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FDA Gives OK To Use Unexpected Extra Doses Of Coronavirus Vaccine

The New York Times (12/16, Thomas) reports, “As boxes of Pfizer vaccines began arriving around the country this week, hospital pharmacists made a surprising discovery: Some of the glass vials that are supposed to hold five doses contained enough for a six...

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Administration Negotiating With Pfizer To Secure More Coronavirus Vaccines This Spring, Federal Health Officials Say

The Washington Post (12/16, Nirappil) reports, “The...administration is negotiating with Pfizer to secure more coronavirus vaccines this spring, federal health officials said Wednesday, after the drugmaker warned the United States probably would have to w...

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FDA Reports Second Year Of Increased Sales Of Medically Important Antibiotics For Use In Livestock

CIDRAP (12/16, Dall) reports in its summary report for 2019, “the Food and Drug Administration is reporting an increase in the amount of medically important antibiotics sold for use in food-producing animals in the United States.” The FDA reports sales we...

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FDA Issues Emergency Authorization For OTC Rapid At-Home Coronavirus Diagnostic Test

The New York Times (12/15, Wu) reports that the FDA “on Tuesday issued an emergency authorization for the country’s first coronavirus test that can run from start to finish at home without the need for a prescription.” Individuals “as young as 2 years old...

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Fears Of Infection Proving To Be Barrier To Patient Access To Care, COVID-19 Testing, Data Indicate

PatientEngagementHIT (12/15, Heath) reports, “Fear of COVID-19 infection is proving a nearly insurmountable patient access to care barrier, with the latest data from Harris Poll and Quest Diagnostics specifically finding patients aren’t accessing COVID-19...

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First Patients Treated For Genetic Disorders With CRISPR Continue To Benefit

NPR (12/15, Stein) reports on the case of Victoria Gray “the first person in the United States to be successfully treated for a genetic disorder with the help of CRISPR.” As a result of her experience after being treated July 2, 2019, “researchers have be...

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Mouse Study Finds Bacteria Acts Differently Depending On Infection Site

Health IT Analytics (12/15, Kent) reports on a study that using a “gene expression database analyzed different strains of the bacteria that causes pneumonia, meningitis, and middle ear infections, which could lead to new treatments for these conditions an...

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FDA Review Concludes Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine “Highly Effective,” Paves Way For Authorization

The Washington Post (12/15, Johnson) reports the COVID-19 “vaccine developed by...Moderna appears poised for regulatory clearance after a detailed data review by Food and Drug Administration scientists confirmed the two-shot regimen was ‘highly effective’...

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California’s High-Poverty Neighborhoods Experiencing Higher Rates Of COVID-19 Infections, Review Indicates

Kaiser Health News (12/15, Reese) reports “COVID-19 infections have battered high-poverty neighborhoods in California on a staggeringly different scale than more affluent areas, a trend that underscores the heightened risks for low-wage workers as the sta...

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Risk Score May Predict Death, Respiratory Decompensation Among Patients With Suspected, Confirmed COVID-19, Data Suggest

Healio (12/15, Miller) reports, “A risk score [COVAS score] based on patient comorbidities, obesity, vital signs, age and sex accurately predicted death or respiratory decompensation within 7 days among patients with pneumonia, suspected COVID-19 or confi...

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Close Contact Among Hong Kong Residents Fell By Nearly 60% Throughout Pandemic, Survey Data Suggest

Healio (12/15, Dreisbach) reports that “throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, close contact among people in Hong Kong was reduced by 59%, according to mass transit and survey data,” and consequently, “there was a reduction in risk for COVID-19 or influenza of...

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Case Definitions For ILI May Be Highly Specific But May Have Low Sensitivity In Detecting Influenza In Pregnant Women, Study Suggests

According to Infectious Disease Advisor (12/15, van Paridon), the Pregnancy and Influenza Multinational Epidemiologic (PRIME) Study suggests that World Health Organization (WHO) “case definitions for influenza-like illness (ILI) were highly specific but h...

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Data From Wearable Devices May Flag Some COVID-19 Infections Before People Feel Ill, Studies Suggest

STAT (12/14, Brodwin) reports, “The results of several ambitious studies testing wearables as early predictors of for Covid-19 are in – and they suggest that data from devices including Apple Watches, Fitbits, and Oura smart rings may be useful for flaggi...

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UK To Loosen Restrictions On Blood Donation By Gay, Bisexual Men Starting Next Year

The New York Times (12/14, Albeck-Ripka) reports, “Britain announced on Monday that it would loosen restrictions on blood donation by gay and bisexual men beginning next year, a shift in policy called ‘landmark’ by the government and hailed by activists w...

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Pneumococcal Colonization Of Airways Exacerbated By Influenza-Like Illness In Older Adults, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/14, Masoud) reports “pneumococcal colonization of airways is exacerbated by influenza-like illness (ILI) in older adults, and persists beyond ILI recovery, according to a study” that included “232 adults aged 60 years or old...

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Political Affiliation Versus COVID-19 Threat Had Larger Influence On Americans’ Decisions To Stay Home, Studies Suggest

CIDRAP (12/14, Van Beusekom) reports two studies “show that political affiliation had much more influence on Americans’ decisions to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic than did the relative numbers of infections in their communities.” In the first stu...

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Study Indicates No Association Between COVID-19 And Guillain-Barré Syndrome

CIDRAP (12/14, Kuebelbeck Paulsen) reports a study “finds no association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune condition linked to other bacterial and viral infections.” Researchers “assessed the incidence of GBS in the UK Nati...

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South Korea Weighing First National Lockdown Due To COVID-19 Surge

CIDRAP (12/14, Dall) reports that a surge in COVID-19 infections “that began in October and is centered around” South Korea’s “capital city of Seoul has the country on the verge of its first nationwide lockdown.” If the country “moves to its third level o...

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Homes Where Someone Is Sick With COVID-19 Remain Hotspots For Virus Transmission, Even When Overall Community Spread Is Down, Study Indicates

CNN (12/14, LaMotte) reports, “A new analysis that looked at 54 studies in over 20 countries found homes where someone was sick with Covid-19 continued to be hotspots for virus transmission, even if overall community spread was down.” Researchers found “s...

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SARS-CoV-2 May Damage Blood Vessels In Children, Study Suggests

Medscape (12/14, Harrison, Subscription Publication) reports, “SARS-CoV-2 sometimes damages children’s blood vessels, with consequences that might surface decades after the infection subsides, a study of biomarkers suggests.” The researchers “studied 50 h...

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FDA Gives OK To Use Unexpected Extra Doses Of Coronavirus Vaccine

Administration Negotiating With Pfizer To Secure More Coronavirus Vaccines This Spring, Federal Health Officials Say

FDA Reports Second Year Of Increased Sales Of Medically Important Antibiotics For Use In Livestock

FDA Issues Emergency Authorization For OTC Rapid At-Home Coronavirus Diagnostic Test

Fears Of Infection Proving To Be Barrier To Patient Access To Care, COVID-19 Testing, Data Indicate

First Patients Treated For Genetic Disorders With CRISPR Continue To Benefit

Mouse Study Finds Bacteria Acts Differently Depending On Infection Site

FDA Review Concludes Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine “Highly Effective,” Paves Way For Authorization

California’s High-Poverty Neighborhoods Experiencing Higher Rates Of COVID-19 Infections, Review Indicates

Risk Score May Predict Death, Respiratory Decompensation Among Patients With Suspected, Confirmed COVID-19, Data Suggest

Close Contact Among Hong Kong Residents Fell By Nearly 60% Throughout Pandemic, Survey Data Suggest

Case Definitions For ILI May Be Highly Specific But May Have Low Sensitivity In Detecting Influenza In Pregnant Women, Study Suggests

Data From Wearable Devices May Flag Some COVID-19 Infections Before People Feel Ill, Studies Suggest

UK To Loosen Restrictions On Blood Donation By Gay, Bisexual Men Starting Next Year

Pneumococcal Colonization Of Airways Exacerbated By Influenza-Like Illness In Older Adults, Study Indicates

Political Affiliation Versus COVID-19 Threat Had Larger Influence On Americans’ Decisions To Stay Home, Studies Suggest

Study Indicates No Association Between COVID-19 And Guillain-Barré Syndrome

South Korea Weighing First National Lockdown Due To COVID-19 Surge

Homes Where Someone Is Sick With COVID-19 Remain Hotspots For Virus Transmission, Even When Overall Community Spread Is Down, Study Indicates

SARS-CoV-2 May Damage Blood Vessels In Children, Study Suggests