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DRC Reports Increase In Cases Of Plague

The AP (9/2, Kamale) reports the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) “is seeing an upsurge in cases of the plague, as the vast Central African nation also battles outbreaks of COVID-19 and Ebola.” The number of plague cases in the DRC in 2020 “has already...

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Giroir Says US Government Will Send Many Rapid Coronavirus Tests To States

Reuters (9/1, O'Donnell, Chander) reports Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at HHS, said the US government will send an “overwhelming majority” of the rapid coronavirus tests it bought from Abbott Laboratories last week to governors to...

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US Reportedly Does Not Have A Coherent Strategy On Coronavirus Testing For People Without Symptoms

ProPublica (9/1, Chen) reports on the lack of a consistent strategy on whether or not to test asymptomatic people for coronavirus in the US. ProPublica reports that contact tracers have told people who have come into contact with people who have tested po...

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FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization For Rapid Antigen Test For SARS-CoV-2

Infectious Disease Advisor (9/1, Park) reports the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card, a rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2. The test “is an assay for the qualitative detection of nucleocapsid protein antigen f...

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NCI Report Says Fallout From Trinity Test Probably Caused Cancer In Some People

The AP (9/1, Bryan) reports the NCI “said Tuesday that some people probably got cancer from the radioactive fallout that wafted across New Mexico after the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in 1945,” but the exact number of people affected i...

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Researchers Identify Genetic Mutations In Several Animals Tied To Infertility And Early Menopause

Health IT Analytics (9/1, Kent) reports researchers at Washington University School of Medicine “identified genetic mutations that may be associated with infertility and early menopause.” The researchers first identified the mutations in fruit flies, but...

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Researchers Say Women Who Receive Flu Shots While Pregnant Are Not More Likely To Have A Child With Autism

HealthDay (9/1, Gordon) reports researchers at the Karolinska Institute found that receiving a flu shot while pregnant, even during the first trimester, does not increase the risk that the child will have autism. The findings were published in the Annals...

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Expert Speaks About Role Of Epigenetics In Development Of Psychiatric Conditions

MD Edge ObGyn (9/1, Craven) reports Dr. Dolores Malaspina of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai spoke about the role of epigenetics in the development of psychiatric conditions at a virtual meeting presented by Current Psychiatry, the American Ac...

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Researchers Say Coronavirus Antibodies May Last At Least Four Months After Diagnosis

The AP (9/1, Marchione) reports researchers tested more than 30,000 people in Iceland and found “antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggest...

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Researchers Find Zika In Placenta Samples Taken From Pregnant Women During The Peak Of Brazil’s Zika Outbreak

HealthDay (9/1, Preidt) reports scientists “examined placenta samples collected from pregnant women during the peak of Brazil’s 2015 to 2016 Zika outbreak” and “found that Zika can get into the placenta, increasing odds that the virus will reach the fetus...

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Expert Panel Unveils Four-Phase Plan For Allocating Coronavirus Vaccines

Reuters (9/1, Erman, Steenhuysen, Mishra) reports an expert panel recommends “that high risk workers in healthcare facilities and first responders should get” coronavirus vaccines “first as part of a recommended four-phase rollout plan.” Under the plan, t...

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Some People Reportedly Able To Avoid Long Waits For Coronavirus Test Results

The New York Times (8/31, Goodman) reports, “As major laboratories struggle to meet surging demand for coronavirus tests, wealthier people and others in privileged professions are avoiding long waits for results – anywhere from four days to more than two...

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New York State Health Department To Require Increased Testing To Distinguish Between Coronavirus, Influenza

The New York Post (8/31, Campanile, Hogan) reports that on Monday, “the New York State Health Department announced an emergency rule” requiring “increased testing to distinguish whether individuals are infected or die from the coronavirus or influenza as...

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BMI Appears To Be Much Stronger Risk Factor Than Polygenic Predisposition For Diabetes, Research Suggests

HCPlive (8/31, Alicea) reports that “according to new findings presented at the” virtual “European Society of Cardiology (ESC 2020) Congress, body mass index (BMI) was found to be a much stronger risk factor than polygenic predisposition” for diabetes. Wh...

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Study Positively Associates BPA Exposure With All-Cause Mortality In US Adults

Healio (8/31, Schaffer) reports, “Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A [BPA] was significantly and positively associated with all-cause mortality in U.S. adults,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data from 3,883 adults who par...

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Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Levels, Family History Of CHD May Be Associated With Risk For CV Disease In Asymptomatic Individuals, Study Indicates

Cardiology Advisor (8/31, Stong) reports, “Elevated plasma levels of lipoprotein(a) and family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) were found to be associated – both independently and additively – with a risk for cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic...

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Serum Magnesium Levels Not Associated With Arrhythmia Burden In Older Adults, Research Suggests

Cardiology Advisor (8/31, Nye) reports, “Serum levels of magnesium (Mg) may not be associated with arrhythmia burden in older adults,” investigators concluded in a study in which “participants had electrocardiograph monitoring for up to two weeks and thei...

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US Passes Six Million Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus

CBS News (8/31) reports the US has had six million confirmed cases of coronavirus, “according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.” Over the past three weeks, the US “has reported a million more coronavirus cases and about 21,000 more deaths.” Th...

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Researchers Say Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio May Be Biomarker For People With Severe COVID-19 And Moderate To Severe ARDS

Cardiology Advisor (8/31, van Paridon) reports, “Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio may be a valuable biomarker to aid clinicians in identifying patients with severe COVID-19 and moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), according to a re...

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Two Studies Examine Role Of Aerosols In Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2

CIDRAP (8/31, Van Beusekom) reports, “Two studies published late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases highlight the role of airborne spread of COVID-19 and the importance of efficient ventilation systems.” In one study, researchers “found that patien...

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DRC Reports Increase In Cases Of Plague

Giroir Says US Government Will Send Many Rapid Coronavirus Tests To States

US Reportedly Does Not Have A Coherent Strategy On Coronavirus Testing For People Without Symptoms

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization For Rapid Antigen Test For SARS-CoV-2

NCI Report Says Fallout From Trinity Test Probably Caused Cancer In Some People

Researchers Identify Genetic Mutations In Several Animals Tied To Infertility And Early Menopause

Researchers Say Women Who Receive Flu Shots While Pregnant Are Not More Likely To Have A Child With Autism

Expert Speaks About Role Of Epigenetics In Development Of Psychiatric Conditions

Researchers Say Coronavirus Antibodies May Last At Least Four Months After Diagnosis

Researchers Find Zika In Placenta Samples Taken From Pregnant Women During The Peak Of Brazil’s Zika Outbreak

Expert Panel Unveils Four-Phase Plan For Allocating Coronavirus Vaccines

Some People Reportedly Able To Avoid Long Waits For Coronavirus Test Results

New York State Health Department To Require Increased Testing To Distinguish Between Coronavirus, Influenza

BMI Appears To Be Much Stronger Risk Factor Than Polygenic Predisposition For Diabetes, Research Suggests

Study Positively Associates BPA Exposure With All-Cause Mortality In US Adults

Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Levels, Family History Of CHD May Be Associated With Risk For CV Disease In Asymptomatic Individuals, Study Indicates

Serum Magnesium Levels Not Associated With Arrhythmia Burden In Older Adults, Research Suggests

US Passes Six Million Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus

Researchers Say Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio May Be Biomarker For People With Severe COVID-19 And Moderate To Severe ARDS

Two Studies Examine Role Of Aerosols In Transmission Of SARS-CoV-2