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Americans Reportedly Turn To Various Sources For Coronavirus Guidance

The Washington Post (7/20, Fisher, Weiner) reports, “More than four months into the pandemic, Americans are swimming – and sometimes drowning – in an ocean of information that, paradoxically, is also a desert of clarity and consensus.” Left without “consi...

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Many Countries Mandating Face Masks As The Pandemic Continues

The Washington Post (7/20, O'Grady) reports many countries have made face masks mandatory as evidence supporting their use to curb the spread of coronavirus continues to grow. For example, Slovakia and Vietnam made face masks mandatory months ago, and Fra...

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HHS To Distribute Funding To New York Hospitals To Bolster Institutions In Coronavirus “Hot Spots”

The Albany (NY) Times Union (7/20, Munson) reports HHS “will distribute $684 million to 86 New York hospitals this week to bolster institutions in coronavirus ‘hot spots.’” Following “Illinois, New York hospitals will receive the most funding of any state...

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Bottleneck In Coronavirus Testing Has Reportedly Led To Delays

USA Today (7/18, O'Donnell, Alltucker) reported, “In mid-April, when labs were completing about 150,000 COVID-19 tests a day, the federal government dangled a major incentive to increase testing output.” Specifically, USA Today added, “Medicare would pay...

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FDA Grants Emergency Approval For Quest Diagnostics To Conduct Pooled Testing For SARS-CoV-2

The AP (7/19) reports the FDA granted emergency approval for Quest Diagnostics to conduct coronavirus testing with pooled samples. The AP adds “with pooling, instead of running each person’s test individually, laboratories would combine parts of samples f...

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Australian Scientists Develop A 20-Minute Coronavirus Blood Test

Reuters (7/17, Pandey) reported scientists in Australia have developed a test that can give results “in about 20 minutes using blood samples in what they say is a world-first breakthrough.” The scientists “said their test can determine if someone is curre...

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Florida Reports High Coronavirus Positivity Rate In Tested Children

NPR (7/17, Wamsley) reported that in Florida, there is a “31.1% coronavirus positivity rate among those under 18 who are tested for the virus, according to the state’s most recent pediatric report.” In comparison, “Florida’s overall positivity rate is cur...

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NBA Says Players Who Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Will Have To Undergo Cardiac Screening Before They Can Return To Play

USA Today (7/19, Zillgitt) reports the NBA has announced that any player who tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 will have to undergo cardiac screening before they can return to play. Dr. Matthew Martinez, a cardiologist, said, “The concern is really an extensi...

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Insurance Coverage For ctDNA Testing For Cancer Is Increasing, Study Indicates

Cancer Therapy Advisor (7/17, Bennett) reported researchers found “both private payer and Medicare coverage for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing in cancer care is on the rise, with coverage policies becoming increasingly more inclusive of different c...

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Coronavirus Deaths Rise In The US Following Recent Surge In Coronavirus Cases

The New York Times (7/17, Leatherby) reported following a recent surge in coronavirus cases in the US, deaths from coronavirus are now increasing as well. The piece features multiple graphs and infographics showing the recent trends in cases and deaths st...

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Children Ages 10 To 19 May Spread Coronavirus At Least As Much As Adults, Study Demonstrates

The New York Times (7/18, Mandavilli) reported a large study from South Korea has found that “children younger than 10 transmit [the coronavirus] to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero.” Furthermore, “those between the ages of...

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Medical Vaccine Exemptions And Absenteeism Increased After New York Eliminated Religious Vaccine Exemptions Last Year, Survey Suggests

Healio (7/19, Stulpin) reports researchers conducted a survey of public and private schools and found that “medical vaccination exemptions and absenteeism increased after the New York state legislature eliminated religious vaccine exemptions last year.” T...

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HHS To Distribute $10B In Second Round Of COVID-19 High Impact Area Funding To Hospitals

Fox News (7/17, Rivas) reported HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, last week “announced it will distribute $10 billion in a second round of COVID-19 high impact area funding to hospitals starting” this week. Given that areas ac...

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Black People May Be Twice As Likely As White People To Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2, Study Indicates

Healio (7/16, Welsh) reports researchers found in a retrospective study that black people “are twice as likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 and require hospitalization compared” to white people. The findings were published in Annals of the American Tho...

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Research Suggests Virus Testing Taking Five Days Or Longer May Be Of Little Use

CNN (7/16, Thomas) reports, “Quick testing and quick reporting of results are needed for contact tracing to be as effective as it can be, new research finds.” Testing that “takes five days or longer is of little use, researchers from the University of Utr...

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In California, Nearly 1,000 Positive COVID-19 Tests Tied To Day Care Facilities

The Hill (7/16, Budryk) reports, “Nearly 1,000 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at California day care facilities since mid-March, according to data obtained by a Bay Area NBC affiliate.” Between May 11 and July 12, “there were 998 po...

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New York City COVID-19 Testing May Be Affected By Racial, Socioeconomic Disparities In Healthcare Access, Researchers Say

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/16, van Paridon) reports, “In New York City, a team of investigators has determined that COVID-19 testing has not been proportional to need, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Preventive...

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CDC Prepares To Issue Guidance On Reducing “Unnecessary” COVID-19 Testing, Official Says

Reuters (7/16, O'Donnell, Nadeem) reports the US “is preparing to issue guidance on reducing ‘unnecessary’ testing for COVID-19 as it works to cut turnaround times for tests, a senior U.S. health official said on Thursday.” Details of the guidance “are st...

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Study Identifies Common Genetic Variant As Cause Of Adult-Onset Deafness

HealthDay (7/16, Preidt) reports investigators “have identified a common genetic variant as a cause of” adult-onset “deafness, and say it could be a good target for gene therapy.” For the study, researchers “sequenced the genes of” one particular family “...

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Tailored Polygenic Risk Scores May Accurately Predict Progression To Bipolar Disorder Or Psychotic Disorders, Researchers Say

Healio (7/16, Gramigna) reports, “Tailored polygenic risk scores appeared to accurately predict progression to bipolar disorder or psychotic disorders,” researchers concluded after examining “data of 16,949 individuals, of whom 69% were women and for whom...

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Americans Reportedly Turn To Various Sources For Coronavirus Guidance

Many Countries Mandating Face Masks As The Pandemic Continues

HHS To Distribute Funding To New York Hospitals To Bolster Institutions In Coronavirus “Hot Spots”

Bottleneck In Coronavirus Testing Has Reportedly Led To Delays

FDA Grants Emergency Approval For Quest Diagnostics To Conduct Pooled Testing For SARS-CoV-2

Australian Scientists Develop A 20-Minute Coronavirus Blood Test

Florida Reports High Coronavirus Positivity Rate In Tested Children

NBA Says Players Who Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Will Have To Undergo Cardiac Screening Before They Can Return To Play

Insurance Coverage For ctDNA Testing For Cancer Is Increasing, Study Indicates

Coronavirus Deaths Rise In The US Following Recent Surge In Coronavirus Cases

Children Ages 10 To 19 May Spread Coronavirus At Least As Much As Adults, Study Demonstrates

Medical Vaccine Exemptions And Absenteeism Increased After New York Eliminated Religious Vaccine Exemptions Last Year, Survey Suggests

HHS To Distribute $10B In Second Round Of COVID-19 High Impact Area Funding To Hospitals

Black People May Be Twice As Likely As White People To Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2, Study Indicates

Research Suggests Virus Testing Taking Five Days Or Longer May Be Of Little Use

In California, Nearly 1,000 Positive COVID-19 Tests Tied To Day Care Facilities

New York City COVID-19 Testing May Be Affected By Racial, Socioeconomic Disparities In Healthcare Access, Researchers Say

CDC Prepares To Issue Guidance On Reducing “Unnecessary” COVID-19 Testing, Official Says

Study Identifies Common Genetic Variant As Cause Of Adult-Onset Deafness

Tailored Polygenic Risk Scores May Accurately Predict Progression To Bipolar Disorder Or Psychotic Disorders, Researchers Say