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Special Bulletin: AHA Members-only Call on Feb. 3 with CDC Official on Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
The AHA Feb. 3 at noon ET will host a call for member hospitals and health systems featuring Michael Bell, M.D., deputy director of the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases.
CDC confirms first U.S. person-to-person coronavirus case
The husband of a Chicago woman infected by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is the first individual in the U.S. to contract the illness via person-to-person contact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
CDC: 11 people in the U.S. have tested positive for coronavirus
Eleven people in the U.S. have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to see more cases, including cases where the virus is transferred from person to person.
U.S. declares coronavirus a public health emergency, CDC updates guidance
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a public health emergency and ordered all U.S. citizens returning from the Wuhan, China, region to be quarantined for two weeks.
CDC updates coronavirus guidance; HHS pursues treatment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released updated infection prevention and control guidance for patients under investigation or with confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in health care settings.
FDA issues emergency authorization for CDC novel coronavirus test kits
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization allowing qualified public health labs to use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, previously only available at CDC laboratories.
CDC confirms 12th U.S. novel coronavirus case
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a new case of travel-related novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said the adult, isolated at home, has a history of travel to Beijing and came into contact with known cases while recently in China.
State labs report issues with coronavirus test kit, CDC to send new reagents
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said new reagents will be manufactured and sent to state laboratories that reported inconclusive results using the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) test kit sent by CDC.
2 U.S. evacuees test positive for coronavirus, global case total spikes
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed two new U.S. cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 15.
CDC to use local flu surveillance for wider coronavirus testing
Five public health labs already conducting influenza surveillance in the U.S. will test specimens for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) if they test negative for influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.