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Nursing Homes Report Problems With Machines Sent By Trump Administration To Conduct Rapid Coronavirus Tests

The New York Times (9/29, Jacobs) reports the Trump Administration has sent machines to conduct rapid coronavirus tests to 14,000 facilities across the US, “but the initial sense of relief has been overtaken by frustration as nursing homes have discovered...

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New York City’s Positive Coronavirus Test Rate Exceeds 3% For First Time In Months

The New York Times (9/29, Goldstein, Stack) reports New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city’s daily positive coronavirus test rate rose to 3.25%, the highest since June. The daily rate has “generally held between 1 and 2 percent on most...

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Review Study Suggests 31-Gene Expression Profile Test Is Consistent In Identifying Patients With Melanoma At Risk For Recurrence Or Distant Metastasis

Healio (9/29, Volansky) reports researchers conducted a systematic review that “the 31-gene expression profile test demonstrated consistent sensitivity in identifying patients with melanoma at risk for recurrence or distant metastasis.” The findings were...

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Global Death Toll From COVID-19 Passes One Million

The AP (9/28, Geller, Jain) reports the global death toll from COVID-19 has passed one million, “nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to chan...

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Coronavirus Infections On The Rise Among Young Adults As Universities Reopen, CDC Report Says

Reuters (9/29, Chander) reports COVID-19 “cases among young adults rose steadily across the United States in recent weeks as universities reopened, suggesting the need for this group to take more measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a U.S. health a...

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Researchers Continue Work To Understand The Relationship Between Obesity And COVID-19

The New York Times (9/29, Wu) reports research suggests that people with obesity are more vulnerable to COVID-19 if they become infected with SARS-CoV-2. However, “the relationship between obesity and Covid-19 is complex, and many mysteries remain.” For e...

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Cleanup Work For Naegleria Fowleri In Houston-Area Community Could Take Months, Officials Warn

Reuters (9/29, Dwyer) reports, “Texas officials said on Tuesday it could take several months to ensure the public water system in Lake Jackson, Texas, is free of a brain-eating amoeba that causes a rare infection that killed a 6-year-old boy earlier this...

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Trump Administration Set To Deliver 100M Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Tests To States

The AP (9/28, Perrone, Freking) reports that on Monday, President Trump announced “that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week and urged governors to use them to reopen schools for students i...

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University Of South Dakota To Offer Free Coronavirus Testing For Random Students And Staff

The Sioux Falls (SD) Argus Leader (9/28, Conlon) reports the University of South Dakota announced they are offering free coronavirus “testing for random, asymptomatic students, faculty and staff.” The university will offer the testing “through Sanford Ver...

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Visible Genomics Prepares To Launch Non-Invasive Genetic Eye Test To Determine Age-Related Macular Degeneration Risk

The Chicago Business Journal (9/28, Chen) reports Visible Genomics, a genetic testing company based in Chicago, “named four physicians to form a board of clinical advisors as it prepares to launch a non-invasive genetic eye test that can determine a patie...

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NfL May Offer Measure Of MS Disease Activity During Pregnancy

MedPage Today (9/28, George) reports that researchers found that “serum neurofilament light (NfL) levels rose in women with multiple sclerosis (MS) during pregnancy and postpartum periods when no disease-modifying treatment (DMT) was used,” according to a...

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Fetal Exposure To Alcohol May Be Tied To Behavioral Problems In Childhood, Study Indicates

Medical Daily (9/28) reports, “Alcohol use during pregnancy causes problems with the baby’s brain as it develops,” research indicates. The study revealed that “children whose mothers drank even small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy had behavior and em...

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CDC Says Adolescents Are Twice As Likely As Young Children To Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2

The Hill (9/28, Hellmann) reports “adolescents are twice as likely as young children to test positive for” SARS-CoV-2, “according to a new analysis” from the CDC. The Hill adds, “Between March 1 and September 19, more than 277,000 children tested positive...

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Study Indicates Babies Born To Mothers With COVID-19 Rarely Affected

HealthDay (9/28, Reinberg) reports on a study indicating that “babies born to mothers with COVID-19 only rarely suffer from effects of the virus.” The study found that in “more than 200 babies studied, complications including preterm birth and NICU admiss...

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PrEP Is Only Effective If Patients Can Access And Afford The Treatment, Researchers Say

Infectious Disease Advisor (9/28, Masoud) reports, “Although preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV is effective, it is only effective if patients can access and afford it, according to a study and editorial recently published in Annals of Internal Medici...

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Brigham And Women’s Hospital Reports Cluster Of Nosocomial COVID-19 Cases

MedPage Today (9/28, Fiore) reports, “Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston is being lauded for its transparency in reporting a cluster of nosocomial COVID-19 cases, but the hospital also serves as a cautionary tale for clinicians on becoming lax about p...

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Texas Governor Declares State Of Disaster In Brazoria County Following Death Of Six-Year-Old Boy From Naegleria Fowleri

USA Today (9/28, Miller) reports Texas “Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in” Brazoria County “after a deadly brain-eating amoeba was detected in a city’s water supply and tied to the death of 6-year-old boy this month.” In addition, residents...

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Researchers Say New Rapid Coronavirus Test Has More Than 99% Diagnostic Sensitivity

Reuters (9/25, James, Smout) reported scientists at the University of Oxford found that the new rapid coronavirus test called LamPORE had more than “99% diagnostic sensitivity in early studies.” As a result, “Public Health England official Steve Pullan sa...

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More Than 1,000 People Tested Positive For SARS-CoV-2 In New York On Friday

The AP (9/26, Hill) reported more than 1,000 people in New York tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Friday, “marking the first time since June 5 the state has seen a daily number that high.” In recent weeks, the number of people who have tested positive eac...

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Researchers Say Blood Test For Gastric Cancer-Related microRNA May Be Cost-Effective And Could Greatly Increase Early Diagnoses

The Journal of Clinical Pathways (9/25, Tumolo) reports researchers found “an intervention involving a blood test for gastric cancer–related microRNA in a population at intermediate risk is cost-effective and could as much as double cancer diagnoses in ea...

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Nursing Homes Report Problems With Machines Sent By Trump Administration To Conduct Rapid Coronavirus Tests

New York City’s Positive Coronavirus Test Rate Exceeds 3% For First Time In Months

Review Study Suggests 31-Gene Expression Profile Test Is Consistent In Identifying Patients With Melanoma At Risk For Recurrence Or Distant Metastasis

Global Death Toll From COVID-19 Passes One Million

Coronavirus Infections On The Rise Among Young Adults As Universities Reopen, CDC Report Says

Researchers Continue Work To Understand The Relationship Between Obesity And COVID-19

Cleanup Work For Naegleria Fowleri In Houston-Area Community Could Take Months, Officials Warn

Trump Administration Set To Deliver 100M Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Tests To States

University Of South Dakota To Offer Free Coronavirus Testing For Random Students And Staff

Visible Genomics Prepares To Launch Non-Invasive Genetic Eye Test To Determine Age-Related Macular Degeneration Risk

NfL May Offer Measure Of MS Disease Activity During Pregnancy

Fetal Exposure To Alcohol May Be Tied To Behavioral Problems In Childhood, Study Indicates

CDC Says Adolescents Are Twice As Likely As Young Children To Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2

Study Indicates Babies Born To Mothers With COVID-19 Rarely Affected

PrEP Is Only Effective If Patients Can Access And Afford The Treatment, Researchers Say

Brigham And Women’s Hospital Reports Cluster Of Nosocomial COVID-19 Cases

Texas Governor Declares State Of Disaster In Brazoria County Following Death Of Six-Year-Old Boy From Naegleria Fowleri

Researchers Say New Rapid Coronavirus Test Has More Than 99% Diagnostic Sensitivity

More Than 1,000 People Tested Positive For SARS-CoV-2 In New York On Friday

Researchers Say Blood Test For Gastric Cancer-Related microRNA May Be Cost-Effective And Could Greatly Increase Early Diagnoses