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California Signs $1.4B Deal To More Than Double Daily COVID-19 Testing Capacity

The Los Angeles Times (8/26, Willon) reports Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) “said on Wednesday that California has signed a contract with an East Coast medical diagnostics company to more than double the number of COVID-19 tests that can be processed in the state,...

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Coronavirus Antibody Testing May Perform Well Two Or More Weeks After Onset Of Symptoms, Study Indicates

Healio (8/26, Miller) reports researchers found coronavirus antibody testing “performs well when used 2 weeks or more after symptom onset.” The findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Researchers Identify Cytokine Protein Inflammation Markers That Predict Severity Of COVID-19 And Survival Likelihood

GenomeWeb (8/26) reports researchers at Mount Sinai Health System announced “they have identified cytokine protein inflammation markers that predict the severity of COVID-19 and the likelihood that a coronavirus patient will survive.” The researchers publ...

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Men Produce Weaker Immune Response To Coronavirus Than Women Do, Study Suggests

The New York Times (8/26, Mandavilli) reports “the coronavirus may infect anyone, young or old, but older men are up to twice as likely to become severely sick and to die as women of the same age.” The first study that examined “immune response by sex has...

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Growing Number Of People With COVID-19 Reporting Long-Term Neurological Problems

Bloomberg (8/26, Langreth, Court) reports there is a growing number of people with COVID-19 “whose symptoms were initially mild are now facing mysterious long-term neurological problems, including memory and sleep disturbances, dizziness, nerve pain and w...

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Researchers Say People With Low Health Literacy May Be More Likely To Experience A Post-Surgical Infection

PatientEngagementHIT (8/26, Heath) reports researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital found people “with low health literacy levels are 4.5-times more likely to experience a post-surgical infection than individuals with adequate hea...

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CDC Changes Coronavirus Testing Guidelines To Exclude Asymptomatic People

The New York Times (8/25, Wu) reports the CDC “quietly modified its coronavirus testing guidelines this week to exclude people who do not have symptoms of Covid-19 – even if they have been recently exposed to the virus.” Some “questioned the revision, poi...

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Inaccurate Results From Rapid Coronavirus Tests Raise Concerns About Widespread Use

USA Today (8/25, Alltucker) reports, “Dozens of people who took quick-result coronavirus tests at a Manchester, Vermont, clinic in July were told they had the virus, only to be informed days later that more accurate lab tests concluded they didn’t.” As a...

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US Coronavirus Testing Efforts Could Be Further Overwhelmed When Flu, Other Seasonal Viruses Arrive In The Fall

The New York Times (8/25, Wu) reports US COVID-19 testing efforts could be further overwhelmed in the fall when “influenza, R.S.V. and other seasonal viruses arrive,” health experts said. Because the coronavirus brings similar symptoms to the flu, physici...

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Researchers Observe Mutational Heterogeneity In Almost 20% Of Melanoma Tumors

Healio (8/25, Volansky) reports researchers found “mutational heterogeneity was observed in almost 20% of melanoma tumors.” The findings were published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

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Number Of New Coronavirus Cases Falling In The US, But Continues To Claim Around 1,000 Lives Daily

The AP (8/25, Johnson, Geller) reports, “The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling – a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks – even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in t...

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Scientists Describe How Biogen’s Annual Leadership Meeting In Boston Held Back In February Was A Superspreader Event For Coronavirus

The Washington Post (8/25, Kaplan, Mooney) reports a study published on MedRxiv describes how the annual leadership meeting for Biogen held earlier this year was a superspreader event for coronavirus. People flew from around the world for the event, becam...

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Long-Term Medical Issues Tied To COVID-19 Taxing US Health System

The Wall Street Journal (8/25, Armour, Subscription Publication) reports some patients are developing medical problems from COVID-19 that are long-term. These issues require expensive medical treatment, taxing the US’ health system. Some providers are not...

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Severe Flu Can Trigger Heart Crises, Research Indicates

HealthDay (8/25, Norton) reports that in a study, investigators “found that among 90,000 Americans hospitalized with the flu, 12% had a serious heart complication, including heart attack and sudden heart failure.” The study found “many ended up in the int...

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Two Europeans Confirmed To Be Reinfected With Coronavirus

Reuters (8/25, Deutsch, Blenkinsop) reports two Europeans, one in Belgium and one in the Netherlands, have been “confirmed to have been re-infected with the coronavirus, raising concerns about people’s immunity to the virus as the world struggles to tame...

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ACIP Updates Seasonal Flu Vaccine Guidance For Upcoming Season

Drug Topics (8/25, Barrett) reports, “The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) updated its seasonal flu vaccine guidance for the 2020-2021 influenza season.” Drug Topics adds, “According to ACIP, primary updates and changes to the recommend...

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SFO Is First US Airport Providing Free Rapid Coronavirus Testing To Employees

The Hill (8/24, Gangitano) reports, “San Francisco International Airport (SFO) will become the first U.S. airport to provide free on-site rapid coronavirus testing for its employees.” On Monday, “SFO announced...that it will use Dignity Health’s GoHealth...

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Review Study Suggests Rosacea And Cardiometabolic Syndrome May Be Linked By Underlying Inflammation

Dermatology Advisor (8/24, May) reports researchers conducted a literature review and concluded that “underlying inflammation is implicated in both rosacea and the cardiometabolic syndrome, a pro-inflammatory state characterized by cardiovascular (CV) ris...

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Researchers Say Fungi In The Lungs May Affect Severity Of ARDS In Patients With COVID-19

HealthDay (8/24, Reinberg) reports researchers found “the types of fungi living in the lungs play a big part in severity of a life-threatening condition called acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).” Many people with severe COVID-19 develop ARDS when...

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Researchers Say People With A Connective Tissue Disease And Infected With SARS-CoV-2 May Have Higher Risk For Severe COVID-19

Medwire News (8/24, Barnard) reports researchers found “among people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and SARS-CoV-2 infection, having a connective tissue disease, but not inflammatory arthritis, is associated with an increased risk for severe COVID-1...

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California Signs $1.4B Deal To More Than Double Daily COVID-19 Testing Capacity

Coronavirus Antibody Testing May Perform Well Two Or More Weeks After Onset Of Symptoms, Study Indicates

Researchers Identify Cytokine Protein Inflammation Markers That Predict Severity Of COVID-19 And Survival Likelihood

Men Produce Weaker Immune Response To Coronavirus Than Women Do, Study Suggests

Growing Number Of People With COVID-19 Reporting Long-Term Neurological Problems

Researchers Say People With Low Health Literacy May Be More Likely To Experience A Post-Surgical Infection

CDC Changes Coronavirus Testing Guidelines To Exclude Asymptomatic People

Inaccurate Results From Rapid Coronavirus Tests Raise Concerns About Widespread Use

US Coronavirus Testing Efforts Could Be Further Overwhelmed When Flu, Other Seasonal Viruses Arrive In The Fall

Researchers Observe Mutational Heterogeneity In Almost 20% Of Melanoma Tumors

Number Of New Coronavirus Cases Falling In The US, But Continues To Claim Around 1,000 Lives Daily

Scientists Describe How Biogen’s Annual Leadership Meeting In Boston Held Back In February Was A Superspreader Event For Coronavirus

Long-Term Medical Issues Tied To COVID-19 Taxing US Health System

Severe Flu Can Trigger Heart Crises, Research Indicates

Two Europeans Confirmed To Be Reinfected With Coronavirus

ACIP Updates Seasonal Flu Vaccine Guidance For Upcoming Season

SFO Is First US Airport Providing Free Rapid Coronavirus Testing To Employees

Review Study Suggests Rosacea And Cardiometabolic Syndrome May Be Linked By Underlying Inflammation

Researchers Say Fungi In The Lungs May Affect Severity Of ARDS In Patients With COVID-19

Researchers Say People With A Connective Tissue Disease And Infected With SARS-CoV-2 May Have Higher Risk For Severe COVID-19