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UK Body Approves Trial To Test Potential Of Hydroxychloroquine And Chloroquine To Prevent COVID-19 Infection

Reuters (6/30, Kelland) reports the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approved “a global trial designed to test whether the anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent infection with COVID-19.” The decision was...

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Some Patients With COVID-19 Reportedly Have To Wait In ERs For Available Beds

Newsweek (6/30, Kim) reports, “As cases of the novel coronavirus in Texas climb past 156,700, doctors in San Antonio fear hospital beds are running out, with nearly two dozen COVID-19 patients reportedly waiting in emergency rooms (ER) for beds to be avai...

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AHA Estimates Hospitals And Health Systems Will Lose Over $320 Billion This Year Due To Pandemic

Modern Healthcare (6/30, Brady, Subscription Publication) reports on a study issued by the American Hospital Association finding that “hospitals and health systems will lose over $320 billion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic” including “more than $200...

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US Grappling With COVID-19 Testing Shortfall Once More

Bloomberg (6/29, Court) reports that “the U.S. is again grappling with a shortfall of testing that has hobbled the nation since the pandemic’s early weeks, and now threatens to further undermine containment efforts at a crucial moment.” In new coronavirus...

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Contact Tracing Proves More Difficult Now That Many States Are Reopening

The AP (6/29, Webber, McCombs, Mone) reports, “Health departments around the U.S. that are using contact tracers to contain coronavirus outbreaks are scrambling to bolster their ranks amid a surge of cases and resistance to cooperation from those infected...

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COVID-19 Testing Remains An Issue Due To Unequipped Primary Care Physicians, Unevenly Distributed Community Testing Sites

The New York Times (6/29, Wu) reports, “Back in March, after President Trump declared the coronavirus a national emergency, doctors felt ill-equipped to diagnose their patients or counsel them on treatment and prevention.” Now, “three months later, testin...

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AMA Updates CPT Code To Enable Appropriate COVID-19 Coding, Billing For Antigen Tests

The RevCycle Intelligence (6/29, LaPointe) reports, “The American Medical Association (AMA) recently updated Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) to enable proper COVID-19 coding and billing of antigen tests performed on patients suspected of being infect...

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FBI Warns Of Fake Coronavirus Antibody Tests

CNN (6/29, Andrew) reports, “Scammers continue to capitalize on coronavirus misinformation by offering fake antibody tests, the FBI warned, which could be used to steal personal information.” This month, “the FBI said... that fraudsters are touting fake o...

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CDC Director Warns Of “Challenging” Fall, Winter Months Due To Flu And COVID-19

TIME (6/29, Oaklander) reports that even though summer has just started, “health officials are already warning Americans that the fall and winter months ahead will likely be challenging,” because “once flu season begins, the U.S. will have to worry about...

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Coronavirus Spreading Too Rapidly, Too Broadly For US To Bring It Under Control, CDC Official Says

CNBC (6/29, Feuer) reports, “The coronavirus is spreading too rapidly and too broadly for the U.S. to bring it under control, Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Monday.” In an interview wit...

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Two Studies Highlight Serious Manifestations Of COVID-19-Related MIS-C

The AP (6/29, Tanner) reports that “at least 285 U.S. children have developed a serious inflammatory condition linked to the coronavirus and while most recovered, the potential for long-term or permanent damage is unknown, two new studies suggest.” The st...

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Coronavirus Pandemic Continues To Surge Through Multiple States

CIDRAP (6/29, Soucheray) reports that over the weekend and through Monday, “the novel coronavirus pandemic continued to surge through many states, including Florida, Texas, and Arizona.” The piece says that “in total the United States has 2,564,163 COVID-...

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Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 10 Million, Deaths Top 500,000

CIDRAP (6/29, Schnirring) reports that on Sunday, “global COVID-19 numbers crossed two grim thresholds,...with cases passing 10 million and deaths topping 500,000, with cases still rising in a number of hot spots and countries that have controlled their o...

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Small Number Of People With Coronavirus Reportedly Infecting Others During “Superspreading” Events

The New York Times (6/30, Zimmer) reports that “most infected people don’t pass on the coronavirus to someone else.” Rather, “a small number pass it on to many others in so-called superspreading events.” Figuring out “why some matches start fires while ma...

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Chinese Researchers Say They Have Identified New Swine Flu Strain Capable Of Becoming Pandemic

Fox News (6/29, Betz) reports Chinese researchers say they have “identified a new strain of the swine flu that has the potential to become a pandemic.” The scientists “say the virus has ‘all the hallmarks’ of being highly adapted to spread from person to...

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More Research May Be Needed Into Possible Benefit Of Extending Duration Of Treatment With DAAs For Patients With Detectable HCV RNA At Four Weeks

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/29, Schad) reports on a “retrospective, single-center study” indicating that “further studies are needed to guide clinicians on whether to extend the duration of treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in patients with...

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Trump Administration Secures 500,000 Courses Of Covid Drug Remdesivir

The Washington Post (6/29, Denham) reports that on Monday, Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, “the first covid-19 treatment found to have worked in clinical trials...said...it will charge U.S. hospitals $3,120 for the typical patient with private i...

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Fauci Says Administration Is Considering Pool Testing To Combat COVID-19

USA Today (6/26, Rodriguez) reported NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci “told the Washington Post that officials are talking about implementing a new strategy that tests groups of people together.” This method is “known as pool testing, where samples from m...

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FEMA Warned States To Not Use COVID-19 Testing Kits It Bought For $10.2 Million

ProPublica (6/26, Gabrielson, McSwane) reported, “The Federal Emergency Management Agency has warned states not to use COVID-19 testing supplies it bought under a $10.2 million contract after a ProPublica investigation last week showed the vendor was prov...

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Many Patients With COVID-19 Reporting “Hospital Delirium”

The New York Times (6/28, Belluck) says that “to a startling degree, many coronavirus patients” have reported “hospital delirium,” a “phenomenon [that] has previously been seen mostly in a subset of older patients, some of whom already had dementia.” But...

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UK Body Approves Trial To Test Potential Of Hydroxychloroquine And Chloroquine To Prevent COVID-19 Infection

Some Patients With COVID-19 Reportedly Have To Wait In ERs For Available Beds

AHA Estimates Hospitals And Health Systems Will Lose Over $320 Billion This Year Due To Pandemic

US Grappling With COVID-19 Testing Shortfall Once More

Contact Tracing Proves More Difficult Now That Many States Are Reopening

COVID-19 Testing Remains An Issue Due To Unequipped Primary Care Physicians, Unevenly Distributed Community Testing Sites

AMA Updates CPT Code To Enable Appropriate COVID-19 Coding, Billing For Antigen Tests

FBI Warns Of Fake Coronavirus Antibody Tests

CDC Director Warns Of “Challenging” Fall, Winter Months Due To Flu And COVID-19

Coronavirus Spreading Too Rapidly, Too Broadly For US To Bring It Under Control, CDC Official Says

Two Studies Highlight Serious Manifestations Of COVID-19-Related MIS-C

Coronavirus Pandemic Continues To Surge Through Multiple States

Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 10 Million, Deaths Top 500,000

Small Number Of People With Coronavirus Reportedly Infecting Others During “Superspreading” Events

Chinese Researchers Say They Have Identified New Swine Flu Strain Capable Of Becoming Pandemic

More Research May Be Needed Into Possible Benefit Of Extending Duration Of Treatment With DAAs For Patients With Detectable HCV RNA At Four Weeks

Trump Administration Secures 500,000 Courses Of Covid Drug Remdesivir

Fauci Says Administration Is Considering Pool Testing To Combat COVID-19

FEMA Warned States To Not Use COVID-19 Testing Kits It Bought For $10.2 Million

Many Patients With COVID-19 Reporting “Hospital Delirium”