the american medical association has asked every local medical society to organize a committee of those who would be involved in an epidemic so that an agreement can be reached in advance on such matters as vaccine priority, the handling of transients, hospital admission procedures and so forth. and if in a pandemic does strike, the medical profession will use every means of communication possible. pamphlets, newspapers, radio, and television, to tell the general public what to do. it is important, we feel, that families know the symptoms of the disease and the basic points to follow in the home care of a flu victim. carl: what are the symptoms? dr. lowe: well, the asian influenza is characterized by rapid onset high as 104 degrees, headache, sore throat, aching muscles, and extreme weakness. the recognition of symptoms is of course important early in an epidemic. once the asian flu takes hold in a community, why, you'll know what it is without checking the symptoms. carl: when you do get asian flu, doctor, how do you care for it at home? dr. lowe: ideally, your doctor should be called

just ahead, the president of the american medical association. e impact the coronavirus is having on tourism and the convention business. our phones a lot -- our phone lines are open. [indiscernible] -- , (202) 748-8001, and if you're a medical professional, (202) 748-8002. we begin with the numbers courtesy of john's -- johns hopkins university. 1.6 million confirmed cases and around the world, more than 100,000 deaths, of those, more than 18,000 in the u.s.. our countries dealing with 490,000 cases of covid-19 across all 50 states, washington dc and the territories. six members of congress have been battling covid-19, including senator rand paul, representative joe cunningham, representative neal dunn and congressman mike kelly of pennsylvania and ben mcadams of utah. fromsixth member joins us his home in miami, representative mario diaz-balart from florida. how are you feeling tonight? ?epresentative diaz-balart i am welcome i feel recovered, i am still weak but other than that i feel pretty well. aeve: this unfolded about month ago. explain wh

a moment, the president of the american medical association will join us. but first, jerome adams, surgeon general, on why we are seeing a disparity in increases in covid deaths and illnesses among minority populations, especially the hispanic and african-american communities. teleworking is critical and you have heard about how they prevent the spread of the coronavirus. yet only one in five african-americans and one in six hispanics has a job that lets them work home. packedver li bin more areas which creates a higher risk for the spread of a contagious disease. a study showed 30% of homes in the navajo nation don't have running water. how are they going to wash their hands? experienceolor both most likely exposure -- more likely exposure to covid-19 and more complications. we don't think people of color are more genetically disposed to get covid-19, but they are socially predisposed to exposure and to have a higher incidence of the diseases that put you at risk of complications from coronavirus. but this history, i want you to hear me say this, does not

the british medical association says dr chowdhury is one of 11 doctors who have died.ef nursing officer wouldn't confirm the numbers, saying she would need the permission of theirfamilies to talk about them. some hope is being taken from this graph, showing the number of occasions in critical care appears to be beginning to plateau. but it comes with this warning. we are in a dangerous phase, still, and i need to reinforce that again to you — that this is not over. that's why, once again, there are pleas for people to stay at home this easter weekend, with another warm and sunny day forecast. on the beach in brighton yesterday, some were still barbecuing. i would suggest every 50 metres there would be someone trying to sunbathe on the beach. whether that is inadvertently not understanding that they can't be on the beach, or that they shouldn't be, we are having to explain to people that really, by one person being down, here it sets a bad example, other people think they can then come and take part as well. overall, most people do seem to be staying at home. this was t

invitation.r the >> money talk to you about journal of american medical association. who are your typical readers and what are the typical monthly articles, and regular articles that your journal publishes online? jama is the official publication of the american medical association. , for many important reasons has editorial independence from the ama. it has been around for 175 years. it, along with a few other journals are part of the grand weeklies. i would say up to 10 or 15 years ago we published weekly. currently we are publishing daily. in print we were public thing -- publishing weekly for well over 150 years. now our reach is different because of the digital age. now we reach a million and a half people a day or week through social media, electronic, podcasts, on the majority are physicians from around the world. about 55% of our contacts are from outside the united states. our content comes in three or four buckets. the first is original research. which has defined jama for decades. then we add opinion pieces. then clinical material, which is very important.

it follows a stark warning from the british medical association that medics are unable to access theersonal protective equipment they need to keep themselves safe while treating patients with coronavirus. they said that supplies in some areas are at dangerously low levels. it comes after the health secretary said there was enough ppe to go round if it was used according to guidelines, but doctors and nurses should treat it as a "precious resource". matt hancock said 19 health workers had died during the outbreak but it wasn't clear how each had contracted the illness. that rise in deaths in the uk takes the total number of deaths to 9,875. nearly 80,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. in the united states, mass burials in new york signal the toll the coronavirus has taken. over 18,000 people have died in the country, half of those in new york state. europe is preparing for an easter weekend under quarantine with the coronavirus pandemic forcing many celebrations to be held in isolation. in the past hour the latest figures from spain show an extra 510 people have died

jama is the official publication of the american medical association. the journal, for many important reasons, has editorial independence from the ama. it is been round for 175 years, along with a few other journals, kind of called the grand weeklies. i would say up to 10 to 15 years ago we did publish weekly. more currently, we are publishing almost daily. but in print, we had been publishing weekly consecutively for well over 150 years. now our reach is very different because of the digital age. 1.5 million about people each day or week with our content through social media, electronic table of contents, podcasts, videos. the majority of the readers are physicians from around the world. 50% or 55 percent are contacts from outside the united states. our content comes in three or four buckets. the first is original research, which what is that what has always defined jama for decades. then we have opinion pieces, and then critical material, which is very important. there are about one million physicians in the u.s., and about 900,000 are practitioners.

we have been working with the medical association in our opening plan along with the tennessee hospital association and what we believe is there a strategy of 89 counties which re the lowest population counties in our state, so there is a clear understanding across the state of the plan so that we don't have confusion across the state for different plans in different areas, that has been our strategy. recognizing are six major metropolitan areas have unique circumstances, which is why we want to work and have been working with the leaders from those metropolitan areas, to make sure we have a complementary opening strategy. but we believe the efforts and the phased in strategy, the geographic approach we are taking is the one that is right and i'm going to let the s commissioner speak to your tourism question. >> here is what we know. at we know is in those 89 countieses shes 179,000 people are employed in retail. we know 150,000 are employed in restaurants. this week is about opening those opportunities for some of those people to get back to work. here's what we don't know -- we don't

but most recently he is the president of osma, the ohio state medical association, which works closely with the ama./ we asked him to talk about what he is seeing on the front lines in terms of something that is something we all worry about, which are the social determinants of how some racial disparities and making sure that we are not leaving anyone behind. that we dr. armstrong, have had disparities in health way before we ever faced covid-19 and coronavirus. but we are now learning that the fatality rate is disproportionate in the african-american and latino communities.

patrice harris, president of the american medical association. the coronavirus pandemic presents a challenge the world has not faced on this scale for generations. said thatn extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. we are witnessing every day the physicians,ts of nurses, medical workers, public health professionals, and the public to manage the enormity of covid-19 in our community. callordinary times often for the most basic of responses. this means as, routine collection of facts and evidence. an examination of research that in been foundational medicine since its origin. we live in a time when misinformation, falsehood, and outright lies spread like viruses online. through social media and even at times in the media at large. we have witnessed a concerning shift over the last several decades where policies decisions seem to be driven by ideology and politics instead of facts and evidence. is a growing mistrust in american institutions, science, and in the counsel of leading experts who lives are dedicated to the pursuit of evidenc

ahead of the japanese medical association.eloped, i expect hosting the olympics will be difficult. he is a very seniorfigure in olympics will be difficult. he is a very senior figure in japan olympics will be difficult. he is a very senior figure injapan and those comments echo something that we work told by global health experts last week to say that the development of an effective vaccine would be a game changer. whether the olympics could go ahead, it has already been postponed by one year. what this head of japanese already been postponed by one year. what this head ofjapanese medical association said was it was too early to lift the state of emergency which is currently in place in japan. and also the tokyo 2020 president yoshiro mori held a press conference saying that if they lipids cannot take place next year it would not be postponed any further, it would be scrapped. england's ellis genge says rugby players have been "poorly advised" on matters surrounding coronavirus and says it's time to "shake" the sport up. he wa

, what do you have to lose and then hopefully as many people heard the head of the american medical association say, maybe your life, what is are the facts as we know them right now about this drug therapy? what should people do? >> all right, here's what we know. we know this is actually a very

i'm the president of the osteopathic medical association and we have decided to file a lawsuit againsthis emergency order was enacted by the governor, as you mentioned back on the 23rd of march, which restricts the use of this medication to only hospitalized patients and only recently also possibly to the e.r. laura, i mean, just like everybody's been saying and i've been exposing for the longest time as well, there is a huge, critical therapeutic window that needs to be utilized -- speeone's are you saying -- are you saying, and joe, you can chime in here, is your client saying that people could die because they're not getting this type of therapy that might work for some patients gimmick we are not saying it's a panacea, we are not saying that works for everybody. doesn't work when you're about to be intimated. that's not -- when there's a cytokine storm going on your body, it's probably not going to work, probably not going to work. but are people dying because they're not getting one option here, could they be? >> laura, absolutely. joey gilbert, thank you for having us on. people

patrice harris, president of the american medical association. dr. harris, this doesn't seem like to be a deep mystery, and i heard the president and some other -- i've heard some governors say it as well. we've got to figure out why this is. dr. harris, is it -- do we need a big study to figure out why we have this disparity, or is it staring us dead in the face? >> well, certainly, chuck, and first of aushlll, thank you for having me on today. we know there are three ov overarching reasons. one is the pre-existing conditions of increased hypertension, diabetes that have disproportionately affected african-americans and communities of color. and so it's that pre-existing condition. we know that. that was pre-covid-19. i know the ama has created our center for health equity to look at these issues and we're working -- we're headquartered in chicago. the other piece we need to highlight is misinformation. i have said i spoeent the first two weeks of this pandemic dispelling myths among friends and family that african-americans could not become infecte

the new jersey medical association is a chapter of the national medical association, the largest and oldest national organization representing african-american physicians and their patients in the u.s. we were joined by their president, dr. campbell, and the following physicians, dr. bay, dr. thomas, dr. cook, dr. page, dr. williams, dr. natalie roesch, dr. kathy duncan, and dr. hutchinson. these physician leaders raise important issues and we share their concerns and we will be working on their suggestions. the members of the association are basically trying to rely on telehealth in their urban environments and shared with us how difficult that is. they support more testing in community clinics. they called out areas that we should be focusing on, and they talked about the importance of staying at home and social distancing but that that is very some ult to do in domiciles. we will continue to work with senator rice and the new jersey medical association to do everything in our power to reduce the just proportionate impact that the coronavirus is having on communities of color. we m

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it comes as the british medical association issued a stark warning that many medics are unable meanwhilee coronavirus outbreak in the united states has become the deadliest in the world, surpassing italy to record just under 20,000 deaths in total. andrew cuomo, the governor of the worst affected state, new york, has said the death rate there was stabilising, but at a horrific level. and spain has recorded its lowest number of daily deaths for nearly three weeks. officials say 510 people died, the third consecutive 2a hours in which the daily figure has fallen. more on that soon. but first, let's get the latest on the situation in the uk from our science editor, david shukman. a human cost on a scale unimaginable even a few short weeks ago. and the warning is that we are not through it yet. that more families like that of doreen hunt, who was buried last week, will suddenly find themselves in the grip of covid—i9. the risk is real. me and my mum were actually speaking about this three, four weeks ago. we didn't realise how hard it was going to hit our family, obviously. we all thought it

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now, two medical associations say the outbreak is reducing japan's ability to treat other serious medicalokes. it is understood one patient with a fever was turned away by 80 medicalfacilities before he was accepted by a tokyo hospital. like many countries, doctors are complaining of a lack of protective equipment too. critics have taken aim at the prime minister, saying he has delayed restrictions in favour of the economy. shinzo abe says he is trying to effectively reduce people—to—people contact. translation: people out on weekdays in city areas like shibuya in tokyo have been reduced by about 60%. in umeda in osaka, it's been reduced by about 70%. but we have not yet reached our target level. japan is facing a new wave of infections, and with it, a push to increase relatively low testing levels. it now remains to be seen if the country has done enough quickly enough to protect its medical system and head off a major outbreak. reged ahmad, bbc news. almost all of europe is still in lockdown, and while some countries are beginning to ease restrictions, many others have extended the meas

we'll talk about it with the president of the american medical association and tell you what that groups doing to try to change this all-too-familiar reality. also, millions of americans waiting for that much-needed stimulus check to arrive. so what's the holdup? we'll explain when we come bam. because you can't get to the theater, we're bringing the theater home to you, with xfinity movie premiere. there's a world full of other trolls. how different can they be? our brand-new service that lets you watch all the latest movie releases from the comfort of home. trolls world tour available now. i will protect you no matter what, pinky promise. just say xfinity movie premiere into your voice remote to bring the theater to you. >>> and welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. the latest on the coronavirus pandemic for you. according to johns hopkins university, more than 2.3 million people have been affected worldwide. the death toll now topping 160,000. in spain, the state of alarm as it's called there, will be extended until early may at least. that make

patrice harris, the president of the american medical association. and it's great to have you on. you are dealing with many things, but we did want to discuss this issue of the racial disparity. you've got data showing black residents twice as likely to die from covid-19 than whites. same in louisiana, new jersey. african-americans are 59% of the deaths, 33% of the population. the thing is that these are terrible numbers, obviously, but they aren't for new reasons, right? >> they really aren't. these numbers are troubling, but unfortunately, not surprising. particularly when we learned early on that if you had high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity you were at greater risk of having a more severe coarse of covid-19. so knowing that african-americans were already disproportionately impacted by those diseases these numbers unfortunately are not surprising. >> it raises the issue among many other things, the health care system in this country. for-profit system, unaffordable to millions of americans who are forced, basically, to be uninsured or underinsured. and people of color are v

host: what have medical associations and doctors group, the american medical association and others, said broadly about the use of telemedicine and telehealth? guest: dr. seem to be enthusiastic. if you look at the news reports -- doctors seem to be enthusiastic. if you look at news reports or even talk to a doctor, that is why i am excited you have a call in line to talk to doctors, there has been such an overwhelming reaction to setting things up. one knock i spoke to this past week said that 40% of his colleagues had been using telemedicine -- one doctor i spoke to this past week said that 40% of his colleagues had been using telemedicine before covid and that changed in a week. one practice didn't use it at all. hadrding to a news report, 1500 visits a week and they set it up in 24 hours. host: let's get to calls good heard from mac in old town, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. and here ins old maryland, i would love to have telemedicine. there is no way i can do it. -- trump andhave , talkedresident obama about us all getting high-speed and advanced self-service. i

the british medical association has issued a stark warning that medics are unable to access the personal protective equipment they need to keep themselves safe while treating patients with coronavirus. they said that supplies in some areas are at dangerously low levels. it comes after the health secretary said there was enough ppe to go round if it was used according to guidelines, but doctors and nurses should treat it as a "precious resource". matt hancock said 19 health workers had died during the outbreak but it wasn't clear how each had contracted the illness. here's our health correspondent, laura foster. almost 9,000 people have died after contracting coronavirus in the uk. including 19 contracting coronavirus in the uk. including i9 nhs front line staff. doctors nurses and physios can't practise social distancing while treating patients, it comes in the form of equipment. problem is, not even who needs this gear to treat patients will get their hands on it. this front line hospital nurse says they are being forced to use things they are being forced to use things they know don't

patrice harris, she is president of the american medical association.octor, good to have you with us. that report from drew shows how the federal government didn't use labs for emergency testing. in fact, actively kept those private labs from helping test for coronavirus. when the government ultimately did decide to move, i mean, how much was lost in that? did they move too late? did they have enough urgency? >> well, erica, thank you for having me today, and certainly, we are behind when it comes to testing in this country, and there will be time and should be time for a thorough after action review in the early days and what happened with our testing capacity and ability to ramp that up. but as of today, again, still being behind, we need an all hands on deck approach to get more widespread testing and we need the diagnostic testing, we need the antibody testing, and that's why early on, the american medical association asked the president to use all the levers within the federal government to ramp up not only testing but the supplies needed for testi

americans elsewhere and around the world. , in is a documentary partnership with the american medical association on what happened back in 1957. let's watch. >> it's a responsibility for ,reparing the united states here is the surgeon general of the united states public health service. >> i manage a new nurse staff have been gathering quite a tremendous amount of material. it seems that everyone i know has talked about influenza, but i don't think anyone really knows what it is. upper respiratory infection caused by the flu virus, and the difference between the asian influenza and the one we've been having the past few years is that the kong andgan in hong spread from hong kong to the rest of the world, including the united states. every year, influenza is a problem in our communities and i'm sure it is in yours, too. why are we suddenly so all concerned about it now? >> that's a very good question. we are concerned because in the other countries in which it appeared, including the outbreaks in this country, the attack rate has been 15-20% of the population. rates,curs in about 4-6 for example, i

it comes as the british medical association issued a stark warning that many are unable to access thequipment they need to keep themselves safe in treating patients with coronavirus. the health secretary insisted that there was enough to go around if it was used according to guidelines that doctors and nurses should treat it asa doctors and nurses should treat it as a precious resource. pretty patel also announced the government would be given £2 million to domestic abuse services. saying that for some, home is not the safe haven it should be. the national domestic abuse health mine has seen an increase in online requests since the lockdown began. looking to the rest of the world, the coronavirus outbreak in the united states is now become the deadliest in the world. andrew, the governor of the worst affected states is the death rate was stabilising at a horrific level. in spain has recorded its lowest number of daily deaths for nearly three weeks. this event 500 people died yesterday and that is the third consecutive day in which the daily figure has fallen. let us get the latest in

that's the strength of the national medical association.e are in proximity to those communities, especially in the southern states, and when we spoke earlier during this discussion about the testing and the availability of data, we have joined the congressional black caucus and congresswoman robin kelly in demanding this information from the cdc. myself personally, i sent an email to the cdc and got the response that, well, there are some missing data, so that we are not able to release those reports yet. so, yes, this is important. and i'd like to bring up another point, if i could, reverend. so, we're using technology and questioning to even tdecide on who gets the test. so there is the screen before the screen, and there is some evidence showing that african-americans, when they take that test, that test is not leading to them getting the actual nasal swab to be sent in for evaluation for covid-19. so there is even -- so there is a disparity in the screens. so that's another barrier to us having the opportunity to appropriately be evalua

it came as the british medical association issued a stark warning that supplies of protective clothingor health workers were in some areas at dangerously low levels. the home secretary priti patel said she was "sorry if people feel there have been failings" in nhs protective kit, describing the pandemic as unprecedented. 917 people have died in hospital in a 2k hour period. but that number doesn't include people who've died from coronavirus in care homes or in the community. it brings the total number of deaths in hospital to 9,875. here is our science editor, david shukman. a human cost on a scale unimaginable even a few short weeks ago. and the warning is that we are not through it yet. that more families like that of doreen hunt, who was buried last week, will suddenly find themselves in the grip of covid—19. the risk is real. me and my mum were actually speaking about this three or four weeks ago. we didn't realise how hard it was going to hit our family, obviously. we all thought it would be somebody else, but we have been hit with it. and people need to realise this is real and l

it comes as the british medical association issued a stark warning that many medics are unable to access the ppe they need to keep themselves safe while treating patients with coronavirus. earlier, the health secretary, matt hancock, said there was enough ppe to go around if it was used according to guidelines. but doctors and nurses should treat it as a precious resource. earlier, priti patel announced the government would be giving £2 million to domestic abuse services, saying that for some home is not the safe haven it should be. a national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests since the lockdown began. meanwhile, the coronavirus outbreak in the us has become the deadliest in the world. it has surpassed italy to record just under 20,000 deaths in total. andrew cuomo, the governor of the worst affected state, new york, said the death rate there was stabilising but ata death rate there was stabilising but at a horrific level. spain has recorded its lowest number of daily deaths for nearly three weeks. 0fficials deaths for nearly three weeks. offici

the british medical association says doctor chowdhury is one of 11 doctors who have died.icer wouldn't confirm numbers, saying she would need the permission of theirfamilies to would need the permission of their families to talk about them. some hope, though, is being taken from this graph, showing the number of patients in critical care oak is comic appears to be beginning to plateau. but it comes with this morning. we are in a dangerous phase still, and i need to reinforce that again to you, that this is not over. that's why once again there are pleas for people to stay at home this weekend, with another warm and sunny day forecast. 0n the beachin sunny day forecast. 0n the beach in brighton yesterday, somewhere still barbecuing. beach in brighton yesterday, somewhere still barbecuinglj would suggest probably every 50 metres there was somebody trying to sunbathe on the beach. whether inadvertently not understanding that they can't be on the beach, or rather they should be, we are having to explain to people that one person being down here, it sets a bad example that othe

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just ahead, the president of the american medical association. the