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COVID-19 Critical Items List (WHO Technical Guidance)
Published on April 3, 2020
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Nonfatal Drug Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments - United States, 2016-2017
April 2, 2020
In the United States, rates of nonfatal overdose visits to emergency departments increased from 2016 to 2017 for all drugs (4.3%), all opioids (3.1%), nonheroin opioids (3.6%), heroin (3.6%), and cocaine (32.9%), while rates of overdoses involving benzodiazepines decreased (5.2%).
EARLY RELEASE: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Among Residents and Staff Members of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults --- Seattle, Washington, 2020
April 3, 2020
In the Seattle, Washington metropolitan area, where the first case of novel coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in the United States was reported, a community-level outbreak is ongoing with evidence of rapid spread and high morbidity and mortality among older adults in long-term care skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).