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Coronavirus: Food For The Poor Responds to Urgent Requests

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Food For The Poor is ramping up its response to COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the countries it serves, based on urgent requests from its offices and partners. The charity has sent 26 shipments of supplies...

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FDA warning: DO NOT take Chloroquine Phosphate intended for fish

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The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has recently become aware that some consumers may mistake chloroquine phosphate used to treat disease in aquarium fish for FDA-approved drugs (used to treat malaria...

Florida total COVID-19 cases top 4,000, More than 1,000 in Dade

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 275 positive COVID-19 cases yesterday evening, bringing the state’s total to  4,038 cases–this...

Pakistan COVID-19 update: Cases near 1,500, UNICEF ships PPE

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Pakistan Ministry of Health is reporting 1,495 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country through Saturday. The bulk of the cases have been reported in Punjab (557)...

New York COVID-19 cases top 50,000, Wadsworth Lab working to evaluate antibody testing

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today of 7,681 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 52,318 confirmed cases in New York State. The...

COVID-19 ‘fastest point-of-care test’ from Abbott: FDA issues EUA

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Abbott announced Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of novel...

New Jersey COVID-19 outbreak rises to more than 11,000 cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New Jersey health officials reported today that the number of COVID-19 cases in the state has risen to 11,124, including 140 deaths. Bergen (1838), Essex (1086), Middlesex...

Paraguay health minister says dengue epidemic is over

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Paraguay,  Dr. Julio Mazzoleni announced the Dengue epidemic officially came to an end,...

Pakistan records two additional polio cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistan reported two additional cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Sindh province this past week. This brings the number of 2020 cases in Pakistan to 32 and...

Italy COVID-19 death toll tops 10,000, Letter to President of the European Council

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Italian health officials reported today an additional 889 COVID-19 deaths, putting the country over the 10,000 mark with 10,023, about one-third of the global total. A...