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CDC’s ACIP Recommends That Essential Workers And Adults 75 And Older Should Receive Coronavirus Vaccines Next

The Washington Post (12/20, A1, Sun, Stanley-Becker) reports the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that “grocery store workers, teachers, day-care staff and other people on the front lines of America’s workforce should...

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Around 20% Of Prison Inmates In The US Are Or Have Been Infected With SARS-CoV-2, Investigation Suggests

The Hill (12/20) reports around 20% of prison inmates in the US are or have been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to “an investigation from The Associated Press and the Marshall Project.” The Hill adds, “More than 275,000 inmates serving sen...

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Investigators Estimate Economic Burden Of Legionnaires’ Disease In Just One Year In The US

Healio (12/18, Stulpin) reported, “Using published estimates of medical costs and new calculations of productivity losses,” investigators “estimated the economic burden of Legionnaires’ disease cases in just one year in the United States was more than $80...

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US Labs Seeing Far Less Influenza Than In Past Years

The Wall Street Journal (12/17, Abbott, Subscription Publication) reports that the U.S. is seeing far less influenza this year than in past years. For the week ending December 5, just 0.2% of patient samples tested positive for influenza, down from over 1...

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Babies Born To Mothers With COVID-19 Have Antibodies, Study Finds

Reuters (12/17, Lin, Geddie) reports, “All five babies born to women with COVID-19 infection during a study in Singapore have had antibodies against the virus, although the researchers said it is not yet clear what level of protection this may offer.” The...

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Walking Behind Person Infected With COVID-19 In Narrow Hallway May Be High Risk, Study Finds

HealthDay (12/17, Preidt) reports on research finding that “following a fast-walking person with COVID-19 down a narrow corridor could increase your risk of infection, even if you keep your distance.” The reason is that the “person can leave long streams...

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School Not A Major Source Of COVID-19 Spread, Study Indicates

HealthDay (12/17, Reinberg) reports on COVID-19 research finding that “among those under 18, the virus is easily spread by close contact with family members who have COVID-19 and at gatherings where people don’t wear masks, but going to school wasn’t link...

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Most Women Who Are Pregnant And Tested Positive For COVID-19 May Be Asymptomatic, Study Suggests

HealthDay (12/17, Preidt) reports on research indicating that “most pregnant women infected with the new coronavirus don’t have symptoms.” The study was based on “data from a coronavirus screening program in the labor and delivery unit of Elmhurst Hospita...

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Relationship Between HIV, Arterial Endothelial Function May Imply CVD Risk Among Infected Patients, Researchers Say

Healio (12/17, Buzby) reports, “The relationship between HIV and arterial endothelial function may imply CVD risk among infected patients, particularly if they also have kidney disease,” researchers concluded after “utilizing participant-level data from n...

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Pulmonary Pathology of COVID-19 Following 8 Weeks to 4 Months of Severe Disease: A Report of Three Cases, Including One With Bilateral Lung Transplantation

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CRISPR-Based Approaches for Efficient and Accurate Detection of SARS-CoV-2

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Icosapent Ethyl May Have Anti-inflammatory Effect In Patients With Symptomatic COVID-19, Study Suggests

Healio (12/16, Swain) reports on research finding that “icosapent ethyl reduced levels of inflammatory biomarkers and improved symptoms in patients with COVID-19.” Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, said,...

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Experiment Finds Way To Produce Mouse Egg Cells From Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

STAT (12/16, Begley) reports on mouse embryos developed from stem cells that seemed to be developing normally, but “not a single one divided past the eight-cell stage.” The effort “did yield something else important...an efficient way to turn mouse embryo...

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Study Finds PICC Approved By Infectious Disease Physician More Likely To Be Appropriate Use And Less Likely To Have Complications

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/16, van Paridon) reports on research finding that “peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) delivering intravenous antimicrobial therapy approved by an infectious disease physician was associated with more appropriate...

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Incidence Of Severe GI Complications In Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Was Low, Study Indicates

Gastroenterology Advisor (12/16, Nye) reports research indicates that “the incidence of severe gastrointestinal (GI) complications in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was...relatively low.” The study included data from 1992 p...

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Study Suggests People With Higher Levels Of Cadmium May Be More Likely To Suffer From Severe COVID-19

HealthDay (12/16, Preidt) reports on research finding that “people with high levels of the heavy metal cadmium may also have higher odds of severe” COVID-19. The metal “is found in cigarettes and in contaminated vegetables” and the research indicates “tha...

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Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Have Greater Risk Of Death Than Those Hospitalized With Flu

CIDRAP (12/16, Van Beusekom) reports on research finding that “compared with patients with seasonal flu, hospitalized COVID-19 patients face an increased need for ventilation and intensive care, longer hospital stays, more complications, and nearly five t...

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COVID-19 Cases In 38 States Are Falling Or Flat, Tracking Project Says

Bloomberg (12/16, Querolo) reports that 18 states, “mostly in the U.S. Midwest, reported sharply falling seven-day averages of new coronavirus infections compared with the prior week. Another 20 states, peppered across the country, saw case rates stay bel...

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More Than 5M American Workers Say They Are Too Sick To Work As Virus Cases Surge

Bloomberg (12/16, Ren) reports that American workers “are increasingly leaving their jobs or are too sick to work as coronavirus cases spike across the U.S.” The number of employed Americans “fell by 4.3 million in the two weeks ended Dec. 7, according to...

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Only Small Percentage Of Available Monoclonal Antibody Supply Being Used, Data Indicate

Reuters (12/16, Beasley) reports, “U.S. hospitals have been slow to embrace COVID-19 antibody drugs from Eli Lilly and Co and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc that have been authorized to reduce the risk of hospitalization, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.”...

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CDC’s ACIP Recommends That Essential Workers And Adults 75 And Older Should Receive Coronavirus Vaccines Next

Around 20% Of Prison Inmates In The US Are Or Have Been Infected With SARS-CoV-2, Investigation Suggests

Investigators Estimate Economic Burden Of Legionnaires’ Disease In Just One Year In The US

US Labs Seeing Far Less Influenza Than In Past Years

Babies Born To Mothers With COVID-19 Have Antibodies, Study Finds

Walking Behind Person Infected With COVID-19 In Narrow Hallway May Be High Risk, Study Finds

School Not A Major Source Of COVID-19 Spread, Study Indicates

Most Women Who Are Pregnant And Tested Positive For COVID-19 May Be Asymptomatic, Study Suggests

Relationship Between HIV, Arterial Endothelial Function May Imply CVD Risk Among Infected Patients, Researchers Say

Pulmonary Pathology of COVID-19 Following 8 Weeks to 4 Months of Severe Disease: A Report of Three Cases, Including One With Bilateral Lung Transplantation

CRISPR-Based Approaches for Efficient and Accurate Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Icosapent Ethyl May Have Anti-inflammatory Effect In Patients With Symptomatic COVID-19, Study Suggests

Experiment Finds Way To Produce Mouse Egg Cells From Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

Study Finds PICC Approved By Infectious Disease Physician More Likely To Be Appropriate Use And Less Likely To Have Complications

Incidence Of Severe GI Complications In Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Was Low, Study Indicates

Study Suggests People With Higher Levels Of Cadmium May Be More Likely To Suffer From Severe COVID-19

Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Have Greater Risk Of Death Than Those Hospitalized With Flu

COVID-19 Cases In 38 States Are Falling Or Flat, Tracking Project Says

More Than 5M American Workers Say They Are Too Sick To Work As Virus Cases Surge

Only Small Percentage Of Available Monoclonal Antibody Supply Being Used, Data Indicate