Reuters Health News Overview

Below is a summary of current health news summaries.

More than 75,000 US coronavirus deaths: Reuters tally

According to Reuters, more than 75,000 new coronavirus deaths occurred in the United States on Thursday after the White House shelved a step-by-step guide created by health officials to help state authorities safely reopen. The United States, the epicenter of the global pandemic, has averaged 2,000 deaths per day since mid-April, despite efforts to delay the outbreak.

Doctors Want More Details About Federal Distribution of Gilead Coronavirus Drugs

The American Academy of Infectious Diseases (IDSA) seeks detailed information on a federal plan to determine where and how the only drug to help patients with new coronaviruses has been shown so far. I will. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration granted Gilead Sciences lemdesibir an emergency license for patients with severe COVID-19 (a disease caused by coronaviruses), making it more widespread in more hospitals across the United States. Paved the way for use.

The United States needs better technology to test COVID-19: the best health authorities

Francisco Senz, a senior US health official, said Thursday at a Senate hearing that better diagnostic testing techniques would be needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said that existing test technology still relies on sending samples to the lab for results, so tests that provide results quickly and are widely distributed in the field. Said that it will need to develop new technologies to deliver.

Without coronavirus, Africa could kill up to 190,000 people in the first year: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday killed 83,000-190,000 people in the first year in Africa and, if not included, could infect 29 million-44 million people in the first year Said. The predictions are included in the new WHO Africa survey based on the assumption that no containment measures have been taken, but fortunately it was not, said WHO Africa representative Matsuhi Di Somoeti to the press at a press conference. I told you.

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FDA withdraws approval from some Chinese mask makers for sale in the US

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that some manufacturers in China failed to provide adequate protection against the new coronavirus, so they withdrew their approval to sell the N95 respirator in the United States. Many of these ventilators failed to demonstrate a minimum particle filtration efficiency of 95% when tested, the agency said. (Https://bit.ly/35JPxQW)

False negatives: Russian virus tests often give wrong results, officials say

Moscow officials Thursday said in a statement that questioned the truthfulness of the official statistics, all over Russia to determine whether someone has the new coronavirus or, often, gives wrong results. Revealed the tests used in. A candid hospitalization by the Ministry of Health in Moscow said that the actual number of coronavirus infections that came on the same day as Russian capital mayor Sergey Sobyyanin was more than three times the official figure.

Monopoly: Virus Opens Big Hole in African Health System

African countries are facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters study, with only one intensive care bed and one ventilator installed per 100,000. Even in the best of scenarios, continents may need at least ten times their current peak hour numbers, as analysis of researchers’ predictions showed.

White House shelvs CDC guidance on virus deregulation

The White House has shelved a step-by-step guide prepared by the U.S. health authorities to help the state safely resume mass transit, restaurants, daycare centers, and other public places closed by coronavirus pandemics. I helped. Officials, who are members of President Donald Trump’s White House Task Force, reportedly said the 17-page document produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would not give “overly prescriptive” guidance. It was postponed to. AP communication with guidance shelved.

What can be learned from new coronavirus mutation studies?

A series of studies on the genomes of thousands of samples of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 show that it is mutating and evolving as it adapts to the human host. Here’s what the experts say about these findings and how they can impact COVID-19’s efforts to develop pandemics and vaccines and therapies.

Russian Putin Accepts US Ventilator Offer: Trump

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted his offer to provide a ventilator to help fight the new coronavirus, adding that Russia is struggling with the disease. According to the White House, Mr. Trump and Mr Putin spoke on the phone Thursday, where they discussed coronaviruses and arms control.