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TSH And T3 Serum Levels May Be Significantly Lower In People With COVID-19, Study Indicates

Endocrinology Advisor (7/14, Reeb) reports researchers found in a retrospective study that “serum levels of thyrotropin (TSH) and total triiodothyronine (T3) are significantly lower in individuals with” COVID-19. The findings were published in Thyroid.

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Influenza May Linger In The Air Causing Infection, Research Suggests

The New York Times (7/14, Wu) reports there is a growing body of evidence that influenza can linger in the air causing infection, including a recent study published in PLoS Pathogens, which may have implications for the transmission of coronavirus. While...

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Research Suggests That Immunity To SARS-CoV-2 Is Short-Term Raising Doubts About Duration Of Potential Vaccine-Induced Immunity

Reuters (7/14, Kelland) reports some studies suggest that immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is “short-lived,” which raises the question of whether a vaccine would be able to induce long-term immunity in recipients. Studies in several countries “have found that...

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Trump Administration Orders Hospitals To Send COVID-19 Data Directly To HHS, Not CDC

The New York Times (7/14, Stolberg) reports the Trump Administration wants “hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all coronavirus patient information to a central database in Washington beginning on Wednesday.” These...

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CDC Calls For All Americans To Wear Face Masks In Public To Combat Coronavirus

CNN (7/14, Fox) reports, “The science shows face masks work both to protect the wearer and to protect others from coronavirus, and everyone needs to wear one when around other people in public, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.”...

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Squirrel In Colorado Tests Positive For Bubonic Plague

The Hill (7/14, Klar) reports health officials in Colorado’s Jefferson County say a squirrel there has tested positive for bubonic plague. According to CDC data, there have been an average of seven cases of bubonic plague in people each year in the US fro...

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Mass Death Of Hundreds Of Elephants In Botswana Raises Concerns About Potential Pathogen That Could Be Transmitted To Humans

Newsweek (7/14, Osborne) reports it is still unclear what caused the death of hundreds of elephants in Botswana. While some have suggested the elephants were poisoned, others have “suggested that a new pathogen may be responsible – and the idea it could b...

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Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Federal Government Will Extend Support For COVID-19 Testing Sites In Dallas, Houston

The Hill (7/13, Birenbaum) reports, “Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced Sunday that the federal government had agreed to extend support for coronavirus testing sites in Dallas and Houston after an initial plan to discontinue funding received bipartisan...

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Protein-Creatinine Ratio Might Work Well For CKD Screening When Typical Albuminuria Measures Are Not Available, Study Indicates

MedPage Today (7/13, Monaco) reports a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests “when typical measures of albuminuria aren’t available in screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD), a protein-creatinine ratio [PCR] might work as well.” The...

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More Than Half Of Patients With COVID-19 Had Damage Seen Via Heart Scan, Study Demonstrates

Newsweek (7/13, Gander) reports, “A study on heart scans of COVID-19 patients has revealed more than half had some form of damage.” Among “the total 1,216 patients, 667 (55 percent) had abnormalities in their scan and one in seven participants had what re...

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CT Findings Differ Between Those Who Die From COVID-19 And Those Who Survive, Study Demonstrates

Aunt Minnie (7/13, Yee) reports, “Patients who die from COVID-19 tend to have different findings on CT compared to those who survive the disease, according to a study published July 9 in Nature: Scientific Reports.” The researchers found that “those patie...

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Data Indicate Coronavirus Death Rate Has Climbed In Majority-Black US Counties

Bloomberg Business (7/13, Green, Gu) reports that in US “counties where the majority of residents are Black, the [coronavirus] death rate has climbed to 3.5 times the national average, up from roughly three times as high in May, an ongoing analysis of Joh...

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New CDC Guidance Says “Best Estimate” Is That 40% Of People Infected With COVID-19 Are Asymptomatic

Fox News (7/13, Ciaccia) reports, “In updated guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its ‘best estimate’ is that 40 percent of people infected with COVID-19 are asymptomatic.” In the Jul 10 update, the agency “said the basic reprodu...

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Ebola Outbreak In Western DRC Has Spread Over Large Region With Almost 50 Confirmed Cases

Reuters (7/13, Nebehay) reports an Ebola outbreak in the western Democratic Republic of Congo now has “nearly 50 known cases across a large region bordering the Republic of Congo and Central African Republic.” Since June 1, “48 cases have been confirmed i...

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Broken Data System Reportedly Hampers Ability Of Public Health Officials To Manage Pandemic

The New York Times (7/13, A1, Kliff, Sanger-Katz) reports, “Before public health officials can manage the pandemic, they must deal with a broken data system that sends incomplete results in formats they can’t easily use.” According to the Times, “As hard...

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More Than 25% Of Parents Are Hesitant About Flu Vaccine For Their Children, Study Shows

Drug Topics (7/12, Sederstrom) reported, “A new national study of parent attitudes about immunizations found that just over a quarter of parents are hesitant about the flu vaccine.” The study “also found that 6.1% of parents remain hesitant about routine...

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Coronavirus Testing Sites Struggling To Provide Results In Under A Week As Labs Feel The Strain

The Washington Post (7/12, A1, Weiner, Wan, Hauslohner) reports, “Test results for the novel coronavirus are taking so long to come back across the United States that experts say the results are often proving useless in the campaign to control the deadly...

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Over 68% Of People Tested Positive For Coronavirus Antibodies At Clinic In Queens, New York

CNN (7/10, Howard, Vera) reported new data suggest “that working-class and minority neighborhoods hit hardest by coronavirus in the borough of Queens in New York are now overwhelmingly testing positive for antibodies.” However, “that data doesn’t mean tho...

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Some Physicians Reviewing Recent Deaths For Missed Cases Of COVID-19

NBC News (7/11) reported across the US, some physicians are investigating recent deaths with the aim of identifying previously missed deaths from coronavirus. For example, Dr. Matija Snuderl, a neuropathologist at NYU Langone Medical Center, is reviewing...

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In US, Daily COVID-19 Deaths Have Increased By Nearly 20 Percent In Recent Weeks

Newsweek (7/11, Kim) reported, “Daily coronavirus deaths in the U.S. have risen by nearly 20 percent in recent weeks.” This “spike in daily new fatalities comes after mostly declining from around late April, when the country reported a peak daily death to...

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TSH And T3 Serum Levels May Be Significantly Lower In People With COVID-19, Study Indicates

Influenza May Linger In The Air Causing Infection, Research Suggests

Research Suggests That Immunity To SARS-CoV-2 Is Short-Term Raising Doubts About Duration Of Potential Vaccine-Induced Immunity

Trump Administration Orders Hospitals To Send COVID-19 Data Directly To HHS, Not CDC

CDC Calls For All Americans To Wear Face Masks In Public To Combat Coronavirus

Squirrel In Colorado Tests Positive For Bubonic Plague

Mass Death Of Hundreds Of Elephants In Botswana Raises Concerns About Potential Pathogen That Could Be Transmitted To Humans

Texas Gov. Abbott Announces Federal Government Will Extend Support For COVID-19 Testing Sites In Dallas, Houston

Protein-Creatinine Ratio Might Work Well For CKD Screening When Typical Albuminuria Measures Are Not Available, Study Indicates

More Than Half Of Patients With COVID-19 Had Damage Seen Via Heart Scan, Study Demonstrates

CT Findings Differ Between Those Who Die From COVID-19 And Those Who Survive, Study Demonstrates

Data Indicate Coronavirus Death Rate Has Climbed In Majority-Black US Counties

New CDC Guidance Says “Best Estimate” Is That 40% Of People Infected With COVID-19 Are Asymptomatic

Ebola Outbreak In Western DRC Has Spread Over Large Region With Almost 50 Confirmed Cases

Broken Data System Reportedly Hampers Ability Of Public Health Officials To Manage Pandemic

More Than 25% Of Parents Are Hesitant About Flu Vaccine For Their Children, Study Shows

Coronavirus Testing Sites Struggling To Provide Results In Under A Week As Labs Feel The Strain

Over 68% Of People Tested Positive For Coronavirus Antibodies At Clinic In Queens, New York

Some Physicians Reviewing Recent Deaths For Missed Cases Of COVID-19

In US, Daily COVID-19 Deaths Have Increased By Nearly 20 Percent In Recent Weeks