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Researchers Develop Test To Determine Which Patients With Gonorrhea Will Benefit From Ciprofloxacin

HealthDay (8/7, Reinberg) reported researchers developed “a new test can tell which patients with gonorrhea will benefit from treatment with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin.” HealthDay adds ciprofloxacin “has been out of use amid concern that the bacterium t...

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Researchers Create Test To Determine Effectiveness Of Various Face Coverings

CNN (8/8, Elassar) reported that a group of researchers at Duke University have “created a simple technique to analyze the effectiveness of various types of masks which have become a critical component in stopping the spread of the virus.” In the study pu...

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Chinese Officials Seal Off Village In Inner Mongolia Where Resident Died Of Bubonic Plague

U.S. News & World Report (8/7, Lardieri) reported “authorities in Inner Mongolia [in China] have sealed off” the Suji Xincun village “after a resident there died of the bubonic plague.” The article added, “The death occurred Sunday in Baotou City and the...

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Researchers Say Federal Government Has Systematically Shortchanged Communities With Large Numbers Of Black People When Distributing Coronavirus Pandemic Aid To Help Hospitals

STAT (8/7, Ross) reported researchers found “the federal government has systematically shortchanged communities with large Black populations in the distribution of billions of dollars in Covid-19 relief aid meant to help hospitals struggling to manage the...

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Experts Calling For Widespread Adoption Of Less Accurate Tests To Rein In COVID-19 Pandemic

The New York Times (8/6, Wu) reports that reining in the COVID-19 pandemic in the US “now, experts say, requires widespread adoption of less accurate tests, as long as they’re administered quickly and often enough.” Numerous “experts believe more rapid, f...

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California Company Pushing Rapid Coronavirus Test They Say Is Just As Fast PCR Tests And Can Be Run Efficiently

STAT (8/6, Sheridan) reports on Color Genomics, a company based in California, that is aiming to improve rapid coronavirus testing to make it more accurate and efficient. According to STAT, rapid coronavirus tests tend to be less accurate than PCR tests,...

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Coronavirus Testing Reportedly Falling In Around Half Of US States

Newsweek (8/6, Osborne) reports coronavirus testing “is falling in around half of U.S. states, despite high case numbers and a high positivity rate being recorded in many of these regions.” Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute said...

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Daily COVID-19 Case Count In US Appears To Be Settling Into A Plateau Of 50,000

CIDRAP (8/6, Soucheray) reports that daily case counts “for new COVID-19 infections across the country seem to be settling into a high plateau of 50,000, as the nation marches toward the 5 million-case milestone, expected to be reached by early next week....

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Asymptomatic People Carry As Much Coronavirus As Those With Symptoms, Study Indicates

The New York Times (8/6, Mandavilli) reports that “a new study in South Korea...offers more definitive proof that people without symptoms carry just as much” of the coronavirus “in their nose, throat and lungs as those with symptoms, and for almost as lon...

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Researchers Say There Are No Identified Clinical Characteristics That Can Reliably Distinguish PIV From Other Pathogen Types At Presentation

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/6, Gupta) reports researchers found “there are few differences among pneumonia cases by parainfluenza virus (PIV) serotype and no identified clinical characteristics that can reliably distinguish PIV from other pathogen types...

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Study Reveals First Case Of Resistant Bacterial Meningitis In US

CIDRAP (8/6, Dall) reports that a new study in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society “describes what is believed to be the first case of bacterial meningitis caused by beta-lactamase–producing, ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria meningit...

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Asymptomatic Carriers Of C. Difficile Infections May Be Active Reservoirs In Nosocomial Environments, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/6, van Paridon) reports researchers found “asymptomatic carriers of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are active reservoirs in nosocomial environments.” The findings were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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Researchers Say Healthcare Workers Of Color Are At Greater Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection Than White Healthcare Workers

Kaiser Health News (8/6, Jewett) reports researchers at Harvard Medical School found that healthcare “workers of color were more likely to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, more likely to report using inadequate or reused protective...

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Experts Plead For Halt To Attacks On Public Health Officials

CIDRAP (8/6, Van Beusekom) reports, “In a commentary published yesterday in JAMA, experts from Stanford and Johns Hopkins universities implored the public and elected official to stop the recent wave of attacks on US public health officers amid the COVID-...

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Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 PCR Cycle Threshold Values Provide Practical Insight Into Overall and Target-Specific Sensitivity Among Symptomatic Patients

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells in COVID-19: A Journey from Bench to Bedside

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Coronavirus Testing In US Drops Even As Infections Remain High And Deaths Increase

The AP (8/5, Perrone, Forster, Liu) reports coronavirus testing in the US “is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged ov...

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Chinese Company Has Sold 35 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests During The Past Six Months

In a special report, Reuters (8/5, Needham) reports BGI Group, a Chinese company, “is using an opening created by the pandemic to expand its footprint globally.” During the past six months, the company “has sold 35 million rapid [SARS-CoV-2] testing kits...

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CVS Health Says Coronavirus Testing Delays Are Declining

The Wall Street Journal (8/5, Terlep, Subscription Publication) reports CVS Health says coronavirus testing delays are decreasing after reducing the number of tests it administers while adding more laboratory capacity.

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Mass Coronavirus Testing At Four LTCFs In San Francisco Reveal High Rates Of Asymptomatic Cases Among Residents And Workers, Study Indicates

Healio (8/5, Stulpin) reports researchers found “mass testing prompted by COVID-19 outbreaks at four long-term care facilities in San Francisco revealed high rates of asymptomatic infections among residents and workers.” The findings were published in Cli...

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Researchers Develop Test To Determine Which Patients With Gonorrhea Will Benefit From Ciprofloxacin

Researchers Create Test To Determine Effectiveness Of Various Face Coverings

Chinese Officials Seal Off Village In Inner Mongolia Where Resident Died Of Bubonic Plague

Researchers Say Federal Government Has Systematically Shortchanged Communities With Large Numbers Of Black People When Distributing Coronavirus Pandemic Aid To Help Hospitals

Experts Calling For Widespread Adoption Of Less Accurate Tests To Rein In COVID-19 Pandemic

California Company Pushing Rapid Coronavirus Test They Say Is Just As Fast PCR Tests And Can Be Run Efficiently

Coronavirus Testing Reportedly Falling In Around Half Of US States

Daily COVID-19 Case Count In US Appears To Be Settling Into A Plateau Of 50,000

Asymptomatic People Carry As Much Coronavirus As Those With Symptoms, Study Indicates

Researchers Say There Are No Identified Clinical Characteristics That Can Reliably Distinguish PIV From Other Pathogen Types At Presentation

Study Reveals First Case Of Resistant Bacterial Meningitis In US

Asymptomatic Carriers Of C. Difficile Infections May Be Active Reservoirs In Nosocomial Environments, Study Indicates

Researchers Say Healthcare Workers Of Color Are At Greater Risk For SARS-CoV-2 Infection Than White Healthcare Workers

Experts Plead For Halt To Attacks On Public Health Officials

Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 PCR Cycle Threshold Values Provide Practical Insight Into Overall and Target-Specific Sensitivity Among Symptomatic Patients

Mesenchymal Stem Cells in COVID-19: A Journey from Bench to Bedside

Coronavirus Testing In US Drops Even As Infections Remain High And Deaths Increase

Chinese Company Has Sold 35 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests During The Past Six Months

CVS Health Says Coronavirus Testing Delays Are Declining

Mass Coronavirus Testing At Four LTCFs In San Francisco Reveal High Rates Of Asymptomatic Cases Among Residents And Workers, Study Indicates