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Almost 50% Of Americans Reportedly Formed Social “Bubbles” During Pandemic, Poll Indicates

The Hill (7/28, Budryk) reports, “Nearly half of Americans said they have formed social ‘bubbles’ of people they feel safe interacting with during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new polling from Axios.” Among respondents, 47% “said they had establ...

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Many Public Health Leaders Say Restrictive Shutdowns May Be Needed In Many Places To Decrease COVID-19 Cases

NPR (7/28, Stein) reports, “When the coronavirus pandemic began, public health experts had high hopes for the United States,” but their hope that the virus would be rapidly contained has been extinguished. Many public health leaders say that “a return to...

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Researchers Call For CDC To Share COVID-19 Death Rates By Race And Ethnicity

Newsweek (7/28, Gander) reports a research letter published in JAMA Network Open calls for the CDC to stop presenting data on COVID-19 deaths in a “misleading” way. The authors of the research letter say the CDC does not report COVID-19 death rates based...

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US Has More COVID-19 Testing Capacity Than Other Countries, But Labs Still Overwhelmed

Reuters (7/27, Martell, Parker) reports, “The United States might have more COVID-19 testing capacity than any other country,” but laboratories are overwhelmed and many patients are waiting one week or more for results. At the center “of the crisis is a r...

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NYC Health Officials Trying To Improve Coronavirus Testing Wait Times

The Wall Street Journal (7/27, Li, Subscription Publication) reports New York City health officials are trying to improve wait times for coronavirus tests which they view as essential to curbing the spread of coronavirus as New Yorkers go out to restauran...

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Novel Immunoassay May Be Highly Predictive Of PrEP Adherence And HIV Protection, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/27, Masoud) reports researchers found “a novel immunoassay that measures urine tenofovir levels has high predictive utility and may adequately determine pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and predict HIV protection.” T...

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Coronavirus Cases In US May Have Reached Plateau, Data Indicate

CNN (7/27, Maxouris, Levenson) reports, “After weeks of sharp increases, there are some signs that new coronavirus cases in the United States may be plateauing at a high daily rate.” Across the country, “the seven-day daily average of new confirmed cases...

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EHR Documentation, Communication Issues May Lead To Inaccurately Documented Antibiotic Allergies, Study Suggests

EHR Intelligence (7/27, Jason) reports, “Enhanced communication between EHR systems, cleaning up prior EHR documentation, developing EHR tools, and increased EHR training can improve EHR documentation, according to a recent study published in the Annals o...

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Post-Infection Mortality Higher In Older Adults With Dementia Than Others In Both Short- And Long-Term, Data Indicate

MedPage Today (7/27, George) reports that an “analysis of Danish national registry data” indicated “post-infection mortality was higher in older adults with dementia than others in both the short- and long-term.” Researchers found that “among 1.5 million...

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Review Finds US Vaccines Are Safe

NBC News (7/27, Sullivan) reports, “A comprehensive review of 20 years worth of data finds that U.S. vaccines are remarkably safe, thanks in part to ongoing safety surveillance after a vaccine hits the market, according to an Israeli study published...in...

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Researchers Say Masks May Lessen Severity Of Coronavirus Symptoms, Possibly Stave Off Infection Entirely

The New York Times (7/27, Wu) reports that “experts are pointing to an array of evidence suggesting that masks...protect the people wearing them [from coronavirus], lessening the severity of symptoms, or in some instances, staving off infection entirely.”...

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States Attempt To Keep Coronavirus Out By Enacting Restrictions On Visitors

The Washington Post (7/27, A1, Brulliard, Weiner) reports, “Leaders in many places have adopted strategies aimed at thwarting the [coronavirus’] roving, borderless nature.” In the US, for instance, “states including Connecticut and New York now require ma...

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FDA Reissues LabCorp’s COVID-19 Diagnostic Test’s EUA To Include Two More Indications For Use

Bloomberg Law (7/24, Govind, Subscription Publication) reported the “FDA reissued LabCorp Covid-19 RT-PCR [Test’s] emergency use authorization to include two new indications for use: testing for people who do not have Covid-19 symptoms or who have no reas...

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HHS Seeking Bedside COVID-19 Antibody Tests With Components Made In The US

Bloomberg Law (7/24, Stein, Subscription Publication) reported “HHS is seeking the production of Covid-19 bedside antibody tests whose components are ‘entirely made in the United States,’ according to the General Services Administration website.” HHS’ Ass...

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Commonly-Used PCR Test Not Enough To Stop Coronavirus Pandemic, Some Scientists Say

USA Today (7/26, Weintraub) reports, “One major reason COVID-19 is raging out of control across much of the country: the current system of testing catches only a tiny fraction of people while they are contagious.” The PCR test is “most commonly used to di...

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Declining Coronavirus Antibodies Shown Via Commercial Tests May Not Mean Declining Immunity To Virus, Experts Say

The New York Times (7/26, Mandavilli) reports that following acute illness, “the volume of coronavirus antibodies drops sharply,” and “it is increasingly clear that” some commercial antibody “tests may...produce false-negative results, missing antibodies...

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Scientists Study Ancient Teeth For Information On How Past Epidemics Affected Humanity

The Washington Post (7/24, Morse) reported on the new field of paleogenomics, which entails the study of “DNA in remnants of ancient teeth.” There is “growing evidence” that past “epidemics forced societies to make epoch-defining transformations.”

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Coronavirus Uses Disguise To Hide Inside Cells, Replicate Without Detection, Study Suggests

Newsweek (7/24, Gander) reported, “The COVID-19-causing coronavirus disguises itself so it can hide inside our cells without being detected by the immune system in order to replicate, according to a study” published in Nature Communications. The researche...

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SARS-CoV-2 May Be Found In Middle Ear, Mastoid Area, Study Suggests

Newsweek (7/24, Gander) reported, “The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found inside the ear and a part of the head, according to a small study.” Investigators “who performed autopsies on COVID-19 patients found SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...

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Nearly 650 People Sickened By Bagged Salad Parasite In 11 States

NBC News (7/24, Miller) reported, “The number of people sickened by a parasite infection linked to Fresh Express bagged salad mixes has risen to 641 cases in 11 states, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.” The illness is caused by “the intestina...

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Almost 50% Of Americans Reportedly Formed Social “Bubbles” During Pandemic, Poll Indicates

Many Public Health Leaders Say Restrictive Shutdowns May Be Needed In Many Places To Decrease COVID-19 Cases

Researchers Call For CDC To Share COVID-19 Death Rates By Race And Ethnicity

US Has More COVID-19 Testing Capacity Than Other Countries, But Labs Still Overwhelmed

NYC Health Officials Trying To Improve Coronavirus Testing Wait Times

Novel Immunoassay May Be Highly Predictive Of PrEP Adherence And HIV Protection, Study Indicates

Coronavirus Cases In US May Have Reached Plateau, Data Indicate

EHR Documentation, Communication Issues May Lead To Inaccurately Documented Antibiotic Allergies, Study Suggests

Post-Infection Mortality Higher In Older Adults With Dementia Than Others In Both Short- And Long-Term, Data Indicate

Review Finds US Vaccines Are Safe

Researchers Say Masks May Lessen Severity Of Coronavirus Symptoms, Possibly Stave Off Infection Entirely

States Attempt To Keep Coronavirus Out By Enacting Restrictions On Visitors

FDA Reissues LabCorp’s COVID-19 Diagnostic Test’s EUA To Include Two More Indications For Use

HHS Seeking Bedside COVID-19 Antibody Tests With Components Made In The US

Commonly-Used PCR Test Not Enough To Stop Coronavirus Pandemic, Some Scientists Say

Declining Coronavirus Antibodies Shown Via Commercial Tests May Not Mean Declining Immunity To Virus, Experts Say

Scientists Study Ancient Teeth For Information On How Past Epidemics Affected Humanity

Coronavirus Uses Disguise To Hide Inside Cells, Replicate Without Detection, Study Suggests

SARS-CoV-2 May Be Found In Middle Ear, Mastoid Area, Study Suggests

Nearly 650 People Sickened By Bagged Salad Parasite In 11 States