United States

A new study estimates that COVID-19 kills 1.3% of symptomatic people, substantially more than seasonal influenza. Further, and could kill 500,000 Americans in the coming months if as many people contract the highly-contagious virus this year as contracted the seasonal Read More

This article is a companion manuscript to the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) official position statement on resource allocation strategies and age-related considerations, developed by the AGS Ethics Committee in collaboration with others. The AGS position statement relies on a view Read More

This CDC report provides the first documentation of the number of reported laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in correctional and detention facilities in the United States. Aggregate data on COVID-19 cases between April 22–28, 2020 was collected from 37 of 54 Read More

This article reports the results of focus group and key informant interviews with clinicians regarding changes in their roles, identities, duties, and decision-making autonomy that may result from the need to implement crisis standards of care (CSC) during disaster triage, Read More

This forthcoming article (currently in pre-proof) discusses scarce resource allocation planning for a public health emergency with a specific focus on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), used to treat severe respiratory failure. The authors note that ECMO has only recently been Read More

This report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security addresses key challenges facing healthcare facilities and healthcare workers  The report notes that surge capacity augmentation, deferral of some services, and implementation of crisis standards Read More

This CDC report discusses various factors that contributed to the accelerated spread of COVID-19 in the US during February–March 2020. These factors include continued travel-associated importations, large gatherings, introductions into high-risk workplaces and densely populated areas, and cryptic transmission resulting Read More

This report indicates that coronavirus disease 2019 cases among workers in 115 meat or poultry processing facilities were reported by 19 states. Persons in congregate work and residential locations are at increased risk for transmission and acquisition of respiratory infections. Read More

This report characterizes a cohort of hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in Georgia in which black patients were overrepresented and one in four hospitalized patients had no high risk conditions. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 305 patients at Read More

This study forecasts the incidence of COVID-19 in pregnancy in the United States. The authors use a phenomenological model with generalized logistic growth models to forecast the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States from 4/15/2020 – 12/31/2020. Their model Read More