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Amarillo Mayor: New Testing Will Help Track Coronavirus

NPR (5/20, Bowman) reports that “over the weekend, Texas saw its highest single-day number of confirmed COVID-19 cases – more than 1,800 – since the start of the outbreak.” NPR says “over 700 of those positive cases were recorded in Amarillo, a spike that...

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Fort Bend County, Texas Will Test For Coronavirus In Nursing Homes

In a video report, USA Today (5/20) reports that “a newly formed medical strike team in Fort Bend County, Texas will provide coronavirus testing to nursing homes.” Fort Bend County’s “various fire departments and paramedic services will do the testing at...

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New York City Offers Coronavirus Testing At Nursing Homes

POLITICO New York (5/20) reports that “New York City will offer free coronavirus tests for all city nursing homes, and will provide staff to fill in for workers who test positive, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday.” Politico says “the city plans to make...

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Study Describes Prototype Vaccine That Protects Monkeys From Coronavirus

The New York Times (5/20, Zimmer) reports that “a prototype vaccine has protected monkeys from the coronavirus, researchers reported on Wednesday, a finding that offers new hope for effective human vaccines.” According to a study published in Science, Dr....

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CDC: Coronavirus “Does Not Spread Easily” Via Touching Surfaces, Objects

USA Today (5/20, Flores) reports recently updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines say that the novel coronavirus “does not spread easily” by touching contaminated surfaces or objects, by animal-to-human contact, or vice versa. Howeve...

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Scientists Taking Different Approaches To Developing Coronavirus Vaccine

The New York Times (5/20, Corum, Sheikh, Zimmer) reports that “scientists are developing more than 100 coronavirus vaccines using a range of techniques, some of which are well-established and some of which have never been approved for medical use before.”...

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Limited Lockdown Initiated In Some Parts Of China Due To Recent Coronavirus Outbreak

The Wall Street Journal (5/20, Areddy, Subscription Publication) reports an outbreak in the Chinese areas of Jilin and Shulan has resulted in approximately 40 new coronavirus infections in recent weeks, prompting officials to initiate a limited lockdown i...

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WHO Announces Highest Number Of Reported Coronavirus Infections In One Day

Reuters (5/20, Nebehay, Farge, Neghaiwi) reports “the World Health Organization expressed concern on Wednesday about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries, even as many rich nations have begun emerging from lockdown.” The WHO “said...

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Model Suggests Second Wave Of Coronavirus In Southern Parts Of US

The Washington Post (5/20, Achenbach, Weiner, Brulliard, Stanley-Becker) reports that “Dallas, Houston, Southeast Florida’s Gold Coast, the entire state of Alabama and several other places in the South that have been rapidly reopening their economies are...

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US Health Officials Release Additional Guidance On Reopening

The AP (5/20, Stobbe) reports “U.S. health officials have quietly released more reopening guidance that was created more than a month ago but initially shelved.” Similar to “other recently released guidance, religious organizations were not included.” Rat...

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Administration Holding CDC Guidance On Reopening Churches

The Washington Post (5/20, Sun, Dawsey, Boorstein) reports Administration officials say that “a battle between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House” has federal guidance for reopening houses of worship amid the coronavirus pa...

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ACOs Seek Information From CMS On Future Of Payment Models

Modern Healthcare (5/20, Castellucci, Subscription Publication) reports that “the National Association of ACOs sent a letter this week to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation seeking more information on the future of the direct contracting and...

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Lab Test Volumes Recovering As Providers Reopen

Modern Healthcare (5/19, Bonislawski, Subscription Publication) reports that “even as clinical laboratories have struggled to ramp up COVID-19 test capacity, routine and other testing has fallen off dramatically, leading to recent volume declines of 50% o...

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Researchers Develop Saliva Test For Detecting Select HPV Oral Cancer

Medscape (5/19, Subscription Publication) reports that “a saliva test for detecting oropharyngeal cancer caused by human papillomavirus-16 (HPV-16) has scored a world first: it detected such a cancer in an asymptomatic adult.” Researchers suggest in a cas...

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Patients Testing Positive For COVID-19 A Second Time May Not Be Contagious, Research Indicates

The Hill (5/19, Weixel) reports that “researchers in Korea found evidence that patients who test positive for COVID-19 a second time aren’t capable of infecting others, and may have neutralizing antibodies that protect them from getting sick again.” The s...

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Experts Say Increase In Postmortem COVID-19 Testing May Uncover More About Virus’ Spread, True Number Of Deaths

Kaiser Health News (5/19, Andrews) reports that “as the crusade to test for the coronavirus and trace cases continues, medical examiners and coroners play a vital – if often unsung – role” in that “these ‘last responders’ are typically called on to invest...

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Study: COVID-19 Patients Receive Antimicrobials Despite Low Rate Of Bacterial Coinfections

Healio (5/19) reports that “patients with coronavirus-related respiratory infections are often prescribed broad-spectrum empirical antimicrobials despite scarce evidence for bacterial or fungal co-infections, according to a review in Clinical Infectious D...

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El Paso Schools To Offer COVID-19 Testing

The El Paso (TX) Times (5/19) reports that “the El Paso Independent School District will offer COVID-19 testing to its students and employees beginning Friday at Burnet Elementary School.” The Times says “the EPISD board of trustees unanimously approved a...

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Studying Sewage Could Give Early Warning Of Coronavirus Pandemic Reemergence

USA Today (5/19, Pulver, Network) reports that “in hundreds of cities across the USA, scientists hope monitoring systems will provide an early warning if coronavirus infections reemerge as communities in some states cautiously reopen.” Over the past month...

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CDC Director: US Ready To Reopen, With Thousands Of Contact Tracers

The Hill (5/19, Samuels) reports that CDC Director Robert Redfield “said Tuesday that he believes the U.S. is ready to begin reopening, even as he acknowledged the need to invest further in the nation’s public health infrastructure and expand contact trac...

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Amarillo Mayor: New Testing Will Help Track Coronavirus

Fort Bend County, Texas Will Test For Coronavirus In Nursing Homes

New York City Offers Coronavirus Testing At Nursing Homes

Study Describes Prototype Vaccine That Protects Monkeys From Coronavirus

CDC: Coronavirus “Does Not Spread Easily” Via Touching Surfaces, Objects

Scientists Taking Different Approaches To Developing Coronavirus Vaccine

Limited Lockdown Initiated In Some Parts Of China Due To Recent Coronavirus Outbreak

WHO Announces Highest Number Of Reported Coronavirus Infections In One Day

Model Suggests Second Wave Of Coronavirus In Southern Parts Of US

US Health Officials Release Additional Guidance On Reopening

Administration Holding CDC Guidance On Reopening Churches

ACOs Seek Information From CMS On Future Of Payment Models

Lab Test Volumes Recovering As Providers Reopen

Researchers Develop Saliva Test For Detecting Select HPV Oral Cancer

Patients Testing Positive For COVID-19 A Second Time May Not Be Contagious, Research Indicates

Experts Say Increase In Postmortem COVID-19 Testing May Uncover More About Virus’ Spread, True Number Of Deaths

Study: COVID-19 Patients Receive Antimicrobials Despite Low Rate Of Bacterial Coinfections

El Paso Schools To Offer COVID-19 Testing

Studying Sewage Could Give Early Warning Of Coronavirus Pandemic Reemergence

CDC Director: US Ready To Reopen, With Thousands Of Contact Tracers