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US Surpasses 15M COVID-19 Cases As Current Surge Continues

CIDRAP (12/8, Schnirring) reports that as the US’ number of COVID-19 infections “topped 15 million today, federal officials warned states that the virus is spreading to every corner of the country and is in the most rapid, intense phase of the current sur...

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No Increase Found In Stillbirth, Preterm Birth Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Studies Show

CIDRAP (12/8, Paulsen) reports, “Two large JAMA studies yesterday found no increase in pandemic-related stillbirths or preterm births or among UK and US women.” In the first study, “researchers identified 543 stillbirths from Apr 1 to Jun 30...compared wi...

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Odds Of Outdoor Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2, Other Respiratory Viruses Much Lower Than Indoors, Systematic Review Indicates

Healio (12/8, Stulpin) reports research suggests that “outdoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses is possible, but the odds are much lower than indoor transmission.” Researchers “conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed papers...

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Tech Firms Developing Ways To Create Digital “Immunity Passports”

TODAY (12/8, Pawlowski) reports on the concept of a “COVID passport.” Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security in Baltimore, explained that those “who get the two required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine may...

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Pfizer, BioNTech Vaccine Provides Strong Protection Against COVID-19 Within About 10 Days Of First Dose, FDA Documents Say

The New York Times (12/8, Weiland, Zimmer) reports, “The coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech provides strong protection against Covid-19 within about 10 days of the first dose, according to documents published on Tuesday by the Food and Drug A...

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Opportunities Exist To Improve Use Of MRSA PCR Nasal Swab Upon Diagnosis To Guide Antibiotic Prescribing For Pneumonia, Research Suggests

Pharmacy Times (12/8, Murphy) reports researchers examining “the de-escalation of vancomycin for pneumonia treatment found that there are opportunities to improve the use of the methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) PCR nasal swab upon diagnosis to furth...

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Businesses In Some Texas Cities Could Start Regularly Testing Employees For Coronavirus In New Pilot Program

The Houston Chronicle (12/7, Ackerman) reports, “Businesses in a handful of Texas cities could begin regularly testing employees for the coronavirus under a new pilot program that the state announced Monday.” The rapid COVID-19 tests, provided by HHS, “wi...

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Unclear How Well Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Will Curb Spread Of Coronavirus

The New York Times (12/8, Mandavilli) reports, “The new Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna seem to be remarkably good at preventing serious illness. But it’s unclear how well they will curb the spread of the coronavirus.” This is “because the Pfize...

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Safe For Mothers With COVID-19, Newborns To Share Hospital Room, Study Suggests

CIDRAP (12/7) reports, “Only 1 of 62 newborns who breastfed and roomed with their 61 COVID-19–infected mothers in Lombardy, Italy, was diagnosed as having the novel coronavirus, suggesting that mother-to-infant transmission is rare, according to a” study...

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Children Unlikely To Be Source Of COVID-19 Household Outbreaks, Study Shows

CIDRAP (12/7, Kuebelbeck Paulsen) reports that a recent study in Clinical Infectious Diseases “shows that children are unlikely to be the source of COVID-19 household outbreaks and are less likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 by another household member...

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Decade Of Research Said To Have Helped Lay Groundwork For Speedy COVID-19 Vaccines

The AP (12/7, Neergaard) reports, “How could scientists race out COVID-19 vaccines so fast without cutting corners? A head start helped – over a decade of behind-the-scenes research that had new vaccine technology poised for a challenge just as the corona...

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Hospitals Working To Determine Which Healthcare Workers Will Receive COVID-19 Vaccine First

The Wall Street Journal (12/7, A1, Evans, Subscription Publication) reports hospitals are rushing to finalize plans to determine which healthcare workers will receive the COVID-19 vaccine first, as initial supplies are widely expected to fall below what i...

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Healthcare Systems Across US Question Federal Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Timeline

STAT (12/7, Goldhill) reports, “Hospitals across the United States are preparing for a Covid-19 vaccine distribution timeline that’s well behind official government targets as they face ongoing confusion about the process for inoculating frontline employe...

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Former FDA Commissioner Recommends Vaccinating As Many People As Possible Right Away

USA Today (12/7, Rodriguez) reports, “By the end of the year, the United States government hopes to have close to 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine,” and “plans to distribute half of those in December and hold back the other half to give the same peopl...

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US Physicians Working To Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Among Black Americans

The Washington Post (12/7, A1, Fadulu) reports “Black people are nearly three times more likely than Whites to die of covid-19”; however, “fewer than half of Black Americans say they would get a coronavirus vaccine, compared with 63 percent of Hispanic pe...

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Experts Look To Testing Of Asymptomatic Patients With COVID-19 To Better Control Virus

Modern Healthcare (12/6, O'Connor, Subscription Publication) reports that “some 10 months into the pandemic, testing for individuals who may be infected with COVID but” are asymptomatic “remains a hodgepodge of methods, modalities, and technologies, many...

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COVID-19 Testing Supply Shortages Reportedly Make It More Difficult For Patients To Get Accurate Diagnosis For STIs, Pneumonia, Other Infections

NBC News (12/5, Dunn) reported, “Labs across the country have been facing dire shortages of supplies as the number of Covid-19 tests being processed has skyrocketed.” Now, “with so many supplies directed toward Covid-19 testing, it’s increasingly becoming...

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SARS-CoV-2 Infection Was Rare In Rural California Community Weeks After Stay-At-Home Orders Were Made, Study Demonstrates

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/4, van Paridon) reported, “Weeks after stay-at-home orders were placed, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and antibody testing in a rural California community found severe acute respiratory syndrome co...

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FDA Approves COVID-19-Flu Combo Test For Home-Collected Samples

Bloomberg Law (12/4, Govind, Subscription Publication) reported behind a paywall, “The FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics RC Covid-19 + Flu RT-PCR Test for prescription use with the Quest Diagnostics Self-Collection Kit for Covid-19 + Flu by individuals who...

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US Health Experts Call For National Coronavirus Testing Strategy

The AP (12/6, Stobbe, Perrone) reports, “As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not – a comprehensive national testing strategy.” Such a strategy, experts “sa...

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US Surpasses 15M COVID-19 Cases As Current Surge Continues

No Increase Found In Stillbirth, Preterm Birth Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Studies Show

Odds Of Outdoor Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2, Other Respiratory Viruses Much Lower Than Indoors, Systematic Review Indicates

Tech Firms Developing Ways To Create Digital “Immunity Passports”

Pfizer, BioNTech Vaccine Provides Strong Protection Against COVID-19 Within About 10 Days Of First Dose, FDA Documents Say

Opportunities Exist To Improve Use Of MRSA PCR Nasal Swab Upon Diagnosis To Guide Antibiotic Prescribing For Pneumonia, Research Suggests

Businesses In Some Texas Cities Could Start Regularly Testing Employees For Coronavirus In New Pilot Program

Unclear How Well Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Will Curb Spread Of Coronavirus

Safe For Mothers With COVID-19, Newborns To Share Hospital Room, Study Suggests

Children Unlikely To Be Source Of COVID-19 Household Outbreaks, Study Shows

Decade Of Research Said To Have Helped Lay Groundwork For Speedy COVID-19 Vaccines

Hospitals Working To Determine Which Healthcare Workers Will Receive COVID-19 Vaccine First

Healthcare Systems Across US Question Federal Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Timeline

Former FDA Commissioner Recommends Vaccinating As Many People As Possible Right Away

US Physicians Working To Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Among Black Americans

Experts Look To Testing Of Asymptomatic Patients With COVID-19 To Better Control Virus

COVID-19 Testing Supply Shortages Reportedly Make It More Difficult For Patients To Get Accurate Diagnosis For STIs, Pneumonia, Other Infections

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Was Rare In Rural California Community Weeks After Stay-At-Home Orders Were Made, Study Demonstrates

FDA Approves COVID-19-Flu Combo Test For Home-Collected Samples

US Health Experts Call For National Coronavirus Testing Strategy