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Scientists Investigate Whether People Can Develop Immunity To SARS-CoV-2

STAT (6/11, Joseph) reports scientists are trying to understand whether people can develop immunity to SARS-CoV-2. While experts think the virus probably renders some kind of immunity, “they still don’t know what potpourri of antibodies, cells, and other...

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Researchers Test At Least A Dozen Drugs As They Seek To Calm Coronavirus’ “Cytokine Storm”

The New York Times (6/11, Mandavilli) reports that “at least a dozen candidate drugs to treat the coronavirus rely on” the premise of calming the “cytokine storm” – an “overwhelming immune response that causes their bodies to turn on itself.” One promisin...

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Experts Say People Need To Get Flu Shots This Year To Stop The Spread Of Flu And To Reduce The Chance Of Hospitals Being Overwhelmed During A Potential Second Wave Of Coronavirus Cases

The Hill (6/11, Hellmann) reports physicians, pharmacists, and public health officials “who have struggled for decades to convince Americans to get the flu shot are warning it is now more important than ever to get vaccinated as the U.S. faces a potential...

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Cohort PCR Testing: A Strategic Method for Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Screening

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COVID-19 and the Lessons We Learned from Previous Pandemics

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Lack Of Unified National Strategy For Coronavirus Testing Is Hampering Plans To Reopen Country, Experts Say

The Washington Post (6/10, Weiner, Helderman) reports, “Faced with conflicting advice from experts in the field, states are using different [coronavirus] tests that vary in reliability and have adopted a variety of policies about who else should get teste...

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Reliability Of Coronavirus Antibody Tests Affected By Test Quality, Disease Prevalence

The Wall Street Journal (6/10, Abbott, Wang, Roland, Subscription Publication) reports the reliability of coronavirus antibody tests is dependent on test quality and disease prevalence within communities, according to experts, leading some physicians and...

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New York Relaxes Requirements On Coronavirus Testing For Nursing Home Staff From Twice-Per-Week To Weekly

The AP (6/10, Villeneuve) reports, “New York is now allowing nursing homes in some parts of the state to test staff for COVID-19 only once a week, down from a sweeping twice-a-week mandate that began last month.” New York State Health Commissioner Howard...

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Experts Recommend That All Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Consider Testing For Germline Mutations

MedPage Today (6/10, Bankhead) reports, “All men with metastatic prostate cancer should consider testing for germline mutations, as should men with a family history of cancer suggesting hereditary cancer predisposition,” according to recommendations from...

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Prevalence Of Baseline sUA Levels Appears To Be High In Patients With HFpEF, Study Indicates

Cardiology Advisor (6/10, May) reports, “The prevalence of elevated baseline serum uric acid (sUA) levels was found to be high in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and to be associated with a greater number of comorbidi...

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Study Examines Effects Of Exercise On Thousands Of Substances In Our Blood

The New York Times (6/10, Reynolds) reports, “When we exercise, the levels of thousands of substances in our bloodstream rise and drop, according to an eye-opening new study of the immediate, interior impacts of working out.” The study “is the most compre...

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Researchers Say The Microbiome Can Affect How People Metabolize Some Drugs

STAT (6/10, Ortolano) reports variations in people’s microbiomes can affect “how well they metabolize medicines, and could explain why some patients respond better to some drugs.” Researchers “examined the impact of the microbiome on more than 500 medicin...

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Scientists Use Human Embryonic Stem Cells To Create Embyro-Like Model To Help Study Human Development

Reuters (6/10, Kelland) reports, “Scientists have used human embryonic stem cells to create an embryo-like research model to help them study some of the earliest stages of human development.” Reuters adds, “The model overcomes some of the ethical restrict...

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Researchers Investigate Impact Of COVID-19 On People With HIV

STAT (6/10, McFarling) reports researchers are investigating whether people living with HIV are at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19. Physicians and patients alike are concerned what the effect would be if someone were infected with HIV and...

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FDA Looks To Quickly Review Treatments, Tests For COVID-19, Commissioner Says

Reuters (6/10, Beasley) reports the FDA “is seeking to review treatments and tests for COVID-19 ‘as fast as we can’ for emergency clearance, with the priority on those using high-level science, the agency’s commissioner said on Wednesday.” The agency “aim...

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COVID-19 Mobility Data Network Aims To Use Aggregated Movement Data To Assess The Efficacy Of Different Public Health Policies During The Pandemic

STAT (6/10, Brodwin) reports the COVID-19 Mobility Data Network, a group of public health researchers and data scientists at multiple institutions, “is using aggregated movement data from Facebook and other companies to assess potential pitfalls of public...

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House Members Push FDA To Quickly Review Quality Of Coronavirus Antibody Tests

Bloomberg Law (6/9, Lee, Ruoff, Subscription Publication) reports members of the House are pushing the FDA to quickly review “the quality of almost 200 antibody tests on the market that are designed to show if someone has already been exposed to” SARS-CoV...

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Researchers Identify Genes That May Predispose African-Americans To Breast Cancer

Cancer Network (6/9, Slater) reports researchers “identified genes that predispose the African American population to breast cancer,” according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study’s results demonstrate “the vali...

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Coronavirus-Related Hospitalizations Have Been Increasing In At Least Nine States Since Memorial Day

The Washington Post (6/9, Pell, Buckner, Dupree) reports that “more than a dozen states and Puerto Rico are recording their highest averages of new” coronavirus “cases since the pandemic began,” and “hospitalizations in at least nine states have been on t...

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Two Studies Indicate That Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Is Different From Kawasaki Disease And Toxic Shock Syndrome

CIDRAP (6/9, Van Beusekom) reports two new studies published in JAMA indicate “that the pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 [PIMS-TS] is novel and different from Kawasaki disease (KD) and toxic shock syndrome (TSS).” In one stud...

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Scientists Investigate Whether People Can Develop Immunity To SARS-CoV-2

Researchers Test At Least A Dozen Drugs As They Seek To Calm Coronavirus’ “Cytokine Storm”

Experts Say People Need To Get Flu Shots This Year To Stop The Spread Of Flu And To Reduce The Chance Of Hospitals Being Overwhelmed During A Potential Second Wave Of Coronavirus Cases

Cohort PCR Testing: A Strategic Method for Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Screening

COVID-19 and the Lessons We Learned from Previous Pandemics

Lack Of Unified National Strategy For Coronavirus Testing Is Hampering Plans To Reopen Country, Experts Say

Reliability Of Coronavirus Antibody Tests Affected By Test Quality, Disease Prevalence

New York Relaxes Requirements On Coronavirus Testing For Nursing Home Staff From Twice-Per-Week To Weekly

Experts Recommend That All Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer Consider Testing For Germline Mutations

Prevalence Of Baseline sUA Levels Appears To Be High In Patients With HFpEF, Study Indicates

Study Examines Effects Of Exercise On Thousands Of Substances In Our Blood

Researchers Say The Microbiome Can Affect How People Metabolize Some Drugs

Scientists Use Human Embryonic Stem Cells To Create Embyro-Like Model To Help Study Human Development

Researchers Investigate Impact Of COVID-19 On People With HIV

FDA Looks To Quickly Review Treatments, Tests For COVID-19, Commissioner Says

COVID-19 Mobility Data Network Aims To Use Aggregated Movement Data To Assess The Efficacy Of Different Public Health Policies During The Pandemic

House Members Push FDA To Quickly Review Quality Of Coronavirus Antibody Tests

Researchers Identify Genes That May Predispose African-Americans To Breast Cancer

Coronavirus-Related Hospitalizations Have Been Increasing In At Least Nine States Since Memorial Day

Two Studies Indicate That Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Is Different From Kawasaki Disease And Toxic Shock Syndrome