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US Reports Almost 500,000 New Coronavirus Cases And More Than 5,600 Deaths Over Seven-Day Period

Reuters (10/27, Shumaker, Caspani) reports that almost 500,000 people in the US became infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the past seven days and there have been more than 5,600 deaths from COVID-19 in the same time period. Reuters adds that “cases and hospitali...

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France Reportedly The Epicenter Of A Second Wave Of Coronavirus Cases In Europe

The Wall Street Journal (10/27, Bisserbe, Subscription Publication) reports France is now the epicenter of a second wave of coronavirus cases in Europe, with governments considering new restrictions and hospitals bracing for a surge in patients. Reuters (...

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CRISPR-Based Screen Identifies Host Genes Needed For SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Lung Cells

GenomeWeb (10/27) reports researchers at the New York Genome Center “conducted a genome-scale, loss-of-function CRISPR screen to identify which genes, when lost in lung cells, made them more resistant to infection.” The researchers identified multiple “ge...

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Researchers Say Tiny Droplets In The Air After People Talk Or Cough Aren’t Very Efficient At Spreading SARS-CoV-2

HealthDay (10/27, Reinberg) reports researchers in the Netherlands used laser technology to measure “the path of droplets released when people spoke or coughed,” and concluded that “tiny droplets that linger in the air after people talk, cough or sneeze a...

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Exact Sciences Acquires Thrive Earlier Detection For $2.15 Billion

STAT (10/27, Sheridan) reports Exact Sciences acquired Thrive Earlier Detection, a liquid biopsy company that uses technology from Johns Hopkins University, for $2.15 billion. STAT adds that last month, Illumina acquired Grail, another liquid biopsy compa...

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Pandemic Reducing Demand For Many Pharmaceutical Companies’ Products

Bloomberg (10/27, Court, Langreth, Tozzi, Griffin) reports, “The health-care industry is grappling with a slow-paced recovery from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, as many people continue to avoid doctors’ offices and a new surge in infections...

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Homeless People Who Live In Camps May Be Less Likely To Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Than Those Who Live In Shelters, Research Suggests

MedPage Today (10/27, Susman) reports researchers in Denver found that “homeless people who gather in outdoor encampments were less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 compared to those housed in shelters.” The findings were presented at IDWeek.

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San Francisco, Alameda Counties Sever Ties With Verily Coronavirus Testing Sites

Kaiser Health News (10/26, Gold, Pradhan) reports, “Amid fanfare in March, California officials celebrated the launch of a multimillion-dollar contract with Verily – Google’s health-focused sister company – that they said would vastly expand COVID testing...

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Coronavirus Deaths, Cases Continue To Rise Across Much Of The US

The AP (10/26, Pane, Stobbe) reports deaths from coronavirus are increasing each day in the US and overall cases are increasing in 47 states. The AP adds that “average deaths per day across the country are up 10% over the past two weeks, from 721 to nearl...

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Coronavirus Continues Spread Into Remote, Previously Untouched Regions Of The US

The Washington Post (10/26, Brulliard) reports as coronavirus continues to spread across the US, it is now reaching some remote areas that have largely been spared before. For example, just this month Montana’s Petroleum County, which has a population aro...

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Thromboembolic Complications, CV Events May Occur With High Frequency In Patients With COVID-19, Study Suggests

Medscape (10/26, Hughes, Subscription Publication) reports, “Major thromboembolic complications and adverse cardiovascular [CV] events occurred with high frequency in patients with COVID-19, especially in the intensive care setting, despite a high use of...

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Nearly 5% Of Residents In Dallas-Fort Worth Have Been Exposed To SARS-CoV-2, Researchers Say

The Dallas Morning News (10/26, Briseno) reports, “About 5% of Dallas-Fort Worth residents have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19 [SARS-CoV-2] since the start of the pandemic, according to early results from an ongoing study by researchers at...

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Two Studies Examine Long-Term Immune Response In COVID-19 Survivors

CIDRAP (10/26, Kuebelbeck Paulsen) reports, “Two new studies demonstrate how severity of [COVID-19] is predictive of longer-lasting antibody production and detail how immunity wanes over time but may exist for up to 7 months.” A study published in Nature...

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Researchers Identify Risk Factors For Weight Gain In People With HIV Who Start ART

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/26, Masoud) reports researchers found “demographics, HIV-specific factors, and antiretroviral therapy (ART)-specific factors are associated with weight increase after ART initiation in people living with HIV.” The findings w...

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Researchers Say COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Interrupt Treatment For Patients with HIV During Trials Assessing Long-Acting ART

Healio (10/26, N. Dreisbach) reports researchers concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic did not interrupt treatment for patients with HIV “during the numerous global trials assessing long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine for ART.” The findings were prese...

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Malaria Parasite May Hide In People’s Bloodstreams During The Dry Season In Africa, Study Suggests

The New York Times (10/26) reports researchers from Germany and Mali found that the parasite that causes malaria can enact “a genetic change that enables it to hide in an infected person’s bloodstream for months, undetected,” which may help explain how ma...

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Early In Pandemic, Most Healthcare Workers Hospitalized With COVID-19 Had Direct Patient Interaction, Report Indicates

NBC News (10/26) reports, “Most health care workers who were hospitalized with Covid-19 early in the pandemic had had direct interactions with patients, according to a report published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” This “repor...

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People Newly Infected With HIV Showing Up At Hospitals With Symptoms Similar To SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Research Suggests

MedPage Today (10/26, Susman) reports researchers found “patients newly infected with HIV are being diagnosed in greater numbers because they are showing up at hospitals with symptoms similar to infection with SARS-CoV-2.” Dr. David Pitrak of the Universi...

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WHO Suggests Coronavirus Pandemic Could Make Global Tuberculosis Threat Worse

The Washington Post (10/22, Blakemore) reported that patients with tuberculosis “have about a 5 to 15 percent risk of getting ill,” yet “the highly contagious disease was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide last year and is the leading infectious...

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FDA Appears To Be Exploring Expanded Access To COVID-19 Vaccines

STAT (10/23) reported, “There are serious signs” the FDA is reconsidering “issuing emergency use authorizations to allow for the widespread early deployment of Covid-19 vaccines. Instead, it appears the agency may be exploring the idea of using expanded a...

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US Reports Almost 500,000 New Coronavirus Cases And More Than 5,600 Deaths Over Seven-Day Period

France Reportedly The Epicenter Of A Second Wave Of Coronavirus Cases In Europe

CRISPR-Based Screen Identifies Host Genes Needed For SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Lung Cells

Researchers Say Tiny Droplets In The Air After People Talk Or Cough Aren’t Very Efficient At Spreading SARS-CoV-2

Exact Sciences Acquires Thrive Earlier Detection For $2.15 Billion

Pandemic Reducing Demand For Many Pharmaceutical Companies’ Products

Homeless People Who Live In Camps May Be Less Likely To Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Than Those Who Live In Shelters, Research Suggests

San Francisco, Alameda Counties Sever Ties With Verily Coronavirus Testing Sites

Coronavirus Deaths, Cases Continue To Rise Across Much Of The US

Coronavirus Continues Spread Into Remote, Previously Untouched Regions Of The US

Thromboembolic Complications, CV Events May Occur With High Frequency In Patients With COVID-19, Study Suggests

Nearly 5% Of Residents In Dallas-Fort Worth Have Been Exposed To SARS-CoV-2, Researchers Say

Two Studies Examine Long-Term Immune Response In COVID-19 Survivors

Researchers Identify Risk Factors For Weight Gain In People With HIV Who Start ART

Researchers Say COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Interrupt Treatment For Patients with HIV During Trials Assessing Long-Acting ART

Malaria Parasite May Hide In People’s Bloodstreams During The Dry Season In Africa, Study Suggests

Early In Pandemic, Most Healthcare Workers Hospitalized With COVID-19 Had Direct Patient Interaction, Report Indicates

People Newly Infected With HIV Showing Up At Hospitals With Symptoms Similar To SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Research Suggests

WHO Suggests Coronavirus Pandemic Could Make Global Tuberculosis Threat Worse

FDA Appears To Be Exploring Expanded Access To COVID-19 Vaccines