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Telemedicine As Effective As In-Person Visits For Viral Load Care In Patients With HIV, Researchers Find

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/16, Mermelstein) reports, “Telemedicine visits were found to be as effective as in-person visits in suppressing and controlling viral load in patients with HIV, according to” researchers who “retrospectively reviewed the medi...

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Federal Court Refuses To Throw Out AstraZeneca Suit Against HHS Over 340B Drug Pricing Program

Bloomberg Law (6/16, Lopez, Subscription Publication) reports a federal court has denied a HHS “request to toss a lawsuit with AstraZeneca over a drug discount program, taking issue with a divisive policy push on how drugmakers should participate and aski...

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Lawmakers Reintroduce Subscription Model Legislation To Support Antibiotic Development

In paywalled coverage, STAT (6/16, Silverman) reports, “After months of anticipation, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is reintroducing bills in the Senate and the House that supporters hope will jump-start the development of novel antibiotics to comb...

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COVID-19 Likely Was Already In US At The End Of 2019, NIH Study Finds

The Washington Post (6/15, Achenbach) reports a National Institutes of Health research study “has turned up evidence of possible coronavirus infections in the United States as early as December 2019, weeks before the first documented infection in this cou...

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Amazon Selling COVID-19 Home Test Kit To Consumers

STAT (6/15, Brodwin) reports in paywalled coverage, “Amazon has made its FDA-cleared Covid-19 test available to consumers online, alongside a consumer diagnostics website where people can view their results.” While the consumer diagnostics website AmazonD...

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NVX-CoV2373 Nanoparticle Vaccine Effective Against COVID-19 Variant, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/15, van Paridon) reports the NVX-CoV2373 nanoparticle vaccine was effective “in preventing COVID-19, according to” the results of a phase 2a-b study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The article adds, “A post-...

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US Cases Of STDs Reach All-Time High For Sixth Consecutive Year

USA Today (6/15, Miranda) reports, “In 2019 alone, there were more than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” marking “the sixth consecutive year of record-breaking c...

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Delta Variant Is “Of Concern” And Currently Accounts For 10% Of New US COVID-19 Cases, CDC Says

NBC News (6/15, Edwards, Miller) reports the Delta coronavirus variant “now accounts for nearly 10 percent of new cases in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.” Therefore, on Monday, the CDC “declared the variant...

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Co-Administered COVID-19, Flu Vaccines Retain Efficacy, Study Says

MedPage Today (6/15, Walker) reports Novavax’s investigational coronavirus vaccine “appeared to show comparable efficacy when co-administered with the influenza vaccine in a substudy from one of its clinical trials, researchers found” in a post-hoc analys...

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Senators Support Pay Models That Integrate Primary, Mental Healthcare

Modern Healthcare (6/15, Gellman, Subscription Publication) reports, “Promising results from a federal demonstration ha[ve] spurred a bipartisan group of senators to push for new pay models that support integrating primary care and behavioral health.” Sen...

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COVID-19 Vaccines Offer Significant Protection Against Delta Variant, Studies Out Of UK, Scotland Suggest

The Wall Street Journal (6/14, Douglas, Bhattacharya, Subscription Publication) reports separate studies from researchers in the UK and Scotland published Monday suggest that currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines offer significant protection against the...

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Maladaptive Immune Response May Be Prompting Arthritic Complications In Patients With Persistent And Drug-Refractory Lyme Disease, Expert Says

Healio (6/14, Volansky) reports, “A maladaptive immune response may be prompting arthritic complications in patients with persistent and drug-refractory Lyme disease,” according to a presentation given by Klemen Strle, PhD, of the department of immunity a...

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Gastrointestinal Infections Associated With Reduced Lung Immunity, Mice Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/14, Mermelstein) reports “intestinal infection was found to negatively affect the lung immune response in mice” in a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases that “further supports the existence of immunologic cross-...

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GBS Vaginal Colonization Comparable Between Older Postmenopausal And Pregnant Women, Results Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/14, Aghjayan) reports, “The prevalence of Group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) vaginal colonization, antibiotic susceptibility, and molecular patterns are comparable between older postmenopausal women and pregnant women, ac...

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CDC To Ban Dogs From More Than 100 Countries Over Rabies Concerns

The New York Times (6/14, Vigdor) reports, “Dogs from more than 100 countries will be banned from being brought into the United States for one year because of heightened concerns over the spread of rabies, federal health officials announced on Monday.” Th...

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Improved Liver Function Followed HCV Eradication Among Patients With Cirrhosis: Study

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/14, Nye) reports improved liver function followed hepatitis C virus (HCV) eradication “among a majority of patients with cirrhosis, according to” results from a 1,350-patient study published in BMC Infections Diseases. Study...

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Biden Administration To Move Forward On Controversial Drug Patent Proposal

Bloomberg Law (6/14, Decker, Lopez, Subscription Publication) reports, “The Biden administration is forging ahead with a divisive, Trump-era regulatory proposal that would limit the government’s ability to control prices on drugs developed from federally...

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AI Algorithm Processes Patient Gene Expression Data To Predict COVID-19 Outcomes, Study Finds

Health IT Analytics (6/14, McKeon) reports, “An artificial intelligence algorithm can parse gene expression data to predict patient outcomes by identifying signature genes that reveal the severity of viral infection immune response including COVID-19,” re...

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HHS Providing $424M To 4,200 Rural Health Clinics For COVID-19 Testing, Mitigation

Healthcare Finance News (6/11, Lagasse) reported HHS, “through the Health Resources and Services Administration, is providing $424.7 million in funding to more than 4,200 Rural Health Clinics for COVID-19 testing and mitigation. Later this summer, HRSA wi...

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Positive Coronavirus Tests Fall To Lowest Rate

The Wall Street Journal (6/13, Abbott, Subscription Publication) reports positive COVID-19 tests in the US have fallen to the lowest recorded rate at 2%, well below the 13% rate seen during the winter coronavirus surge, according to Johns Hopkins Universi...

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Telemedicine As Effective As In-Person Visits For Viral Load Care In Patients With HIV, Researchers Find

Federal Court Refuses To Throw Out AstraZeneca Suit Against HHS Over 340B Drug Pricing Program

Lawmakers Reintroduce Subscription Model Legislation To Support Antibiotic Development

COVID-19 Likely Was Already In US At The End Of 2019, NIH Study Finds

Amazon Selling COVID-19 Home Test Kit To Consumers

NVX-CoV2373 Nanoparticle Vaccine Effective Against COVID-19 Variant, Study Finds

US Cases Of STDs Reach All-Time High For Sixth Consecutive Year

Delta Variant Is “Of Concern” And Currently Accounts For 10% Of New US COVID-19 Cases, CDC Says

Co-Administered COVID-19, Flu Vaccines Retain Efficacy, Study Says

Senators Support Pay Models That Integrate Primary, Mental Healthcare

COVID-19 Vaccines Offer Significant Protection Against Delta Variant, Studies Out Of UK, Scotland Suggest

Maladaptive Immune Response May Be Prompting Arthritic Complications In Patients With Persistent And Drug-Refractory Lyme Disease, Expert Says

Gastrointestinal Infections Associated With Reduced Lung Immunity, Mice Study Finds

GBS Vaginal Colonization Comparable Between Older Postmenopausal And Pregnant Women, Results Show

CDC To Ban Dogs From More Than 100 Countries Over Rabies Concerns

Improved Liver Function Followed HCV Eradication Among Patients With Cirrhosis: Study

Biden Administration To Move Forward On Controversial Drug Patent Proposal

AI Algorithm Processes Patient Gene Expression Data To Predict COVID-19 Outcomes, Study Finds

HHS Providing $424M To 4,200 Rural Health Clinics For COVID-19 Testing, Mitigation

Positive Coronavirus Tests Fall To Lowest Rate