This report from the CDC describes how a sentinel surveillance system for COVID-19 cases helped confirm community transmission in Santa Clara County, CA. On February 27, 2020, Santa Clara County, California, identified its first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) associated
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This study describes the use of pooled screening strategies to detect early community transmission of COVID-19. COVID-19 has shown us the importance of robust diagnostic testing. Given the limited testing capacity available in the US, people symptoms, but without travel
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This article discusses the Los Angeles County public health director’s request to community members to stay home this week as the number of local cases surpass 6000. “If you have enough supplies in your home, this would be the week
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This report details a decision tree algorithm that may help guide decisions for protecting health care workers during surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the risk of infection with COVID-19 to healthcare workers, a team developed an institutional algorithm to
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This is a rapid sentinel surveillance study aimed to determine what proportion of mild, outpatient influenza-like illnesses were caused by SARS-CoV-2. This community-based surveillance study reports a 5% rate of COVID-19 among patients presented to the ED or urgent care
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