EARLY RELEASE: Active Monitoring of Persons Exposed to Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 - United States, January-February 2020

Published on March 3, 2020

CDC and public health authorities have learned more about COVID-19 through active contact tracing and monitoring of people who have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19.

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The effectiveness of frequent antibiotic use in reducing the risk of infection-related hospital admissions: results from two large population-based cohorts

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Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective

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