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Study Suggests As Many As Half Of Prescriptions For Antibiotics May Be Unnecessary

Healio (8/12, Stulpin) reports that research “that assessed more than 22 million outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United States found that more than half were not associated with a clinician visit or an infection-related diagnosis.” According to...

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As COVID-19 Preventive Measures Start To Relax, RSV Anticipated To Resurge In Canada, Researchers Say

Healio (8/12, Welsh) reports, “As COVID-19 preventive measures begin to relax,” the authors of a commentary in CMAJ now “anticipate a resurgence in childhood respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] in Canada.” In their commentary, the authors “described a resur...

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More Than 1.1 Million Americans Likely Have Had Extra COVID-19 Vaccine Shots, CDC Estimates

The Washington Post (8/12, Hawkins, McGinley, Sun) reports, “Across the country, vaccinated Americans have sought out extra shots because they fear their current doses aren’t enough to ward off a virus once again raging in all 50 states.” While “it’s not...

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Analysis: Two-Thirds Of Americans In Highly-Vaccinated Counties In COVID-19 Hot Spots

The Washington Post (8/12, Nirappil) reports, “Two-thirds of Americans in highly vaccinated counties now live in coronavirus hot spots, according to an analysis by The Washington Post, as outbreaks of the highly transmissible delta variant...ignite in mor...

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COVID-19 Cases And Deaths Up Over 20% From Last Week, CDC Reports

ABC News (8/12, Haslett) reports, “COVID-19 cases and deaths are up nationwide by more than 20% compared to last week’s seven-day average,” according to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, “and hospitalizations are up over 30% over the previous week,” while “...

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HHS To Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines For Its Healthcare Workers

The New York Times (8/12, Weiland) reports on Thursday, HHS “said it would require more than 25,000 health workers – including contractors and volunteers – to receive coronavirus vaccines, becoming the latest federal agency to implement such a mandate.” N...

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New List For Choosing Wisely Canada From The “Hidden Profession” Of Medical Laboratory Science

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Handshakes, Follows, And Shares: Contemporary Professional Networking And Social Media

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A COVID Reflection

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Clinical Predictors Of SARS-CoV-2 Testing Pressure On Clinical Laboratories: A Multinational Study Analyzing Google Trends And Over 100 Million Diagnostic Tests

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WHO To Test Three Drugs As Potential Treatment For COVID-19

The New York Times (8/11, Anthes) reports, “The World Health Organization is testing three additional drugs as part of an enormous global trial to find effective treatments for COVID-19,” the WHO announced Wednesday. The trial will evaluate three “drugs t...

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US COVID-19 Testing Rose In July From Below 600,000 Daily To Nearly 900,000 Daily

The New York Times (8/11, Anthes) reports, “As the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads in the United States, some counties are reopening community testing sites that they shuttered last spring.” During July, average daily testing rose to “nearly 900,...

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Increasing Sample Sizes In Genetic Studies, Regardless Of Depth Of Phenotyping, May Help Better Estimate Risk For Depression, Analysis Posits

Healio (8/11, Gramigna) reports, “Increasing sample sizes in genetic studies, regardless of the depth of phenotyping, may help better estimate risk for depression,” investigators concluded after using “the Australian Genetics of Depression Study (AGDS), a...

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Genetic Variations In SNCA Gene May Be Associated With Increased Risk Of Parkinson’s Disease Among Latinos, Study Suggests

Parkinson’s News Today (8/11, Wexler) reports, “Genetic variations in the gene SNCA are tied to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease...among Latinos,” and “Latinos with African ancestry are less likely to develop Parkinson’s,” investigators concluded...

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Rare Mutations In TP73 Gene May Put People At Greater Risk Of ALS, Investigators Say

ALS News Today (8/11, Figueiredo) reports, “Rare mutations in the TP73 gene, which is involved in the regulation of a cell’s life cycle, may put a person at greater risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),” investigators concluded in a “genetic analys...

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Transmitted Drug Resistance May Be Less Common In Patients With Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection Treated With Tenofovir/Emtricitabine

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/11, Aghjayan) reports on a study finding that “the prevalence of transmitted drug resistance seems to be decreased in patients with newly diagnosed HIV infection who are treated with tenofovir/emtricitabine.” The study includ...

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Small Phase I Trial Showed Monoclonal Antibody Effective In Preventing Malaria

MedPage Today (8/11, Walker) reports on a phase I trial showing that “a monoclonal antibody appeared to show some efficacy in a small group of patients with malaria who had never been exposed to the disease.” The trial of nine participants found that none...

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Oxford Vaccine Group Says Herd Immunity To COVID-19 Not Possible

The Hill (8/11, Schnell) reports that Andrew Pollard, “the director of the Oxford Vaccine Group said herd immunity is ‘not a possibility’ because of the highly infectious delta variant.” Pollard said, “herd immunity is not a possibility because it still i...

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WHO Director Says World Could See 100 Million More COVID-19 Cases By Early Next Year

The Washington Post (8/11, Shammas, Taylor, Peitsch, Suliman) reports that according to World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “the world could see 100 million more cases of COVID-19 by the early months of next year.” He ad...

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US COVID-19 Hot Spots See Shortage Of Nurses, Front-Line Staff As Cases Continue To Rise

The AP (8/10, Spencer, Kelleher, Selsky) reports the “surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hot spots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients and are los...

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Study Suggests As Many As Half Of Prescriptions For Antibiotics May Be Unnecessary

As COVID-19 Preventive Measures Start To Relax, RSV Anticipated To Resurge In Canada, Researchers Say

More Than 1.1 Million Americans Likely Have Had Extra COVID-19 Vaccine Shots, CDC Estimates

Analysis: Two-Thirds Of Americans In Highly-Vaccinated Counties In COVID-19 Hot Spots

COVID-19 Cases And Deaths Up Over 20% From Last Week, CDC Reports

HHS To Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines For Its Healthcare Workers

New List For Choosing Wisely Canada From The “Hidden Profession” Of Medical Laboratory Science

Handshakes, Follows, And Shares: Contemporary Professional Networking And Social Media

A COVID Reflection

Clinical Predictors Of SARS-CoV-2 Testing Pressure On Clinical Laboratories: A Multinational Study Analyzing Google Trends And Over 100 Million Diagnostic Tests

WHO To Test Three Drugs As Potential Treatment For COVID-19

US COVID-19 Testing Rose In July From Below 600,000 Daily To Nearly 900,000 Daily

Increasing Sample Sizes In Genetic Studies, Regardless Of Depth Of Phenotyping, May Help Better Estimate Risk For Depression, Analysis Posits

Genetic Variations In SNCA Gene May Be Associated With Increased Risk Of Parkinson’s Disease Among Latinos, Study Suggests

Rare Mutations In TP73 Gene May Put People At Greater Risk Of ALS, Investigators Say

Transmitted Drug Resistance May Be Less Common In Patients With Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection Treated With Tenofovir/Emtricitabine

Small Phase I Trial Showed Monoclonal Antibody Effective In Preventing Malaria

Oxford Vaccine Group Says Herd Immunity To COVID-19 Not Possible

WHO Director Says World Could See 100 Million More COVID-19 Cases By Early Next Year

US COVID-19 Hot Spots See Shortage Of Nurses, Front-Line Staff As Cases Continue To Rise