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Study Suggests A National Mask Mandate Issued In April May Have Saved 40,000 Lives

Bloomberg (7/16, Coy) reports a new study “concludes that 40,000 lives would have been saved in two months if a national mask mandate for employees of public-facing businesses had gone into effect on April 1 and had been strictly obeyed.” To measure how e...

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CDC COVID “Dashboard” Reinstated After Complaints

The Washington Post (7/16, Sun, Goldstein) reports, “On the eve of a new coronavirus reporting system this week, data disappeared” from a CDC website. The dashboard “and another daily CDC report on the pandemic” were reinstated following “an outcry – incl...

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Hopes Are Dimming That “Herd Immunity” Can Help Curtail Global Coronavirus Pandemic

USA Today (7/16, Bacon) reports hopes “are dimming that ‘herd immunity’ can help stamp out the tenacious global pandemic amid growing concerns that people can be reinfected with COVID-19.” Experts “agree that claims of recurring infections require more st...

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

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SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses Do Not Predict COVID-19 Disease Severity

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Analysis Finds Price Of COVID-19 Tests Varies Widely Depending On The Hospital

CNN (7/15, Luhby) reports the “list price of a Covid-19 diagnostic test varies widely depending on the hospital, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released Wednesday.” The analysis “found that large facilities nationwide charge between $20...

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Pooled COVID-19 Testing May Increase Efficiency, Research Shows

TIME (7/15, Park) reports pooled testing may be a solution to long testing lines and supply shortages. This type of “strategy is a sort of testing triage, and could save on testing kits, and make testing more efficient.” In one “study accepted by the Jour...

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Researchers Suggest microRNAs In Brain-Derived Exosomes May Be Biomarkers Of ALS

ALS News Today (7/15, Pataia) reports a study published in Royal Society Open Biology suggests that “microRNAs found in brain-derived exosomes...may be useful blood biomarkers to diagnose amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).” The study’s authors suggested...

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Scientists Develop Quick Radiation Exposure Test For Mice

STAT (7/15, Isselbacher) reports scientists “developed a simple finger-prick test that scans a single drop of blood to rapidly determine whether the body has been exposed to toxic levels of radiation.” The scientists published a proof-of-concept study inv...

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Study Suggests Death Rate For ICU Patients With COVID-19 Has Dropped By A Third

Reuters (7/15, Beasley) reports that the “death rate for COVID-19 intensive care patients has dropped by about one-third since the start of the pandemic, due at least in part to better hospital care, a review of published studies found.” The “global analy...

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Some US States Setting Records For COVID-19 Deaths

Newsweek (7/15, Gander) reports, “As the U.S. continues to battle the its COVID-19 outbreaks, certain states are setting new records for deaths.” At a point “six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. continues to lead the world for confirmed cases –...

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Type A Blood May Not Increase Odds Of COVID-19 Infection, Studies Suggest

The New York Times (7/15, Zimmer) reports recent research analyzing more patients with COVID-19 over the past few months suggests there is a much weaker link between COVID-19 severity and blood type than previously speculated. Specifically, “two studies –...

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PPE Shortages Resurface Amidst COVID-19 Surges

ABC News (7/15, Siegel, Margolin) reports the PPE shortage “impacting rural and urban hospitals, nursing homes and private physicians’ offices is one of several problems with the nation’s pandemic response that have resurfaced again, along with delays in...

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Hospital Employees In Boston Saw Significant Drop In COVID-19 Infections Once Masks Were Required For Workers

The Boston Globe (7/15, Anderson) reports, “As COVID-19 infections soared in Massachusetts during the height of the outbreak, the infection rate among employees at Mass General Brigham hospitals dropped significantly once all workers were required to wear...

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UN Warns That The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Disrupted Many Childhood Vaccinations

The AP (7/15, Petesch) reports the UN “warned Wednesday about an alarming decline in childhood vaccinations because of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the likelihood a child born today will have all recommended vaccines by the age of 5 is less than 20...

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3M, MIT To Collaborate On Rapid Antigen Test For COVID-19

Reuters (7/14, O'Donnell) reports 3M announced they are working with MIT “to develop a rapid antigen test for COVID-19.” Such a test could “produce results within minutes and could be administered on a low-cost, paper-based device, similar to a home pregn...

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Slowdown In Coronavirus Testing Turnaround Times Reportedly Hampers US Pandemic Response

The Hill (7/14, Sullivan) reports, “A dramatic slowdown in testing turnaround times is undermining the U.S. response to the coronavirus, rendering tools like contact tracing almost useless in some instances.” The Hill adds, “Quest Diagnostics, one of the...

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California Adopts New Rules For Who Is Prioritized For COVID-19 Testing

The Los Angeles Times (7/14, Luna) reports, “State officials adopted new guidelines Tuesday outlining who should be prioritized for COVID-19 testing in California as cases surged and counties reported delayed lab results.” The “rules mark a move away from...

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Scientists Say They Have Mapped A Complete Human Chromosome

HealthDay (7/14, Reinberg) reports scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute announced “they have produced the complete DNA sequence of a single human chromosome,” which “could allow researchers to sequence the entire human genome.” Healt...

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Researchers Say ACE2 And TMPRSS2 Mediate SARS-CoV-2 Entry Into Host Cells

Healio (7/14, Welsh) reports researchers found “angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 [ACE2] and transmembrane protease serine 2 [TMPRSS2] mediate SARS-COV-2 entry into host cells,” and “higher expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in sputum cells of patients with ast...

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Study Suggests A National Mask Mandate Issued In April May Have Saved 40,000 Lives

CDC COVID “Dashboard” Reinstated After Complaints

Hopes Are Dimming That “Herd Immunity” Can Help Curtail Global Coronavirus Pandemic

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

SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses Do Not Predict COVID-19 Disease Severity

Analysis Finds Price Of COVID-19 Tests Varies Widely Depending On The Hospital

Pooled COVID-19 Testing May Increase Efficiency, Research Shows

Researchers Suggest microRNAs In Brain-Derived Exosomes May Be Biomarkers Of ALS

Scientists Develop Quick Radiation Exposure Test For Mice

Study Suggests Death Rate For ICU Patients With COVID-19 Has Dropped By A Third

Some US States Setting Records For COVID-19 Deaths

Type A Blood May Not Increase Odds Of COVID-19 Infection, Studies Suggest

PPE Shortages Resurface Amidst COVID-19 Surges

Hospital Employees In Boston Saw Significant Drop In COVID-19 Infections Once Masks Were Required For Workers

UN Warns That The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Disrupted Many Childhood Vaccinations

3M, MIT To Collaborate On Rapid Antigen Test For COVID-19

Slowdown In Coronavirus Testing Turnaround Times Reportedly Hampers US Pandemic Response

California Adopts New Rules For Who Is Prioritized For COVID-19 Testing

Scientists Say They Have Mapped A Complete Human Chromosome

Researchers Say ACE2 And TMPRSS2 Mediate SARS-CoV-2 Entry Into Host Cells