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Some States Halt Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Following Adverse Reactions

The AP (4/8, Anderson) reports that “North Carolina health officials said on Thursday that they stopped administering Johnson & Johnson doses at a mass vaccination site in Raleigh and at clinics in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill after at least 26 people exp...

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Racism Is A “Serious Threat” To Public Health, CDC Says

NBC News (4/8, Pflum) reports that on Thursday, the CDC said racism is a “serious threat” to public health, “becoming the latest, and largest, U.S.-based health agency to single out racism as having a ‘profound and negative impact on communities of color’...

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Experts Warn Of Risks From Consuming Veterinary Versions Of Ivermectin To Treat COVID-19

The Washington Post (4/8, A1, McGinley) reports some are touting the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a treatment for patients with COVID-19, but there can be “dangerous consequences when people take the animal version.” The FDA “said at least three peop...

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Digital Droplet PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Resolves Borderline Cases

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SBAR as a Standardized Communication Tool for Medical Laboratory Science Students

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Mount Sinai Hospital Launches COVID-19 Saliva-Testing Program To Support Large Event Reopenings

ABC News (4/7, Lenthang) reports, “Mount Sinai Hospital in New York is launching a COVID-19 saliva-testing program that could prove to be a game-changer for reopening large-scale events.” The new testing “program was unveiled Monday and will offer ‘easy,...

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Use Of Liquid Biopsy Assay Able To Identify Patients With Metastatic NSCLC Who Had Molecular Response To Pembrolizumab Based Immunotherapy, Study Shows

Cancer Network (4/7, Sternberg) reports, “Use of the Guardant360 liquid biopsy assay was able to identify patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who had a molecular response to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) based immunotherapy, which was l...

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Carriers Of Huntington’s Disease Gene May Frequently Experience “Functionally Debilitating” Psychiatric And Cognitive Symptoms, Research Suggests

Healio (4/7, Gramigna) reports, “Carriers of the Huntington’s disease gene frequently experienced ‘functionally debilitating’ psychiatric and cognitive symptoms,” investigators concluded in a study that “sought to evaluate the prevalence, timing and funct...

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CDC Says B.1.1.7 Is Most Common Source Of New Coronavirus Infections In The US

The New York Times (4/7, Stolberg) reports the CDC says the B.1.1.7 variant is now “the most common source of new infections in the” US. The New York Times adds, “The average number of new cases has reached nearly 65,000 a day, as of Tuesday, concentrated...

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COVID-19 Reinfections Still Seem Rare, But Data Is Lacking

STAT (4/7, Joseph) reports, “Reinfections from Covid-19 continue to seem rare, and are not responsible for the current, stubbornly high case counts in the United States, according to scientists and the latest findings.” STAT adds, “Experts say the country...

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Debate Continues Over Coronavirus Origins

The New York Times (4/7, Gorman) reports, “The joint international and Chinese mission organized by the World Health Organization on the origins of Covid released its report last week suggesting that for almost every topic it covered, more study was neede...

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Many Americans Do Not Plan To Receive A Coronavirus Vaccine, Poll Indicates

NPR (4/7, Brumfiel) reports, “A recent NPR/Marist poll found that one in four Americans said they would refuse a coronavirus vaccine outright if offered,” while 5% are “undecided.” NPR adds, “Although the numbers were highest for Republican men and reside...

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Public Health Workers’ Focus On COVID-19 Has Diverted Attention From STDs

The AP (4/7, Perrone) reports while public health workers have been focused on testing and contact tracing for COVID-19, there has been “a collapse in screening for sexually transmitted diseases [STDs] that have been on the rise for years.” Last year, tes...

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Analysis: There May Have Been More Than 90,000 Overdose Deaths In The US Last Year

The Washington Post (4/7, Cunningham) reports there may have been more than 90,000 overdose deaths in the US last year, according to “an analysis of preliminary data by the Commonwealth Fund.” The same analysis also “found that shortly after the pandemic...

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Researchers Identify Dramatic Increase In Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Preceding And Paralleling The COVID-19 Pandemic

CIDRAP (4/7, Van Beusekom) reports an international study (4/7) published in EClinicalMedicine “identified a dramatic increase in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) preceding and paralleling the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that OHCA is yet another exa...

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Nasopharyngeal Swabs Are Superior Method For Diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Review Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/6, Nye) reports researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis and concluded “that nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are the superior method for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2.” The study’s authors reviewed “studies of alternativ...

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African Americans May Be More Likely To Carry Genetic Variants Tied To Dementia, Research Indicates

Neurology Advisor (4/6, May) reports, “African Americans are more likely than nonhispanic White Americans to carry genetic variants associated with lower cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2), an immun...

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Multivariate Polygenic Score Profiles May Help Identify Long-Term Risk For Depression, Resilience, Study Indicates

Healio (4/6, Gramigna) reports, “Multivariate polygenic score profiles may help identify long-term risk for depression and resilience,” researchers concluded in a study that sought to assess “the discriminatory accuracy of a deep neural net that combined...

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Researchers Say Unchanged Incidence Of Kawasaki Disease In Japan During COVID-19 Quarantine Suggests Airborne Transmission

Healio (4/6, Laday) reports researchers found that “despite COVID-19 quarantine measures, Kawasaki disease incidence was unchanged in Japan compared with significant declines in respiratory tract and gastrointestinal infections, indicating airborne rather...

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Scientists Identify “Double Mutant” Coronavirus Variant In California

The Los Angeles Times (4/6, Money, Lin) reports scientists at Stanford University have detected a variant in California that was first identified in India. Some scientists are concerned about the “double mutant” variant, “because it contains not just one,...

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Some States Halt Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Following Adverse Reactions

Racism Is A “Serious Threat” To Public Health, CDC Says

Experts Warn Of Risks From Consuming Veterinary Versions Of Ivermectin To Treat COVID-19

Digital Droplet PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Resolves Borderline Cases

SBAR as a Standardized Communication Tool for Medical Laboratory Science Students

Mount Sinai Hospital Launches COVID-19 Saliva-Testing Program To Support Large Event Reopenings

Use Of Liquid Biopsy Assay Able To Identify Patients With Metastatic NSCLC Who Had Molecular Response To Pembrolizumab Based Immunotherapy, Study Shows

Carriers Of Huntington’s Disease Gene May Frequently Experience “Functionally Debilitating” Psychiatric And Cognitive Symptoms, Research Suggests

CDC Says B.1.1.7 Is Most Common Source Of New Coronavirus Infections In The US

COVID-19 Reinfections Still Seem Rare, But Data Is Lacking

Debate Continues Over Coronavirus Origins

Many Americans Do Not Plan To Receive A Coronavirus Vaccine, Poll Indicates

Public Health Workers’ Focus On COVID-19 Has Diverted Attention From STDs

Analysis: There May Have Been More Than 90,000 Overdose Deaths In The US Last Year

Researchers Identify Dramatic Increase In Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Preceding And Paralleling The COVID-19 Pandemic

Nasopharyngeal Swabs Are Superior Method For Diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Review Study Indicates

African Americans May Be More Likely To Carry Genetic Variants Tied To Dementia, Research Indicates

Multivariate Polygenic Score Profiles May Help Identify Long-Term Risk For Depression, Resilience, Study Indicates

Researchers Say Unchanged Incidence Of Kawasaki Disease In Japan During COVID-19 Quarantine Suggests Airborne Transmission

Scientists Identify “Double Mutant” Coronavirus Variant In California