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Criticality of In-House Preparation of Viral Transport Medium in Times of Shortage During COVID-19 Pandemic

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3D-Printing to Address COVID-19 Testing Supply Shortages

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American Society for Clinical Pathology’s 2019 Wage Survey of Medical Laboratories in the United States

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China’s COVID-19 Testing Issues During Early Days Of Pandemic Were Caused By Cronyism At China’s CDC, Investigation Finds

The AP (12/2, Kang) says that “in the early days in Wuhan, the first city first struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.” The widespread COVID-19 “test shortages and problems at a time w...

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Drug-Resistant Pathogens Can Take Advantage Of COVID-Related Disruptions To Standard IPC Practices, Case Report Shows

CIDRAP (12/2, Dall) reports, “A case report from a New Jersey hospital highlights how drug-resistant pathogens can take advantage of COVID-related disruptions to standard infection and prevention control (IPC) practices.” In a paper published “in Morbidit...

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Reproductive Perioperative Changes In Skin Microbiome Observed In Patients Following Colorectal Surgery, Data Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/2, van Paridon) reports, “Reproducible perioperative changes in the skin microbiome were observed in patients following colorectal surgery, according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. However, a low incidenc...

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Study Indicates High SVR Rates Among Individual HCV Infection And Active Substance Use

HCPlive (12/2, Alicea) reports research indicated “high sustained virologic response (SVR) rates among individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and active drug/alcohol use.” What’s more, “these patients demonstrated high, but variable, adherence...

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CDC Issues Revised Guidance Shortening Standard 14-Day Coronavirus Quarantine Period To Seven Or 10 Days

The New York Times (12/2, Rabin) reports that on Wednesday, CDC officials “effectively shortened quarantine periods for those who may have been exposed to the coronavirus, hoping to improve compliance among Americans and reduce the economic and psychologi...

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CDC Director Warns US Could See Another 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths In Next Three Months

The Hill (12/2, Weixel) reports that the US “could see another 200,000 coronavirus deaths in the next three months if people don’t take mitigation measures such as mask wearing and physical distancing seriously, according to the head of the Centers for Di...

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Number Of Currently Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Nationwide Surpasses 100K

USA Today (12/2, Bacon) reports that the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 “nationwide passed the 100,000 mark Wednesday, an alarming statistic fueling enormous strain on the health care system and its brave but beleaguered workers.” Several “...

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US Intends To Distribute COVID Vaccines To 100M By End Of February, Official Says

The Hill (12/2, Weixel) reports the US “is hoping to give a COVID-19 vaccine to 100 million people by the end of February, the head of the administration’s Operation Warp Speed told reporters Wednesday.” Moncef Slaoui “said that number essentially represe...

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Vaccination Cards Will Be Used To Keep Track Of COVID-19 Shots, Health Officials Say

CNN (12/2, Bonifield, Vera) reports that the Department of Defense “released the first images of a Covid-19 vaccination record card and vaccination kits Wednesday.” Vaccination cards “will be used as the ‘simplest’ way to keep track of Covid-19 shots, sai...

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Children Will Likely Need To Wait Longer For COVID-19 Immunization, Experts Say

The Washington Post (12/2, Kornfield) reports, “As the United States eagerly awaits the availability of a safe, effective vaccine for the coronavirus that has plagued the nation for months, a significant group, making up more than one-fifth of the populat...

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Moderna Plans To Begin Testing Its Coronavirus Vaccine In Children Soon

The New York Times (12/2, Grady) reports that drug maker Moderna “said on Wednesday that it would soon begin testing its coronavirus vaccine in children ages 12 through 17.” The study, “listed Wednesday on the website clinicaltrials.gov, is to include 3,0...

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Vaccine Experts Argue Vaccinating Placebo Groups Early Would Be Disastrous For Integrity Of Trials

The New York Times (12/2, Zimmer, Weiland) reports, “As state and federal governments prepare to distribute the first coronavirus vaccines to health care workers and nursing home residents later this month, the tens of thousands of people who received pla...

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NEJM Editorial Takes Issue With WHO Study On Using Remdesivir To Treat COVID-19

Reuters (12/2, Beasley) reports, “An editorial in the influential New England Journal of Medicine cites problems with a World Health Organization (WHO) study that found Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral remdesivir failed to improve COVID-19 survival, and sa...

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Cheap, Rapid COVID-19 Tests May Be Less Accurate In Young People, Research Suggests

The New York Times (12/1, Wu) reports that “health experts have been calling for increased access to testing that will help track and contain the virus’s swift and often silent spread.” However, “some of the cheapest and most convenient diagnostic tools o...

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Hospitals With COVID-19 Surges May Be Vulnerable To Drug-Resistant Infections, Researchers Say

Healio (12/1, Dreisbach) reports, “At a New Jersey hospital, a cluster of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections peaked during a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, suggesting that hospitals with COVID-19 surges are vulnerable to drug-res...

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Benefits Of Influenza Vaccines Outweigh Risk For GBS, Study Says

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/1, Masoud) reports, “The benefits of influenza vaccines outweigh the insignificant risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following influenza vaccinations, according to a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases...

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Europeans See Minimal Numbers Of Flu Cases Recorded So Far Amid Rising COVID-19 Infections

Reuters (12/1, Blamont) reports, “As Europeans brace for a grim winter with the threat of rising COVID-19 infections, minimal numbers of flu cases recorded so far point to a possible silver lining.” Some physicians “say a combination of lockdowns, mask we...

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Criticality of In-House Preparation of Viral Transport Medium in Times of Shortage During COVID-19 Pandemic

3D-Printing to Address COVID-19 Testing Supply Shortages

American Society for Clinical Pathology’s 2019 Wage Survey of Medical Laboratories in the United States

China’s COVID-19 Testing Issues During Early Days Of Pandemic Were Caused By Cronyism At China’s CDC, Investigation Finds

Drug-Resistant Pathogens Can Take Advantage Of COVID-Related Disruptions To Standard IPC Practices, Case Report Shows

Reproductive Perioperative Changes In Skin Microbiome Observed In Patients Following Colorectal Surgery, Data Show

Study Indicates High SVR Rates Among Individual HCV Infection And Active Substance Use

CDC Issues Revised Guidance Shortening Standard 14-Day Coronavirus Quarantine Period To Seven Or 10 Days

CDC Director Warns US Could See Another 200,000 Coronavirus Deaths In Next Three Months

Number Of Currently Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Nationwide Surpasses 100K

US Intends To Distribute COVID Vaccines To 100M By End Of February, Official Says

Vaccination Cards Will Be Used To Keep Track Of COVID-19 Shots, Health Officials Say

Children Will Likely Need To Wait Longer For COVID-19 Immunization, Experts Say

Moderna Plans To Begin Testing Its Coronavirus Vaccine In Children Soon

Vaccine Experts Argue Vaccinating Placebo Groups Early Would Be Disastrous For Integrity Of Trials

NEJM Editorial Takes Issue With WHO Study On Using Remdesivir To Treat COVID-19

Cheap, Rapid COVID-19 Tests May Be Less Accurate In Young People, Research Suggests

Hospitals With COVID-19 Surges May Be Vulnerable To Drug-Resistant Infections, Researchers Say

Benefits Of Influenza Vaccines Outweigh Risk For GBS, Study Says

Europeans See Minimal Numbers Of Flu Cases Recorded So Far Amid Rising COVID-19 Infections