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  • Several More Researchers Test Positive For Coronavirus Due To Contamination With Genetic Material From Lab

    The New York Times (11/12, Wu) reports, “Several scientists working with harmless genetic material have discovered that their research may have contaminated their coronavirus tests,” resulting in false positives. However, “contaminated positives such as t...
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  • Patients With TBI History May Be At Increased Risk For Dementia-Related Pathology, Researchers Say

    Medscape (11/12, Anderson, Subscription Publication) reports, “Patients with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at increased risk for dementia-related pathology, including more amyloid deposition and less cortical thickness, compared to those w...
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  • Latest Surge In Coronavirus Cases Reportedly Being Driven By Casual Occasions

    The Washington Post (11/12, Brulliard) reports, “A record-breaking surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is being driven to a significant degree by casual occasions that may feel deceptively safe, officials and scientists warn – dinner parties, game nights, sle...
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  • Black And Asian People In The US And UK Are At Higher Risk For Coronavirus Infection Than White People, Study Indicates

    The Hill (11/12, Coleman) reports researchers found Black and Asian people in the US and the UK “are at higher risk of coronavirus infection than white individuals.” The findings were published in EClinicalMedicine.
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  • Fluvoxamine Prevents Symptoms From Worsening In Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Who Were Not Hospitalized In Small Randomized Controlled Trial

    STAT (11/12, Cooney, Herper) reports researchers at Washington University found in “a small randomized controlled trial” that fluvoxamine “prevented symptoms of” patients with SARS-CoV-2 who were not hospitalized “from worsening compared to placebo.” The...
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  • Researchers Identify Bacteria In The Airways Tied To Worse Prognosis In Patients With Lung Cancer

    HealthDay (11/12, Norton) reports researchers found patients with lung cancer “who harbor certain bacteria in the airways may have a poorer prognosis.” The findings were published in Cancer Discovery.
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  • Researchers Say Fewer People In US And UK Would Definitely Take A SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Than The 55% Necessary For Herd Immunity

    Reuters (11/12, Kelland) reports researchers “found that fewer people” in the US and UK “would ‘definitely’ take a [SARS-CoV-2] vaccine than the 55% of the population scientists estimate is needed” for “herd immunity.” Heidi Larson, a professor at the Lon...
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  • Measles Deaths Worldwide Reached 23-Year Record High Last Year, Report Says

    The New York Times (11/12, Hoffman) reports, “Measles deaths worldwide swelled to their highest level in 23 years last year, according to a report released Thursday, a stunning rise for a vaccine-preventable disease and one that public health experts fear...
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  • HHS Announces Deal With Pharmacies Across US To Help Distribute Coronavirus Vaccines

    The AP (11/12, Alonso-Zaldivar) reports HHS Secretary Alex Azar announced “an agreement with pharmacies across the U.S. to distribute free coronavirus vaccines after they are approved and become available to the public.” The agreement “covers about 3 in 5...
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  • A Descriptive and Quantitative Immunohistochemical Study Demonstrating a Spectrum of Platelet Recruitment Patterns Across Pulmonary Infections Including COVID-19

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  • Laboratory Management and Quality Control Practice of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic Acid Detection

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  • Increased Testing Does Not Account For Recent Surge In Virus Cases, Data Show

    The Wall Street Journal (11/10, Krouse, Subscription Publication) reported that increased testing in the US does not fully account for the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and testing estim...
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  • About 19% Of People In Newark Who Were Tested For SARS-CoV-2 Last Week Tested Positive

    The New York Times (11/11, Armstrong, Tully) reports that “over the last four days” in Newark, New Jersey, “there have been 842 new reported [SARS-CoV-2] infections, and 19 percent of people tested over three days last week were found to have the virus, c...
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  • Debate Continues Over Role Of PSA Blood Tests For Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer

    MedPage Today (11/11, Wolinsky) reports on the ongoing debate about the use of “prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests for the early detection of prostate cancer.” MedPage Today outlines the history of the debate beginning back in 2012, when USPSTF “...
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  • About One In Eight Patients With Cancer Have Inherited Genetic Mutations That May Have Contributed To Development Of Their Cancers, But Nearly Half Of Them Would Have Been Missed Using Current Clinical Guidelines, Study Indicates

    Medscape (11/11, Hackethal, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found “about 1 in 8 patients with cancer have inherited genetic mutations that may have contributed to the development of their cancers, but nearly half of these mutations would hav...
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  • Elevated Risk For Developing Asthma Among Children Delivered By C-Section May Be Caused By Gut Microbiome Differences, Study Indicates

    Healio (11/11, Michael) reports, “An elevated risk for developing asthma among children delivered by cesarean section may be caused by differences in their gut microbiome,” investigators concluded after assessing “children from the Copenhagen Prospective...
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  • US Hits Record High Of 145,000 Daily Cases; Metrics Trending In Wrong Direction

    The Washington Post (11/11, Fears, Achenbach, Martin) reports, “The number of new daily coronavirus cases in the United States jumped from 104,000 a week earlier to more than 145,000 on Wednesday, an all-time high.” Almost every metric “is trending in the...
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  • Researchers Say Babies Have A Low Risk Of Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection And That Vertical Transmission Is Unlikely

    HealthDay (11/11, Murez) reports “researchers analyzed data from all babies under 29 days old who had [SARS-CoV-2] and had to be admitted to hospitals across the United Kingdom between the beginning of March and the end of April,” and concluded that “over...
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  • Influenza Infection During Pregnancy Associated With Late-Term Pregnancy Loss, Reduced Birth Weight, Research Indicates

    Healio (11/11, Stulpin) reports that research indicates “influenza infection during pregnancy is associated with late-term pregnancy loss and reduced birth weight.” The research was published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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  • Researchers Say Elizabethkingia Is An Emerging Cause Of Healthcare-Associated Infections

    Infectious Disease Advisor (11/11, Masoud) reports, “Elizabethkingia (EK) is an emerging cause of healthcare-associated infections, particularly among chronically ventilated patients, according to a study presented at IDWeek.” The article adds, “The CDC D...
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