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Technology Companies Offer Different Tools For Businesses To Monitor Employees As The COVID-19 Pandemic Continues

NPR (10/13, Beaubien) reports as more businesses reopen, “technology firms are offering an array of monitoring systems to try to keep the coronavirus out of office buildings, medical facilities and industrial plants.” For example, Zyter offers thermal sca...

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Abbott’s New Coronavirus Antibody Test AdviseDx

Reuters (10/12, Maddipatla) reports the FDA issued an emergency use authorization to Abbott Laboratories’ lab-based [SARS-CoV-2] antibody blood test, called AdviseDx, which “can be used to identify a type of antibody called Immunoglobulin M (IgM) in blood...

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People With Lyme Neuroborreliosis May Not Be At Overall Increased Risk For Psychiatric Disorders, Researchers Say

Healio (10/12, Gramigna) reported, “Individuals with Lyme neuroborreliosis were not at overall increased risk for psychiatric disorders,” investigators concluded in a study that sought “to evaluate the risk for psychiatric disease, the percentage of psych...

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US Coronavirus Death Rate Highest In Developed World, Study Indicates

Bloomberg (10/12, Cortez) reports, “The proportion of Americans dying from coronavirus infections is the highest in the developed world, according to a study of global mortality rates that shows the U.S. pandemic response left citizens exposed to the leth...

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Researchers Say They Have Found Two Confirmed Cases Of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection In US

Medscape (10/12, Goodman, Subscription Publication) reports, “A 25-year-old man from Nevada and a 42-year-old man in Virginia experienced second bouts of [SARS-CoV-2 infection] about 2 months after they tested positive the first time.” Genetic tests revea...

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Vertical Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2 Appears To Be Rare, Researchers Say

USA Today (10/12, Rodriguez) reports, “Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center found no evidence of transmission from infected mothers to newborns, according to an observational study published” in JAMA Pediatrics. The study’s results sug...

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Coronavirus May Survive For 28 Days On Glass, Banknotes, Study Suggests

Bloomberg (10/11, Gale) reported, “The new coronavirus may remain infectious for weeks on banknotes, glass and other common surfaces, according to research by Australia’s top biosecurity laboratory that highlights risks from paper currency, touchscreen de...

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Keeping Track Of College Students Reportedly A “Logistical Nightmare” For Health Departments Amid Pandemic

Kaiser Health News (10/12, Weber) reports that “as the return of college students to campuses has fueled as many as 3,000 COVID-19 cases a day, keeping track of them is a logistical nightmare for local health departments and colleges.” Some college “stude...

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Massachusetts Governor Mandates Flu Shots For Students From Preschool Through College

Politico (10/9) reported Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has mandated flu shots “for students from preschool through college.” Politico adds that the mandate is “the first-of-its-kind,” and if the mandate succeeds in reducing the spread of flu in the sta...

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Test That Screens For Flu, Coronavirus, Other Viruses

CNBC (10/8, Feuer) reports, “California-based lab test manufacturer GenMark Diagnostics announced Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for its rapid molecular test that can distinguish between more than 20 differe...

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Cancer Mutations May Be Found In Distinct Patterns Based On Three-Dimensional Organization Of The Genome In The Cell And The Underlying Factors Causing The Mutations, Study Indicates

Cancer Network (10/8, Slater) reports a study published in Nature Genetics suggests “that mutations found in cancers do not accumulate randomly and are found instead in distinct patterns that vary based on the 3-dimensional organization of the genome in t...

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Researchers Say DNA Analysis May Indicate Risk For Melanoma Before It’s Visible

HealthDay (10/8, Reinberg) reports researchers found “DNA mutations in skin cells may signal a risk for melanoma long before it’s visible to the eye.” The findings were published in Nature.

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Researchers Perform Whole-Genome Sequencing To Examine Antibiotic Resistance Among People In Papua New Guinea With Yaws

CIDRAP (10/8, Dall) reports a study published in The Lancet Microbe “is shedding light on the re-emergence and development of antibiotic resistance in a neglected tropical infection” known as yaws, which is “an infection of the skin, bone, and cartilage c...

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WHO Reports Record One-Day Increase In Coronavirus Cases

Reuters (10/8, Shumaker) reports the WHO “reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases on Thursday, with the total rising by 338,779 in 24 hours led by a surge of infections in Europe.” In addition, global deaths from coronavirus increas...

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Hydroxychloroquine Does Nothing To Prevent COVID-19 Deaths, Study Suggests

NBC News (10/8, Edwards) reports researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK “have concluded that hydroxychloroquine does nothing to prevent Covid-19-related deaths.” The research “is a continuation of a major clinical trial that found that the drug...

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Researchers Say Egg- And Cell-Derived Influenza Vaccines Elicited Similar Neutralization Titers And Response Rates During The 2018-2019 Influenza Seasons

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/8, Masoud) reports researchers found “egg- and cell-derived influenza vaccines administered during the 2018-2019 influenza seasons elicited similar neutralization titers and response rates.” The findings were published in Cl...

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FDA Warns Federal Contractor Over Deal To Disinfect Face Masks For Health Workers

The Wall Street Journal (10/8, Hufford, Levy, Subscription Publication) reports that the FDA has issued a warning to a federal contractor working on a multimillion-dollar deal to disinfect used N95 masks for healthcare workers, telling the Battelle Memori...

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Women May Be More Likely To Comply With Public Health Measures To Curb Spread Of SARS-CoV-2, Research Indicates

CNN (10/8) reports researchers found that women may be more likely to comply with public health measures aimed at curbing the spread of SARS-CoV-2. The findings were published in Behavioral Science & Policy.

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FDA Commissioner Says Agency Will Use Data And Science When Reviewing Coronavirus Vaccine Candidates

CIDRAP (10/8, Van Beusekom) reports during a CIDRAP webinar, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said the agency will authorize and approve SARS-CoV-2 vaccines based on data and science rather than politics. Dr. Hahn said, “We will use science and data to d...

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Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction Due to Pooled Platelets: A Rare but Serious Adverse Event

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Technology Companies Offer Different Tools For Businesses To Monitor Employees As The COVID-19 Pandemic Continues

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Abbott’s New Coronavirus Antibody Test AdviseDx

People With Lyme Neuroborreliosis May Not Be At Overall Increased Risk For Psychiatric Disorders, Researchers Say

US Coronavirus Death Rate Highest In Developed World, Study Indicates

Researchers Say They Have Found Two Confirmed Cases Of SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection In US

Vertical Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2 Appears To Be Rare, Researchers Say

Coronavirus May Survive For 28 Days On Glass, Banknotes, Study Suggests

Keeping Track Of College Students Reportedly A “Logistical Nightmare” For Health Departments Amid Pandemic

Massachusetts Governor Mandates Flu Shots For Students From Preschool Through College

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Test That Screens For Flu, Coronavirus, Other Viruses

Cancer Mutations May Be Found In Distinct Patterns Based On Three-Dimensional Organization Of The Genome In The Cell And The Underlying Factors Causing The Mutations, Study Indicates

Researchers Say DNA Analysis May Indicate Risk For Melanoma Before It’s Visible

Researchers Perform Whole-Genome Sequencing To Examine Antibiotic Resistance Among People In Papua New Guinea With Yaws

WHO Reports Record One-Day Increase In Coronavirus Cases

Hydroxychloroquine Does Nothing To Prevent COVID-19 Deaths, Study Suggests

Researchers Say Egg- And Cell-Derived Influenza Vaccines Elicited Similar Neutralization Titers And Response Rates During The 2018-2019 Influenza Seasons

FDA Warns Federal Contractor Over Deal To Disinfect Face Masks For Health Workers

Women May Be More Likely To Comply With Public Health Measures To Curb Spread Of SARS-CoV-2, Research Indicates

FDA Commissioner Says Agency Will Use Data And Science When Reviewing Coronavirus Vaccine Candidates

Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction Due to Pooled Platelets: A Rare but Serious Adverse Event