the United States, 2010-2014
(2016-06)Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus that typically causes a mild febrile illness with rash, arthralgia, or conjunctivitis. Zika virus has recently caused large outbreaks of disease in southeast Asia, Pacific ... -
Zika Virus Infection Among U.S. Pregnant Travelers — August 2015–February 2016
(2016-06)After reports of microcephaly and other adverse pregnancy outcomes in infants of mothers infected with Zika virus during pregnancy, CDC issued a travel alert on January 15, 2016, advising pregnant women to consider postponing ... -
Zika Virus Infection in a Massachusetts Resident After Travel to Costa Rica: A Case Report
(2016)Case Report: On 2 to 3 January 2016, a previously healthy 55-year-old male Massachusetts resident presented to the walk-in clinic at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with rash, conjunctivitis, and arthralgia. ... -
Zika Virus-Related News Coverage and Online Behavior, United States, Guatemala, and Brazil
(2016-07)News coverage of emerging infectious diseases tends to be episodic and ephemeral rather than thematic, comprehensive, and consistent over time, in part because of newsroom constraints (1–3). Public health authority ...