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White House Reportedly Offering COVID-19 Surge Teams To States As Delta Variant Continues To Spread

USA Today (8/2, Subramanian) reports the Biden Administration is offering “to send more federal assistance to governors, including deploying ‘surge teams’ of experts, as states grapple with a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious...

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Texas, Florida Account For One-Third Of New COVID-19 Cases In US

The Houston Chronicle (8/2, Wermund) reports that Texas and Florida currently account for approximately one-third of new COVID-19 cases in the US, according to the White House. Approximately 55 percent of Texas adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19...

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COVID-19 Vaccine-Hesitant Americans Potentially Threaten Herd Immunity, Research Suggests

Healio (7/30, Stulpin) reported, “Among nearly 460,000 people surveyed in the United States earlier this year, more than 10% said they would “probably not” get a COVID-19 vaccine and more than 8% said they would “definitely not,” researchers reported.” Th...

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As Employers Begin Requiring Regular COVID-19 Testing For Unvaccinated Employees, Question Of Who Pays For Testing Arises

The New York Times (7/31, Kliff) reported that “a wave of major employers announced...unvaccinated workers...will need to submit to regular [COVID-19] surveillance testing.” However, this “new requirement raises a thorny question: Who pays for those coron...

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RSV, Parainfluenza Found to Increase Rates Of Hospitalizations For HEU Infants, According To Retrospective Study

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/30, Mermelstein) reported, “Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and parainfluenza infections have been found to increase rates of hospitalization in the first year of life among HIV-exposed, HIV-uninfected infants, according to...

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Researchers Identify 59 Antibiotic Pairs With Disjoint Resistance In Hospitals

Healio (7/30, Stulpin) reported, “Researchers retrospectively analyzed nearly 450,000 antimicrobial susceptibility test results from a couple dozen hospitals to identify antibiotic pairs with disjoint resistance.” For the study, researchers “retrospective...

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Walensky Says There Will Be No Nationwide COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Reuters (7/30, Zargham) reported CDC Director Rochelle Walensky “said on Friday that there will be no nationwide mandate for Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine, clarifying comments she made earlier during a televised interview.” Previously, in an intervi...

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A Fourth Of Adult Patients With Cancer Lacked Antibodies To Measles And Nearly 40% Tested Negative For Mumps Antibodies, Study Finds

MedPage Today (7/30, Bankhead) reports, “A fourth of adult patients with cancer lacked antibodies to measles and almost 40% tested negative for mumps antibodies, according to a retrospective analysis of almost 1,000 patients.” Researchers found that “anti...

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FDA Expands Emergency Use Authorization For Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

Reuters (7/30, Roy) reported the FDA “has expanded the emergency use authorization of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail, enabling its use as a preventive treatment for the illness in certain people.” The company “said the authoriz...

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New FDA Rule Provides Clarity On “Intended Uses” Of Drugs, Medical Devices

Bloomberg Law (7/30, Lopez, Subscription Publication) reported “drugmakers and medical device companies will have a clearer picture of what they can say about off-label uses of their products following a new Food and Drug Administration rule to help curb...

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CDC Suggests Vaccinated Individuals Infected With Delta Coronavirus Variant Carry High Viral Loads

The Washington Post (7/29, Ellerbeck, Cunningham) reports, “CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said earlier this week that she has” unpublished “research indicating vaccinated people infected with” the Delta coronavirus variant “are carrying high viral loads...

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Studies Suggest Overlaps Between Long-Haul COVID-19, Alzheimer’s Disease

The AP (7/29, Neergaard) reports that findings from multiple studies made public Thursday in an Alzheimer’s Association International Conference press release “suggest some worrisome overlaps” between long-haul COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s disease. One study...

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Decreased Herpes Zoster Infection Incidence Among Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Children Corresponds To Universal Varicella Vaccination Program Implementation, Researchers Suggest

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/29, van Paridon) reports, “A decreased incidence in herpes zoster infection among vaccinated and unvaccinated children corresponds to the implementation of a universal varicella vaccination program, according to” researchers...

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Calcineurin Inhibitors May Increase Risk Of Community-Acquired C. Difficile Infection, Results Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/29, Aghjayan) reports, “Calcineurin inhibitors may significantly increase the risk of community-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection, according to” a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Study results – bas...

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Cytomegalovirus Hyperimmune Globulin During Early Pregnancy Did Not Lower Congenital CMV Incidence For Women With CMV, Study Says

Healio (7/29, Downey) reports, “Monthly infusions of cytomegalovirus hyperimmune globulin for women with primary cytomegalovirus, or CMV, infection during early pregnancy did not lower the incidence of congenital CMV infection or perinatal death in a tria...

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Low COVID-19 Numbers In Asia-Pacific Region Last Year Could Have Made Countries More Vulnerable For Delta Variant Surge

The Wall Street Journal (7/29, Yoon, Solomon, Subscription Publication) reports many Asia-Pacific region countries avoided high numbers of COVID-19 cases in 2020, and so, antibodies for the disease aren’t very prevalent among their populations. The Journa...

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EU Overtakes US In Vaccination Numbers After A Slow Start

The New York Times (7/29, A1, Holder) reports, “Just a few months ago, European Union [vaccination] efforts were a mess.” Early on in the process, “while the United States and a handful of others surged ahead, the Europeans undermined their inoculation ca...

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FDA Says It Is Working To Fully Approve COVID-19 Vaccines As Quickly As Possible

CNN (7/29, Holmes, Christensen, Zeleny, Subramaniam) reports the FDA “insists it is working as quickly as possible to review applications for full approval of the COVID-19 vaccines” currently authorized for emergency use. The agency “has yet to disclose a...

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Israel To Offer Elderly Third Dose Of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine

The Washington Post (7/29, Rubin) reports, “Just before midnight Wednesday, Israeli Health Ministry experts agreed by an overwhelming majority that coronavirus booster shots should be administered to elderly adults in the face of the potential risks posed...

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Biden Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees, Contractors

The Washington Post (7/29, A1, Linskey, Wagner, Min Kim) reports on Thursday, President Biden announced “all federal employees and on-site contractors will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or be required to wear masks and undergo repeated tes...

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White House Reportedly Offering COVID-19 Surge Teams To States As Delta Variant Continues To Spread

Texas, Florida Account For One-Third Of New COVID-19 Cases In US

COVID-19 Vaccine-Hesitant Americans Potentially Threaten Herd Immunity, Research Suggests

As Employers Begin Requiring Regular COVID-19 Testing For Unvaccinated Employees, Question Of Who Pays For Testing Arises

RSV, Parainfluenza Found to Increase Rates Of Hospitalizations For HEU Infants, According To Retrospective Study

Researchers Identify 59 Antibiotic Pairs With Disjoint Resistance In Hospitals

Walensky Says There Will Be No Nationwide COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A Fourth Of Adult Patients With Cancer Lacked Antibodies To Measles And Nearly 40% Tested Negative For Mumps Antibodies, Study Finds

FDA Expands Emergency Use Authorization For Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

New FDA Rule Provides Clarity On “Intended Uses” Of Drugs, Medical Devices

CDC Suggests Vaccinated Individuals Infected With Delta Coronavirus Variant Carry High Viral Loads

Studies Suggest Overlaps Between Long-Haul COVID-19, Alzheimer’s Disease

Decreased Herpes Zoster Infection Incidence Among Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Children Corresponds To Universal Varicella Vaccination Program Implementation, Researchers Suggest

Calcineurin Inhibitors May Increase Risk Of Community-Acquired C. Difficile Infection, Results Show

Cytomegalovirus Hyperimmune Globulin During Early Pregnancy Did Not Lower Congenital CMV Incidence For Women With CMV, Study Says

Low COVID-19 Numbers In Asia-Pacific Region Last Year Could Have Made Countries More Vulnerable For Delta Variant Surge

EU Overtakes US In Vaccination Numbers After A Slow Start

FDA Says It Is Working To Fully Approve COVID-19 Vaccines As Quickly As Possible

Israel To Offer Elderly Third Dose Of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Biden Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Federal Employees, Contractors