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Researchers Say Hair Contains Chemical Traces Of People’s Diets

CNN (8/3, Hunt) reports researchers at the University of Utah “collected discarded hair from barbers and hair salons from 65 cities across the United States” and found “from the chemical traces in the cuttings...that American diets are dominated by animal...

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TB, HIV, Malaria Making A Comeback As Coronavirus Pandemic Consumes Global Health Resources

The New York Times (8/3, Mandavilli) reports, “Until this year, T.B. and its deadly allies, H.I.V. and malaria, were on the run,” and “the toll from each disease over the previous decade was at its nadir in 2018, the last year for which data are available...

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Researchers Say Depression And Anxiety In Patients With COVID-19 May Be The Result Of Coronavirus Affecting The CNS

Medscape (8/3, Brooks, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found “depression and anxiety in patients with COVID-19 may reflect penetration of the novel coronavirus into the central nervous system (CNS).” The findings were published in The Laryng...

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SARS-CoV-2 Detected In Some Asymptomatic Patients During Eye Exam, Study Indicates

MedPage Today (8/3, Walker) reports researchers found “SARS-CoV-2 was detected on a minority of environmental samples from an exam room where asymptomatic patients underwent” an eye exam. The findings were published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

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Manufactured Antibodies May Be Next Advance In Battling COVID-19

Reuters (8/3, Beasley) reports, “As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders – antibodies designed specifically to attack...

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Researchers Propose New Framework On When To Relax And Reinstate Restrictions In Response To Increases In Coronavirus Cases

Healthcare IT News (8/3, Jercich) reports researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin published “a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describing a new framework to help make” decisions about when...

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NIH Selects Seven Companies As Winners Of A Competition To Develop Better Coronavirus Tests

Reuters (7/31, Roy) reported the NIH “is investing $248.7 million in seven diagnostic companies with new testing technologies to increase their testing capacities and make millions of rapid COVID-19 tests per week available by fall.” The funding comes fro...

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FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Tests Made By Siemens That Estimate Quantity Of Antibodies In Blood

Bloomberg Law (7/31, Saleh, Subscription Publication) reported, “The FDA authorized the first two Covid-19 serology tests produced by Siemens that display an estimated quantity of antibodies present in an individual’s blood.” The Attelica COV2G and Adiva...

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Coronavirus Testing Disparities Revealed In Florida

The AP (7/31, Lush) reported, “As coronavirus cases surge in hard-hit Florida, so do the turnaround times for test results.” This often “has to do with lab staffing, backlog, or equipment shortages,” and “health experts say test results that come back aft...

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Testing College Students For Coronavirus Every Two Days May Control Infections At Universities This Fall, Study Suggests

The Washington Post (7/31, Moyer) reported, “Coronavirus infections can be controlled at universities this fall if students are tested for the virus every two days, according to a study published Friday.” The findings indicate that “screening every two da...

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Concern For Patients Plus Malpractice Fears May Influence Dermatopathologists’ Actions In Ordering Tests And Services For Melanocytic Skin Lesions, Study Indicates

Healio (7/31, Forand) reported researchers found “concern for patients along with malpractice fears influence dermatopathologists’ actions in ordering additional tests and services in melanocytic skin lesions.” The findings were published in the American...

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Researchers Say Pancreatic Cancer Screening Based Solely On Elevated Glycated Hemoglobin Level May Not Be Effective

Cancer Network (8/2, Slater) reports researchers found “screening patients for pancreatic cancer based solely on elevation in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level is not likely to represent an effective approach.” The findings were published in JAMA Network...

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FDA Links Salmonella Outbreak To Red Onions From Company In Bakersfield

The AP (8/1, D'Innocenzio) reported the FDA announced that a salmonella outbreak that has infected almost 400 people in more than 30 states has been tied to red onion. The agency also identified Thomson International Inc. of Bakersfield as the likely sour...

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The Elderly, People With Disabilities Cannot Be Placed At Back Of Line For COVID-19 Care, OCR Warns

NPR (7/31, Shapiro) reported, “Since the start of the pandemic, the federal civil rights office has kept an eye on health care rationing.” It has specifically “warned states, doctors and hospitals that they can’t place elderly people and” people with a di...

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Trump Administration’s New Online COVID-19 Data System Allegedly Contains Errors, Inconsistencies, Data Analysts Say

The Hill (7/31, Deese) reported, “Under the U.S. administration’s new online COVID-19 data system that bypasses the old platform managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), analysts say it leads to delays and misinformation.” Data ana...

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Healthcare Workers With Adequate PPE Still Have 3.4 Times Risk Of Contracting Coronavirus Than General Public, Study Demonstrates

CNN (7/31, Erdman) reported, “Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for patients with [COVID-19] isn’t enough to completely eliminate the threat from the virus for frontline workers, according to a new study from King’s College London.”...

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Giroir Says Coronavirus Testing Backlogs Are Improving

The Hill (7/30, Hellmann) reports Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir, who is in charge of coronavirus testing strategy, “said Thursday backlogs are improving and most lab results are coming back within three days or less.” The Hill adds that...

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CDC Says Backyard Chicks And Ducklings Are Likely Source Of Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak That Has Sickened Almost 1,000 And Killed One Person

USA Today (7/30, Shannon) reports the CDC announced that “chicks and ducklings kept in backyards are the likely source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 1,000 people and killed one person.” USA Today adds, “Reported cases have g...

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Flu Vaccine Tied To Lower Risk For Cardiovascular Events, Research Suggests

Medscape (7/30, Hughes, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found while “the rate of seasonal flu vaccination among high-risk groups in the United States, such as those older than 50 years and nursing home residents, is extremely low...those who...

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FDA Says It Will Authorize Coronavirus Vaccine That Is Safe And At Least 50% Effective

CNBC (7/30, Feuer, Lovelace) reports FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said the agency would authorize a coronavirus vaccine as long as it’s safe and at least 50% effective. During an interview, Dr. Hahn said, “We all want a vaccine tomorrow. That’s unrea...

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Researchers Say Hair Contains Chemical Traces Of People’s Diets

TB, HIV, Malaria Making A Comeback As Coronavirus Pandemic Consumes Global Health Resources

Researchers Say Depression And Anxiety In Patients With COVID-19 May Be The Result Of Coronavirus Affecting The CNS

SARS-CoV-2 Detected In Some Asymptomatic Patients During Eye Exam, Study Indicates

Manufactured Antibodies May Be Next Advance In Battling COVID-19

Researchers Propose New Framework On When To Relax And Reinstate Restrictions In Response To Increases In Coronavirus Cases

NIH Selects Seven Companies As Winners Of A Competition To Develop Better Coronavirus Tests

FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Tests Made By Siemens That Estimate Quantity Of Antibodies In Blood

Coronavirus Testing Disparities Revealed In Florida

Testing College Students For Coronavirus Every Two Days May Control Infections At Universities This Fall, Study Suggests

Concern For Patients Plus Malpractice Fears May Influence Dermatopathologists’ Actions In Ordering Tests And Services For Melanocytic Skin Lesions, Study Indicates

Researchers Say Pancreatic Cancer Screening Based Solely On Elevated Glycated Hemoglobin Level May Not Be Effective

FDA Links Salmonella Outbreak To Red Onions From Company In Bakersfield

The Elderly, People With Disabilities Cannot Be Placed At Back Of Line For COVID-19 Care, OCR Warns

Trump Administration’s New Online COVID-19 Data System Allegedly Contains Errors, Inconsistencies, Data Analysts Say

Healthcare Workers With Adequate PPE Still Have 3.4 Times Risk Of Contracting Coronavirus Than General Public, Study Demonstrates

Giroir Says Coronavirus Testing Backlogs Are Improving

CDC Says Backyard Chicks And Ducklings Are Likely Source Of Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak That Has Sickened Almost 1,000 And Killed One Person

Flu Vaccine Tied To Lower Risk For Cardiovascular Events, Research Suggests

FDA Says It Will Authorize Coronavirus Vaccine That Is Safe And At Least 50% Effective