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Researchers Say Older People, Women, And Those With A Wide Variety Of Symptoms Early On May Be More Likely To Develop “Long Covid”

CNN (10/21, Reynolds) reports, “Older people, women and those with a wide range of symptoms in the first week of their illness appear to be most likely to develop ‘long Covid,’ according to a preprint paper posted online by researchers at King’s College L...

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Scientists Use Sewage To Track Coronavirus Outbreaks

The Washington Post (10/21, Berger) reports scientists are studying sewage around the world to track coronavirus outbreaks. Across the US, scientists have analyzed sewage “to determine how intense outbreaks might be, given limits on testing, or to predict...

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CDC Issues New Guidance That Expands Definition Of “Close Contact” For Purposes Of Determining Who Is At Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection

The Washington Post (10/21, Sun) reports the CDC “issued new guidance on Wednesday that greatly expands the pool of people considered at risk for [SARS-CoV-2 infection] by changing the definition of who is a ‘close contact’ of an infected individual.” The...

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New Reports Suggest That Reopened Schools Do Not Drive The Spread Of Coronavirus

NPR (10/21, Kamenetz) reports, “Despite widespread concerns,” recent reports indicate that there is “no consistent relationship between in-person K-12 schooling...and the spread of coronavirus.” A working paper (PDF) from Spanish researchers concluded tha...

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New York Governor Lifts Some Local Lockdown Restrictions But Keeps Others In Place

The New York Times (10/21, McKinley, Goodman) reports New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced “that some localized lockdowns in New York City neighborhoods with rising coronavirus cases would be reduced, allowing the reopening of schools and businesses that...

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Giroir Says US Experiencing COVID-19 “Testing Fatigue”

The New Hampshire Union Leader (10/20, Landrigan) reports Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir “said Americans are experiencing ‘testing fatigue,’ which is worrisome as more and more young people gather in larger groups indoors during the fall...

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Study Suggests Association Between PRKN Or PINK1-Mutant Genotype, Increased mtDNA Release, Neuroinflammation In Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s News Today (10/20, Bryson) reports, “People with early-onset Parkinson’s disease caused by mutations in the PRKN or PINK1 genes have high levels of the pro-inflammatory immune signaling protein interleukin-6 and mitochondrial DNA in the blood,...

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Genetic Analyses Indicate No Causal Association Between Vitamin D Levels And T2D, Research Suggests

Medwire News (10/20, Cowen) reports “genetic analyses indicate that there is no causal association between vitamin D levels and type 2 diabetes [T2D], even though” there appears to be a “strong” association “in observational data.” Investigators arrived a...

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Two Studies Indicate That There Has Been A Significant Decrease In COVID-19 Mortality

NPR (10/20, Brumfiel) reports, “Two new peer-reviewed studies are showing a sharp drop in mortality among hospitalized” patients with COVID-19. The decrease “is seen in all groups, including older patients and those with underlying conditions, suggesting...

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Some Older Patients With COVID-19 Are Reporting “Brain Fog”

Kaiser Health News (10/20, Graham) reports some older patients with COVID-19 are struggling with what has been called “brain fog” or “difficulty putting thoughts together, problems with concentration, the inability to remember what happened a short time b...

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Coronavirus Antibody Treatments Appear Promising But Will Likely Be In Short Supply

The New York Times (10/20, Thomas) reports that even if coronavirus antibody treatments are shown to work, “there’s little chance that they will soon be widely available.” The New York Times adds, “A smooth distribution of the antibody treatments will be...

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Flu Experts Warn That People Should Not Assume Northern Hemisphere Will Have A Light Flu Season Like The Southern Hemisphere Did

CIDRAP (10/20, Van Beusekom) reports while “the Southern Hemisphere had a very light flu season in 2020,” some had hoped the Northern Hemisphere would follow suit. However, “flu experts say that, while the low numbers could portend a similar scenario in t...

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Coronavirus-Related Hospitalizations Are Increasing In Most States

The Hill (10/20, Budryk) reports, “Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are on the rise in a majority of states, a CNBC analysis published Tuesday found.” According to the analysis, “Hospitalizations were rising by at least 5 percent in 37 states as of Su...

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South Reportedly Remains National Center Of US COVID-19 Outbreak

Bloomberg (10/20, Levin, Baker) reports, “Even as public attention focuses on the coronavirus outbreak in the Midwest, the pandemic is quietly gathering force in a region that has already suffered greatly – the South.” According to “absolute numbers, the...

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COVID-19 Pandemic Has Caused About 299,000 More Deaths In The US Than Expected In A Typical Year, CDC Report Says

The Washington Post (10/20, Bernstein) reports the COVID-19 pandemic has caused “about 299,000 more people dead in the United States than would be expected in a typical year, two-thirds of them from the disease itself and the rest from other causes,” acco...

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Survey Suggests Many People Are Getting Coronavirus Results Faster Than They Were In The Spring, But Testing Still Takes Too Long For Purposes Of Contact Tracing And Quarantining

NPR (10/19, Stein) reports while people are getting the results of their coronavirus tests faster than they were in the spring, “testing still takes far too long to help effective disease control measures such as contact tracing and quarantining, accordin...

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Study Reveals Association Between High Serum IgG, IgA Levels And Milder Cases Of C. Difficile

HCPlive (10/19, Alicea) reports research indicates “an association between high serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin A (IgA) levels and milder cases of Clostridium difficile (C. Difficile).” What’s more, the association was specifically “modula...

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Cortisol Levels May Increase In Patients With MS Compared With Healthy Controls, Study Indicates

Neurology Advisor (10/19, Akirov) reports researchers found “cortisol levels are increased in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with healthy controls, with slightly higher levels among those with MS without than those with cognitive fatigue.”...

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Altered Cerebral Phosphorus Metabolite Ratios May Serve As Biomarker Of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Study Indicates

Clinical Endocrinology News (10/19, Freeman) reports, “Abnormal mitochondrial activity in pain-processing areas of the brain may explain why some persons with type 2 diabetes [T2D] experience painful peripheral neuropathy while others do not,” investigato...

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Large Analysis Uncovers More Than Two Dozen Genetic Variants Tied To Alzheimer’s Risk In African Americans

Psychiatric News (10/19) reports that “in a large analysis of nearly 8,000 African American genome samples,” investigators “have uncovered more than two dozen genetic variants associated with the risk of Alzheimer’s.” What’s more, “most of these variants...

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Researchers Say Older People, Women, And Those With A Wide Variety Of Symptoms Early On May Be More Likely To Develop “Long Covid”

Scientists Use Sewage To Track Coronavirus Outbreaks

CDC Issues New Guidance That Expands Definition Of “Close Contact” For Purposes Of Determining Who Is At Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection

New Reports Suggest That Reopened Schools Do Not Drive The Spread Of Coronavirus

New York Governor Lifts Some Local Lockdown Restrictions But Keeps Others In Place

Giroir Says US Experiencing COVID-19 “Testing Fatigue”

Study Suggests Association Between PRKN Or PINK1-Mutant Genotype, Increased mtDNA Release, Neuroinflammation In Parkinson’s Disease

Genetic Analyses Indicate No Causal Association Between Vitamin D Levels And T2D, Research Suggests

Two Studies Indicate That There Has Been A Significant Decrease In COVID-19 Mortality

Some Older Patients With COVID-19 Are Reporting “Brain Fog”

Coronavirus Antibody Treatments Appear Promising But Will Likely Be In Short Supply

Flu Experts Warn That People Should Not Assume Northern Hemisphere Will Have A Light Flu Season Like The Southern Hemisphere Did

Coronavirus-Related Hospitalizations Are Increasing In Most States

South Reportedly Remains National Center Of US COVID-19 Outbreak

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Caused About 299,000 More Deaths In The US Than Expected In A Typical Year, CDC Report Says

Survey Suggests Many People Are Getting Coronavirus Results Faster Than They Were In The Spring, But Testing Still Takes Too Long For Purposes Of Contact Tracing And Quarantining

Study Reveals Association Between High Serum IgG, IgA Levels And Milder Cases Of C. Difficile

Cortisol Levels May Increase In Patients With MS Compared With Healthy Controls, Study Indicates

Altered Cerebral Phosphorus Metabolite Ratios May Serve As Biomarker Of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Study Indicates

Large Analysis Uncovers More Than Two Dozen Genetic Variants Tied To Alzheimer’s Risk In African Americans