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FDA Warns Healthcare Providers Against Administering Hydroxychloroquine Or Chloroquine In Combination With Remdesivir

Reuters (6/15, Roy) reports that on Monday, the FDA “issued a warning to healthcare providers against administering malaria drug hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine in combination with” the “experimental COVID-19 drug, remdesivir.” The FDA, “based on data f...

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Public Health Recommendations Reportedly Under Attack As Coronavirus Cases Rise

The Washington Post (6/15, A1, Bernstein, Weiner, Achenbach) reports, “Coronavirus infections continued to rise in many parts of a divided nation Monday, with public health recommendations under attack from communities tired of staying home and officials...

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New York Governor Warns New York City Residents To Continue Social Distancing Or Else He Will Take Action

The New York Times (6/15, McKinley, Ferré-Sadurní) reports New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that if New York City residents do not continue social distancing, then the city’s reopening will be slowed down. While new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections and dea...

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Plasma Vapor Hydrogen Peroxide May Be Better Than Chlorine Dioxide For Sterilizing In Order To Preserve Filtration Efficiency Of N95, KN95, Surgical Masks, Study Shows

MedPage Today (6/15, Walker) reports, “For sterilizing N95, KN95 and surgical masks, plasma vapor hydrogen peroxide was superior to chlorine dioxide in preserving the products’ filtration efficiency in a lab study.” In the study, “masks sterilized once wi...

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Accuracy Of Many Coronavirus Tests Reportedly Still Unknown

The AP (6/13, Perrone) reported it is unknown how accurate many coronavirus tests being used really are. The FDA quickly approved many tests for the virus largely based on small studies, so now some experts are calling for larger studies to determine the...

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Some Black Dallas Churches Offer Free Coronavirus Testing

NPR (6/13, Neill) reported, “Neighborhoods in South Dallas, where there are more people of color, have fewer sites offering coronavirus testing than whiter North Dallas, just a few miles away,” and “they also have less health care access more broadly.” Su...

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NEK1 Genetic Variants May Raise Risk For Developing ALS, Study Indicates

ALS News Today (6/12, Martins) reported, “Genetic variants of the NEK1 gene that cause the coded protein to lose its function seem to increase the odds of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by more than ninefold, with these patients significan...

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Parts Of US See Record Increase In Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations

Reuters (6/14, Shumaker) reports, “New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in record numbers swept through more U.S. states, including Florida and Texas, as most push ahead with reopening.” For instance, “Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida,...

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Specific Mutation In SARS-CoV-2 May Make The Virus More Resilient And Able To Infect More Cells, Study Suggests

The New York Times (6/12, Carey, Glanz) reported, “For months, scientists have debated why one genetic variation of the coronavirus [SARS-CoV-2] became dominant in many parts of the world.” In a new study, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in...

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Lack Of Data Reportedly Interferes With Assessing Coronavirus’ Impact On African Americans And Other Minorities

Politico (6/14, Barrón-López, Cancryn, King, Tahir) reports, “The coronavirus’ brutal impact on African Americans and other minorities may never be fully known because of consistent gaps in gathering data on race and ethnicity that persist more than four...

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Researchers Say Infants Tend To Have Higher Viral Load From SARS-CoV-2 But Develop Less Severe Disease Compared To Older Children And Adolescents

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/12, van Paridon) reported infants “have higher SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal viral loads at presentation but developed less severe disease compared with older children and adolescents, according to” a letter to the editor publish...

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Researchers Say Wearing A Mask Is The Most Effective Way To Reduce Transmission Of Coronavirus

CNN (6/12, Kane, Kim) reported researchers in California and Texas compared coronavirus “infection rate trends in Italy and New York both before and after face masks were made mandatory,” and concluded that “wearing a mask is the most effective way to sto...

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FDA Approves Drug For Treatment Of Children And Infants With HIV

Reuters (6/12, Singh) reported the FDA approved GlaxoSmithKline’s Tivicay (dolutegravir) and Tivicay PD tablets to treat children and infants with HIV. The agency granted approval of the two tablets “for suspension to treat HIV-1 infection in pediatric pa...

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CDC Issues Guidelines On Reducing Coronavirus Transmission Risk For Events, Gatherings, Resumption Of Daily Activities

The New York Times (6/12, Goodnough) reported that on Friday, the CDC “released a new guidance document, ‘Considerations for Events and Gatherings,’ that defines as ‘highest risk’ large gatherings where it is difficult for people to stay at least six feet...

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New Global Registry Established To Collect Information On Patients With COVID-19-Related Diabetes

Medscape (6/13, Tucker, Subscription Publication) reported “emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 may actually trigger the onset of diabetes in healthy people,” and now “a new global registry has been established to collect data on patients with COVID-...

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Policy Interventions May Have Prevented Or Delayed Up To 62 Million Confirmed Cases Of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Study Indicates

Healio (6/12, Dreisbach) reported public health interventions “have prevented or delayed as many as 62 million confirmed [SARS-CoV-2] infections, which corresponded with the prevention of an estimated 530 million cases in six countries, according to a stu...

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Researchers Say False-Negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Tests Are Less Common Than Previously Observed

Healio (6/10, Dreisbach) reports researchers found “although false-negative results from nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase PCR, or RT-PCR, tests are possible, they occur less often than previously observed.” The findings were published in Cl...

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Texas Reportedly Faces Delayed Coronavirus Testing Results And Waning Demand

The Houston Chronicle (6/11, Blackman) reports coronavirus testing in Texas has been affected by long delays with some people waiting almost a month for results long after the incubation period of the virus has passed. Meanwhile, as the state has worked t...

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Experts Discuss How NGS Of Tumor Tissue And cfDNA Analysis Of Blood Samples Can Identify Potentially Actionable Targets In Patients With Cancer Of Unknown Primary

Medscape (6/11, Davenport, Subscription Publication) reports, “Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of tumor tissue and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis of blood samples are identifying potentially actionable targets in patients with cancer of unknown primary (...

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Number Of Coronavirus Cases In US Tops 2 Million As States Forge Ahead With Reopening

The Wall Street Journal (6/11, Calfas, Subscription Publication) reports that in the US on Thursday, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 2 million, partially driven by surges in states such as Florida, Oregon, Arkansas, Nevada, and South C...

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FDA Warns Healthcare Providers Against Administering Hydroxychloroquine Or Chloroquine In Combination With Remdesivir

Public Health Recommendations Reportedly Under Attack As Coronavirus Cases Rise

New York Governor Warns New York City Residents To Continue Social Distancing Or Else He Will Take Action

Plasma Vapor Hydrogen Peroxide May Be Better Than Chlorine Dioxide For Sterilizing In Order To Preserve Filtration Efficiency Of N95, KN95, Surgical Masks, Study Shows

Accuracy Of Many Coronavirus Tests Reportedly Still Unknown

Some Black Dallas Churches Offer Free Coronavirus Testing

NEK1 Genetic Variants May Raise Risk For Developing ALS, Study Indicates

Parts Of US See Record Increase In Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations

Specific Mutation In SARS-CoV-2 May Make The Virus More Resilient And Able To Infect More Cells, Study Suggests

Lack Of Data Reportedly Interferes With Assessing Coronavirus’ Impact On African Americans And Other Minorities

Researchers Say Infants Tend To Have Higher Viral Load From SARS-CoV-2 But Develop Less Severe Disease Compared To Older Children And Adolescents

Researchers Say Wearing A Mask Is The Most Effective Way To Reduce Transmission Of Coronavirus

FDA Approves Drug For Treatment Of Children And Infants With HIV

CDC Issues Guidelines On Reducing Coronavirus Transmission Risk For Events, Gatherings, Resumption Of Daily Activities

New Global Registry Established To Collect Information On Patients With COVID-19-Related Diabetes

Policy Interventions May Have Prevented Or Delayed Up To 62 Million Confirmed Cases Of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Study Indicates

Researchers Say False-Negative SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Tests Are Less Common Than Previously Observed

Texas Reportedly Faces Delayed Coronavirus Testing Results And Waning Demand

Experts Discuss How NGS Of Tumor Tissue And cfDNA Analysis Of Blood Samples Can Identify Potentially Actionable Targets In Patients With Cancer Of Unknown Primary

Number Of Coronavirus Cases In US Tops 2 Million As States Forge Ahead With Reopening