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Feds To Deliver 20M COVID-19 Vaccine Doses By Start Of January, But States Taking Longer Than Anticipated To Administer Vaccinations, Officials Say

USA Today (12/23, Weintraub) reported, “The federal government is close to delivering 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the month of December, as promised, but states are taking longer than expected to get those doses into people’s arms, officia...

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Merck Agrees To Supply US With Experimental COVID-19 Treatment

Reuters (12/23, Banerjee) reported, “Merck & Co said on Wednesday it would supply 60,000-100,000 doses of its experimental COVID-19 treatment to the U.S. government for up to about $356 million.” This “agreement will help support advanced development and...

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Scientists Suggest Smoke From Wildfires Could Spread Infectious Diseases

NPR (12/23, Lu) reported “scientists are suggesting smoke may...carry and spread infectious diseases.” This “theory, published in Science Magazine, is based on research that found wildfire smoke is teeming with thousands of species of microorganisms,” and...

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FDA Approves First Coronavirus Antibody Test

The New York Times (4/2, Mandavilli) reported the FDA “approved a new test for coronavirus antibodies, the first for use in the United States.” The article says that other tests “are designed to find fragments of viral genes indicating an ongoing infectio...

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Around One-Fifth Of Patients Who Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Also Test Positive For Other Pathogens, Research Suggests

MedPage Today (4/16, Walker) reported researchers found that “20.7% of respiratory specimens positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, were also positive for one or more additional pathogens.” The findings were published in a research lette...

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Laboratories Reportedly Take Steps To Continue Coronavirus Testing Amid Shortages Of Different Supplies

The Wall Street Journal (4/5, Abbott, Subscription Publication) reported clinical laboratories are taking unusual steps to complete coronavirus tests due to shortages of various testing supplies and components.

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Some Lab Personnel Report Safety Concerns About Abbott Laboratories’ Rapid Coronavirus Test

Kaiser Health News (4/23, Pradhan) reported “lab personnel say worries are mounting over the safety of a rapid coronavirus test by Abbott Laboratories...particularly, the risk of infection to those handling it.” Kaiser Health News adds “medical workers sa...

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European Study Suggests Blood Types Could Be Linked To Risk Of Severe Coronavirus Infection

CNN (6/17, Fox) reported that European scientists “say they have found two genetic variations that may show who is more likely to get very sick and die from coronavirus, and they say they have also found a link to blood type.” The researchers’ “findings,...

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Researchers Say Fast Coronavirus Test May Be Less Accurate Than Most Common Alternatives

NPR (4/21, Stein) reported “researchers at the Cleveland Clinic tested 239 specimens known to contain the coronavirus using five of the most commonly used coronavirus tests, including the Abbott ID NOW,” which “has generated widespread excitement because...

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COVID-19 Pandemic Has Reportedly Worsened Shortages For Personnel Trained In Microbiology And Molecular Testing

Modern Healthcare (9/9, Subscription Publication) reports the COVID-19 pandemic “has ramped up demand in two areas – microbiology and molecular testing – where trained personnel were already in short supply.” Modern Healthcare quotes several experts discu...

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ASCP, Other Groups Urge Trump Administration To Update, Reprioritize Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

Healthcare Finance News (8/11, Hackett) reported US coronavirus “testing shortages continue along with gaps in the supply chain for reagents, swabs, plastics, viral transport media and personal protection equipment,” according to a letter signed by the Am...

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NIH Selects Seven Companies As Winners Of A Competition To Develop Better Coronavirus Tests

Reuters (7/31, Roy) reported the NIH “is investing $248.7 million in seven diagnostic companies with new testing technologies to increase their testing capacities and make millions of rapid COVID-19 tests per week available by fall.” The funding comes fro...

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Specialist Explains How Golfer’s Negative Test Following Positive Test Does Not Indicate Problems With Test

CNBC (7/1, Kim) reported, “Professional U.S. golfer Cameron Champ immediately withdrew from the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship last Tuesday” following a positive test for COVID-19, but “five days later, he said he tested negative – three times – raisin...

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US Government Will Not Implement COVID-19 Screenings For Passengers Traveling From UK

Reuters (12/22, Shepardson, Rucinski) reports, “The U.S. government does not intend to impose COVID-19 screenings for passengers traveling from Britain after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus variant there, people briefed on the decisio...

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Senator Warren Unveils Legislation That Would Provide Free Coronavirus Testing For Teachers, Students, Essential Workers

CNBC (12/22, Feuer) reports, “Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pushing legislation that would provide free Covid-19 testing for teachers, students, essential workers and others who have high exposure to the coronavirus, expanding federally funded screening effort...

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Wisconsin To Provide At-Home Coronavirus Tests

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/22, Beck) reports Wisconsin is giving residents “at-home COVID-19 tests that are free to the uninsured. ... Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm said Tuesday state health officials sought to make available the home test...

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New York Governor Says Hospitals Will Test For Coronavirus Variant Found In UK

Newsday (NY) (12/22, Colangelo, Reich-Hale) reports, “Hospitals across New York will test for the quick-spreading [SARS-CoV-2] variant found in the United Kingdom in an effort to locate and contain it, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday.” Currently, “the S...

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Study Indicates High Genetic Variability Of HCV

HCPlive (12/22, Lutz) reports, “A molecular analysis of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus [HCV] showed substitutions of amino acids in the NS3 gene, which suggests that there is a high genetic variability of hepatitis C virus,” investigators conclud...

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Researchers Find No Cases Of Vertical Transmission Or Placental Infection In Prospective Cohort Study With More Than 60 Pregnant Women With COVID-19

MedPage Today (12/22, D'Ambrosio) reports researchers found “no cases of vertical transmission or placental infection...in a prospective cohort study involving over 60 pregnant women with COVID-19.” However, “placental transfer of antibodies against SARS-...

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Severe Hyperglycemia After Hospital Admission For COVID-19 Increased Mortality Risk In People Not In The ICU, Study Indicates

Healio (12/22, Monostra) reports researchers found “severe hyperglycemia after hospital admission for COVID-19 significantly increased mortality odds among individuals not in the ICU.” The findings were published in Diabetes Care.

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Feds To Deliver 20M COVID-19 Vaccine Doses By Start Of January, But States Taking Longer Than Anticipated To Administer Vaccinations, Officials Say

Merck Agrees To Supply US With Experimental COVID-19 Treatment

Scientists Suggest Smoke From Wildfires Could Spread Infectious Diseases

FDA Approves First Coronavirus Antibody Test

Around One-Fifth Of Patients Who Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Also Test Positive For Other Pathogens, Research Suggests

Laboratories Reportedly Take Steps To Continue Coronavirus Testing Amid Shortages Of Different Supplies

Some Lab Personnel Report Safety Concerns About Abbott Laboratories’ Rapid Coronavirus Test

European Study Suggests Blood Types Could Be Linked To Risk Of Severe Coronavirus Infection

Researchers Say Fast Coronavirus Test May Be Less Accurate Than Most Common Alternatives

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Reportedly Worsened Shortages For Personnel Trained In Microbiology And Molecular Testing

ASCP, Other Groups Urge Trump Administration To Update, Reprioritize Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

NIH Selects Seven Companies As Winners Of A Competition To Develop Better Coronavirus Tests

Specialist Explains How Golfer’s Negative Test Following Positive Test Does Not Indicate Problems With Test

US Government Will Not Implement COVID-19 Screenings For Passengers Traveling From UK

Senator Warren Unveils Legislation That Would Provide Free Coronavirus Testing For Teachers, Students, Essential Workers

Wisconsin To Provide At-Home Coronavirus Tests

New York Governor Says Hospitals Will Test For Coronavirus Variant Found In UK

Study Indicates High Genetic Variability Of HCV

Researchers Find No Cases Of Vertical Transmission Or Placental Infection In Prospective Cohort Study With More Than 60 Pregnant Women With COVID-19

Severe Hyperglycemia After Hospital Admission For COVID-19 Increased Mortality Risk In People Not In The ICU, Study Indicates