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All 50 States Reopening As HHS Announces Funding For Testing

CIDRAP (5/19) reports that “as the end of May approaches, all 50 states will have begun the process of partially reopening their economies in the wake of 4-, 6-, 8-, or 10-week stay-at-home orders that mandated non-essential workers, schools, retail, and...

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FDA To Partner With New York Firm To Collect “Real-World Evidence” On COVID-19

STAT (5/19, Herper) reports that the FDA “said Tuesday that it will launch a new research project focused on real-world evidence – data collected by insurance companies, in electronic health records, and in other places in medicine – to learn more about C...

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Contact Tracing Efforts Hobbled By Obstacles At Federal Level

NBC News (5/19) reports that “as public health officials point to contact tracing as a key component for tracking the spread of the coronavirus and preventing a flare-up of cases amid the wave of reopenings, some agencies are wrestling with a lack of nece...

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CDC Plans Nationwide Coronavirus Antibody Study To Track Virus’ Spread

Reuters (5/18, Brown) reports the CDC “plans a nationwide study of up to 325,000 people to track how the new coronavirus is spreading across the country into next year and beyond, a CDC spokeswoman and researchers conducting the effort told Reuters.” The...

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Texas Is Not Testing Everyone In State-Run Homes For People With Disabilities, State Says

The Texas Tribune (5/18, Sparber) reports, “Last week, Texas announced it would be testing every resident and staff member in nursing homes, which have emerged as hot spots for the new coronavirus.” However, “state-run homes for people with disabilities a...

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Britain Expands Testing, Making Eligible Anyone Over Age Five With COVID-19 Symptoms

Reuters (5/18, James) reports, “Britain expanded its testing scheme on Monday to allow anyone aged over five with COVID-19 symptoms to book a test to see if they have the virus, health minister Matt Hancock announced.” The health minister “also said the g...

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Studies Identify Prolonged COVID-19 Virus Shedding In China

CIDRAP (5/18) reports that “patients with COVID-19 outside of Wuhan, China, shed the virus for a median of 17 days, according to a retrospective cohort study published yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.” Also,” a study in the s...

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WHO Director Says Only About 20 Percent Of Population Has Coronavirus Antibodies, Even In Hardest-Hit Areas

Newsweek (5/18, Impelli) reports, “World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that even in the hardest-hit areas, only about 20 percent of the population has coronavirus antibodies.” The WHO issued a warning on...

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Approximately 75% Of California’s COVID-19 Infections, Deaths Are In Southern California

The Wall Street Journal (5/18, Carlton, Caldwell, Subscription Publication) reports that Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area have about 25 percent of the state’s residents, but have reported only 16% of the state’s COVID-19 cases, and 14 percent of...

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Texas Sees Surge In Coronavirus Cases In Northern Panhandle As State Proceeds With Reopening Plans

NPR (5/18, Horn) reports that “Texas is moving forward with further reopening plans Monday, even as confirmed cases of the coronavirus have surged in the state’s northern panhandle over the past few days.” For instance, “Amarillo alone reported more than...

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Data Shows Coronavirus Deadliest In New York City’s Poorest Neighborhoods

Reuters (5/18, Caspani, Allen) reports that “some New York City neighborhoods have seen death rates from the novel coronavirus nearly 15 times higher than others, according to data released by New York City’s health department on Monday, showing the dispr...

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Mislabeled Coronavirus Supplies From Federal Government Delay Use In Two States

The Hill (5/18, Bowden) reports, “Officials in two states have complained that they received mislabeled and incorrectly-packaged shipments of medical supplies from the federal government that have delayed the distribution of badly-needed equipment amid th...

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Lawmakers Concerned About Incomplete Racial Data On COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

The Hill (5/18, Hellmann) reports that “nearly three months after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the U.S., 10 states and five territories have not released racial and ethnic data on coronavirus deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project and...

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Trump Threatens To Cut WHO Funding Permanently

NBC News (5/19) reports that President Trump has “threatened to make the U.S. funding freeze to the World Health Organization permanent.” Trump “also laid out allegations of ‘missteps’ in the way the agency responded to the coronavirus in a letter he said...

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World Health Assembly Opens Amid Pandemic Tensions, Calls For WHO Probe

CIDRAP (5/18) reported that “calls for investigations into the World Health Organization (WHO) role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and a probe into the source of the virus in China dominated the opening of the World Health Assembly (WHA) [Monday],...

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Moderna Announces Encouraging Results For Coronavirus Vaccine

The AP (5/18, Marchione) reports that drugmaker Moderna announced today that “an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers....

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As More Tests Become Available, Many States Reportedly Struggling To Get More People Tested For Coronavirus

The Washington Post (5/17, A1, Thompson, Eilperin, Dennis) reports that as more coronavirus tests become available, many states are facing a new problem: “too few people lining up to get tested.” The Washington Post adds, “Experts say several factors may...

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Coronavirus Test That Can Provide Initial Results In About Three Hours And Process More Than 1,000 Tests In 24 Hours

Reuters (5/15, Roy) reported the FDA granted emergency use authorization to Hologic’s coronavirus test, which “can provide initial results in about three hours and process more than 1,000 tests in 24 hours.” Hologic “said it has started distribution of th...

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FDA Suspends At-Home Coronavirus Testing Program Backed By The Gates Foundation

Reuters (5/16, Ponnezhath, Heavey) reported the FDA suspended the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN), an at-home coronavirus testing program with backing from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but SCAN says it’s working with the federal go...

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SARS-CoV-2 Genome Testing May Help With Contact Tracing

GenomeWeb (5/15, Rizk) reported, “The large majority of SARS-CoV-2 tests have been PCR-based and work well to give a yes-or-no answer on whether a person is infected. However, they can’t really go much further into genetic and epidemiological analyses nee...

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All 50 States Reopening As HHS Announces Funding For Testing

FDA To Partner With New York Firm To Collect “Real-World Evidence” On COVID-19

Contact Tracing Efforts Hobbled By Obstacles At Federal Level

CDC Plans Nationwide Coronavirus Antibody Study To Track Virus’ Spread

Texas Is Not Testing Everyone In State-Run Homes For People With Disabilities, State Says

Britain Expands Testing, Making Eligible Anyone Over Age Five With COVID-19 Symptoms

Studies Identify Prolonged COVID-19 Virus Shedding In China

WHO Director Says Only About 20 Percent Of Population Has Coronavirus Antibodies, Even In Hardest-Hit Areas

Approximately 75% Of California’s COVID-19 Infections, Deaths Are In Southern California

Texas Sees Surge In Coronavirus Cases In Northern Panhandle As State Proceeds With Reopening Plans

Data Shows Coronavirus Deadliest In New York City’s Poorest Neighborhoods

Mislabeled Coronavirus Supplies From Federal Government Delay Use In Two States

Lawmakers Concerned About Incomplete Racial Data On COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

Trump Threatens To Cut WHO Funding Permanently

World Health Assembly Opens Amid Pandemic Tensions, Calls For WHO Probe

Moderna Announces Encouraging Results For Coronavirus Vaccine

As More Tests Become Available, Many States Reportedly Struggling To Get More People Tested For Coronavirus

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Coronavirus Test That Can Provide Initial Results In About Three Hours And Process More Than 1,000 Tests In 24 Hours

FDA Suspends At-Home Coronavirus Testing Program Backed By The Gates Foundation

SARS-CoV-2 Genome Testing May Help With Contact Tracing