As new cases of coronavirus arise daily in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has failed to release crucial information physicians say could help save the lives of Americans diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
As new cases of coronavirus arise daily in the United States -- including several announced over the weekend and one death -- the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has failed to release crucial information physicians say could help save the lives of Americans diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
Several US patients have recovered from coronavirus, but so far, the CDC has shared detailed clinical information about only one of those patients. That information includes what treatments the patients received and how they fared. First coronavirus death in US may be one of growing number of cases from an unknown source, official saysThe CDC is the federal agency that communicates with physicians about how to handle outbreaks.
That's the kind of information that can help guide doctors now as new coronavirus cases pop up across the country. "If I'm a hospital, I want to know from the people with experience, how did they manage this patient?" said Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University."I don't want to know this when my first case arrives two months from now. I want to know this now so I can plan and prepare.
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