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Many Americans Reportedly Lack Access To Test-To-Treat Program

Kaiser Health News (4/15, Recht) reported the Biden Administration’s “‘test-to-treat’ program, announced in March, is meant to reduce [COVID-19] hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive,” yet, “even as cas...

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Increased Concentrations Of Glucocorticoid In Hair May Be Marker For Decreased CD4 Cell Counts Among Patients With HIV Infection, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/15, Nye) reported, “Increased concentrations of glucocorticoid in hair may be a marker for decreased CD4 cell counts among patients with HIV infection, according to results of a study” in which researchers sought “to evaluate...

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White House Urges People Over 60 To Get Second COVID-19 Booster

The New York Times (4/17, Lamb) reports people “over 60 should get a second booster shot of a coronavirus vaccine, Dr. Ashish K. Jha, the new White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said on Sunday, citing ‘pretty compelling’ new data from Israel indica...

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Experts Warn Of Another Potential COVID-19 Surge Driven By BA.2

The AP (4/15, Ungar) reported the US is again “trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.” Experts “warn that the coming wave – caused by” the BA.2 Omicron subvariant “tho...

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Scientists Thinking Of New Ways To Discuss COVID-19 Risks

The New York Times (4/17, A1, Mueller) reports that now, even as COVID-19 “case numbers begin to climb again and more infections go unreported, the onus has fallen on individual Americans to decide how much risk they and their neighbors face from the coro...

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WHO’s Public Release Of Global COVID-19 Death Toll Reportedly Delayed By Objections From India

The New York Times (4/16, A1, Nolen, Singh) reported, “An ambitious effort by the World Health Organization to calculate the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has found that vastly more people died than previously believed – a total of about...

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Global COVID-19 Deaths Higher On Weekends Than Weekdays, Study Finds

Bloomberg (4/16, Fox) reported global COVID-19 fatalities “on weekends have been higher compared to weekdays during the pandemic, according to” findings “due to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Increases Immune Defenses In School-Aged Children, Particularly Against Omicron Variant, Pfizer & BioNTech Say

The Washington Post (4/14, Johnson) reports, “A booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine increases immune defenses against the coronavirus in school-aged children, particularly against the omicron variant, the companies announced Thursday.” The compani...

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US Increasingly Turning To Wastewater Surveillance To Monitor COVID-19 Spread

The Washington Post (4/14, Sun, Keating) reports that “as the United States enters year three of the coronavirus pandemic, disease trackers are trying to stay one step ahead of the constantly evolving virus – by hunting for it in” wastewater. Wastewater s...

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Both Saliva, Gargle Samples Effective For Detection Of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Via Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay, Meta-Analysis Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/14, van Paridon) reports, “Both saliva and gargle samples were effective for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection via reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction...assay, and the detection rate with saliva was increased...

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Case Counts Becoming An Increasingly Unreliable Measure Of Coronavirus’ Toll, Scientists Say

The New York Times (4/14, Anthes) reports that “as Americans increasingly turn to at-home tests, states shutter mass testing sites and institutions cut back on surveillance testing, case counts are becoming an increasingly unreliable measure of the virus’...

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Carriage Of Extended-Spectrum B-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Found To Be More Common Among MSM On HIV PrEP, MSM With HIV Infection In Study

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/14, Nye) reports, “Carriage of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing enterobacterales...was found to be more common among men who have sex with men (MSM) on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and MSM with HIV infection,” a...

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Omicron Subvariant BA.2 Dominating US COVID-19 Cases Without Triggering New Surge

The Wall Street Journal (4/14, Kamp, Abbott, Subscription Publication) reports the Omicron subvariant BA.2 has made up the majority of new COVID-19 cases in the US for the past few weeks without triggering a new surge. Specifically, the variant is affecti...

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Study Shows Continued Ability Of Real-Time Genomic Surveillance To Detect Nosocomial Outbreaks

Healio (4/14, Gallagher, Stulpin) reports findings from a follow-up study “continued to show the ability of real-time genomic surveillance to detect nosocomial outbreaks.” In the previous study, researchers “demonstrated that a combination of whole-genome...

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To COVID-19 Breathalyzer Test

Bloomberg (4/14, Muller) reports, “A Covid-19 breathalyzer test with the ability to provide diagnostic results in three minutes has won emergency-use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Thursday.” The test made b...

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FDA Extends Review Of Application For Full Approval Of Regeneron’s COVID-19 Antibody Therapy

Reuters (4/14, Khandekar, Roy) reports, “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended by three months its review of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’s application for the full approval of its COVID-19 antibody therapy [casirivimab and imdevimab], the U...

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CDC Extends Air, Public Transit Mask Mandate For Two More Weeks

The New York Times (4/13, Murphy) reports, “Despite great pressure from airlines, the hospitality industry and Republican lawmakers to lift the rule requiring masks on planes and other public transportation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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US Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency For Three More Months

Reuters (4/13, Aboulenein) reports, “The United States on Wednesday renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans to keep getting free tests, vaccines and treatments for at least three more months.” The emergency “was due to...

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Digital Droplet Polymerase Chain Reaction More Accurate Than Reverse Transcription-Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction For Diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Hospitalized Patients, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/13, Nye) reports that “among hospitalized patients, digital droplet polymerase chain reaction...was more accurate than reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction...for the diagnosis of” SARS-CoV-2 infection,...

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Specific Gut Microbiota Found To Be Markers For More Favorable Immune Responses To And Decreased Rate Of Adverse Effects From COVID-19 Vaccination

Gastroenterology Advisor (4/13, Nye) reports, “Specific gut microbiota were found to be markers for more favorable immune responses to and decreased rate of adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccination, according to study findings.” The research was publishe...

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Many Americans Reportedly Lack Access To Test-To-Treat Program

Increased Concentrations Of Glucocorticoid In Hair May Be Marker For Decreased CD4 Cell Counts Among Patients With HIV Infection, Study Indicates

White House Urges People Over 60 To Get Second COVID-19 Booster

Experts Warn Of Another Potential COVID-19 Surge Driven By BA.2

Scientists Thinking Of New Ways To Discuss COVID-19 Risks

WHO’s Public Release Of Global COVID-19 Death Toll Reportedly Delayed By Objections From India

Global COVID-19 Deaths Higher On Weekends Than Weekdays, Study Finds

COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Increases Immune Defenses In School-Aged Children, Particularly Against Omicron Variant, Pfizer & BioNTech Say

US Increasingly Turning To Wastewater Surveillance To Monitor COVID-19 Spread

Both Saliva, Gargle Samples Effective For Detection Of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Via Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay, Meta-Analysis Finds

Case Counts Becoming An Increasingly Unreliable Measure Of Coronavirus’ Toll, Scientists Say

Carriage Of Extended-Spectrum B-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Found To Be More Common Among MSM On HIV PrEP, MSM With HIV Infection In Study

Omicron Subvariant BA.2 Dominating US COVID-19 Cases Without Triggering New Surge

Study Shows Continued Ability Of Real-Time Genomic Surveillance To Detect Nosocomial Outbreaks

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To COVID-19 Breathalyzer Test

FDA Extends Review Of Application For Full Approval Of Regeneron’s COVID-19 Antibody Therapy

CDC Extends Air, Public Transit Mask Mandate For Two More Weeks

US Renews COVID-19 Public Health Emergency For Three More Months

Digital Droplet Polymerase Chain Reaction More Accurate Than Reverse Transcription-Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction For Diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Hospitalized Patients, Study Finds

Specific Gut Microbiota Found To Be Markers For More Favorable Immune Responses To And Decreased Rate Of Adverse Effects From COVID-19 Vaccination