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Global Social Distancing Rules Targeting Coronavirus Have Pushed Influenza Infection Rates To Record Low, Early Figures indicate

Reuters (7/31, Cadell) reports that “global social distancing rules targeting coronavirus have pushed influenza infection rates to a record low, early figures show, signalling that the measures are having an unprecedented impact on other communicable dise...

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New York City Health Department Report Says Childhood Vaccination Rate Is Rebounding After Decline During Lockdown

HealthDay (7/30, Mundell) reports earlier this year, while New York City was under lockdown, “the rate of routine child vaccinations plummeted,” but a report from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published in the CDC’s Morbidity a...

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Identification of SARS-CoV-2 in a Proficiency Testing Program

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Types of Assays for SARS-CoV-2 Testing: A Review

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Inadequate Testing Is One Reason Latinos Have Borne Brunt Of Coronavirus, Experts Say

USA Today (7/29, Fraser, Mansfield, Wynn, Linesburgh) reports that throughout the US, “as the [coronavirus] silently spread among Latinos from workplaces to homes to the community,” the brunt of the virus was borne by Latinos. Advocates and experts say th...

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For Quest Diagnostics’ New Method For COVID-19 Tests

Bloomberg Law (7/29, Balji, Subscription Publication) reports behind a paywall that “Quest Diagnostics said the FDA has granted emergency use authorization for a new laboratory technique that speeds the process of extracting viral RNA from specimens and w...

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FDA Issues New Directions For Submitting Approval Requests To Companies Making At-Home Coronavirus Tests

Bloomberg Law (7/29, Alexander, Subscription Publication) reports “companies making at-home Covid-19 tests got new directions from the FDA Wednesday on submitting their tests for approval under emergency use conditions.” The agency’s “template is intended...

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FDA Approves Test For Detection Of HER2 Biomarker In Breast Cancer As A Companion Diagnostic For Trastuzumab

Cancer Network (7/29, Slater) reports the FDA “approved the VENTANA HER2 Dual ISH DNA Probe Cocktail assay for the detection of the HER2 biomarker in breast cancer and as a companion diagnostic for trastuzumab (Herceptin) therapy.” The test “is designed t...

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Blood Test Measuring P-tau217 May Accurately Distinguish Alzheimer’s From Other Neurodegenerative Disorders, Researchers Say

Medscape (7/29, Brooks, Subscription Publication) reports, “A blood test that measures plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 217 (P-tau217) can accurately distinguish Alzheimer’s disease (AD) from other neurodegenerative disorders,” researchers concluded...

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Researchers Outline New Strategy Including Urine Steroid Test To Improve Diagnosis Of Adrenocortical Cancer

Medscape (7/29, Melville, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found “a strategy that includes a urine steroid test along with imaging characteristics and tumor size criteria can significantly improve the challenging diagnosis of adrenocortical c...

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Researchers Identify Low Plasma Vitamin D Levels As An Independent Risk Factor For SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Medscape (7/29, McNamara, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found in a large study that “low plasma vitamin D levels emerged as an independent risk factor for” SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization. The findings were published in The FEBS J...

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Study Suggests 78% Of Recovered COVID-19 Patients May Have Heart Damage

Newsweek (7/29) reports that “78% of recovered COVID-19 patients had permanent heart damage,” according to a new study published in JAMA Cardiology. The study from the University Hospital Frankfurt “examined the cardiovascular MRIs of 100 people who had r...

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Experts Skeptical Of Research Linking People With Childhood Vaccinations To Lower Coronavirus Infection Rates

The New York Times (7/29, Rabin) reports new research “suggests that people who have received certain routine vaccines in the recent past – including childhood vaccinations like measles-mumps-rubella and polio, as well as adult flu vaccines – have lower c...

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Drive-Through Coronavirus Testing May Be Safe And Efficient For Mass Screening, Study Indicates

Healio (7/28, Dreisbach) reports researchers found “drive-through COVID-19 screening is an efficient way to safely screen large numbers of people – including health care workers – and can reduce health care exposures and save personal protective equipment...

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For LabCorp Coronavirus Test For People Without Symptoms

NBC News (7/28, Syal) reports the FDA “granted LabCorp an emergency use authorization to test people with no symptoms for the coronavirus, the first time the agency has authorized such a test in asymptomatic individuals.” The agency said in a statement, “...

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Scientists Develop Blood Test That Can Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease As Well As More Expensive And Invasive Methods

The New York Times (7/28, Belluck) reports scientists developed a blood test that can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease “as accurately as methods that are far more expensive or invasive.” The blood test could “make diagnosis simpler, more affordable and widely...

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Community-Based Genetic Screening May Improve Population Health By Identifying People At High Risk For Three Conditions Known To Cause Cancer And Increase Risk For Heart Attack And Stroke, Study Indicates

Health IT Analytics (7/28, Kent) reports researchers found “community-based genetic screening could enhance population health by identifying individuals at high risk for three inherited conditions known to cause cancer and increased risk for heart attack...

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Federal Report Says 21 States Are Now In The “Red Zone” For Coronavirus Outbreaks

The Hill (7/28, Budryk) reports 21 states are now in the “red zone” for coronavirus outbreaks, meaning they were reporting more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people during the last week, according to a federal report issued July 26. The same report lists...

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Horseshoe Bats Most Plausible Origin Of SARS-CoV-2, Research Suggests

Bloomberg (7/28, Wilson) reports, “Horseshoe bats are the most plausible origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen, researchers...said in a study published Tuesday in Nature Microbiology.” The scientists “warned that other virus lineages in bats could have the po...

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Blood Donations From People Taking PrEP Or HIV Treatment Drugs May Increase Risk For HIV Transfusion Transmission If Tests Cannot Detect HIV In Donations, Study Indicates

Healio (7/28, Southall) reports researchers found “blood donations from people on antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV or pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection could increase risk for HIV transfusion transmission if tests cannot detect the viru...

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Global Social Distancing Rules Targeting Coronavirus Have Pushed Influenza Infection Rates To Record Low, Early Figures indicate

New York City Health Department Report Says Childhood Vaccination Rate Is Rebounding After Decline During Lockdown

Identification of SARS-CoV-2 in a Proficiency Testing Program

Types of Assays for SARS-CoV-2 Testing: A Review

Inadequate Testing Is One Reason Latinos Have Borne Brunt Of Coronavirus, Experts Say

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For Quest Diagnostics’ New Method For COVID-19 Tests

FDA Issues New Directions For Submitting Approval Requests To Companies Making At-Home Coronavirus Tests

FDA Approves Test For Detection Of HER2 Biomarker In Breast Cancer As A Companion Diagnostic For Trastuzumab

Blood Test Measuring P-tau217 May Accurately Distinguish Alzheimer’s From Other Neurodegenerative Disorders, Researchers Say

Researchers Outline New Strategy Including Urine Steroid Test To Improve Diagnosis Of Adrenocortical Cancer

Researchers Identify Low Plasma Vitamin D Levels As An Independent Risk Factor For SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Study Suggests 78% Of Recovered COVID-19 Patients May Have Heart Damage

Experts Skeptical Of Research Linking People With Childhood Vaccinations To Lower Coronavirus Infection Rates

Drive-Through Coronavirus Testing May Be Safe And Efficient For Mass Screening, Study Indicates

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For LabCorp Coronavirus Test For People Without Symptoms

Scientists Develop Blood Test That Can Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease As Well As More Expensive And Invasive Methods

Community-Based Genetic Screening May Improve Population Health By Identifying People At High Risk For Three Conditions Known To Cause Cancer And Increase Risk For Heart Attack And Stroke, Study Indicates

Federal Report Says 21 States Are Now In The “Red Zone” For Coronavirus Outbreaks

Horseshoe Bats Most Plausible Origin Of SARS-CoV-2, Research Suggests

Blood Donations From People Taking PrEP Or HIV Treatment Drugs May Increase Risk For HIV Transfusion Transmission If Tests Cannot Detect HIV In Donations, Study Indicates