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Fine Particulate Matter Pollution Tied To Mortality In Pediatric, Adolescent, And Young Adult Patients With Certain Cancers, Study Indicates

Cancer Network (5/15, Slater) reported researchers “found that fine particulate matter pollution was associated with mortality in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with specific cancers.” Cancer Network lists the types of cancer identified b...

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Rare IL-33 Gene Splice Variant May Play Role In Early Onset Asthma, Study Indicates

MD Magazine (5/17) reported researchers “have proposed” that rs146597587, “a rare splice variant in the interleukin-33 (IL-33) gene, may be protective against the development of early onset asthma.” In a study that “included 20,479 patients with asthma, a...

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Higher Serum Uric Acid Levels May Be Related To A Faster Cognitive Decline, Researchers Say

Neurology Advisor (5/15, Akirov) reported, “Higher serum uric acid levels are related to a faster cognitive decline, while the association with dementia is inconclusive,” researchers concluded in a study that “included 11,169 subjects free of dementia and...

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Researchers Say Testosterone Levels Falling Among Adolescent And Young Adult Men In The US

Renal & Urology News (5/17, Charnow) reports researchers found in separate studies that “testosterone levels are decreasing among adolescent and young adult (AYA) men in the United States, but” men with obesity and “with higher-than-recommended levels of...

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Newborn In Canada Likely Contracted Coronavirus Before Birth, Physicians Report

HealthDay (5/15, Mundell) reported that “a Canadian newborn is a ‘probable’ case of infection with the new coronavirus while still in the womb,” physicians report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. According to HealthDay, “the mother’s active ca...

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Two Cases Of Endocarditis As Result Of Brucella Reported In People Who Inject Drugs

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/15, Masoud) reported researchers reported “two cases of endocarditis as a result of Brucella...in people who inject drugs without zoonotic exposure.” The first case involved a “24-year-old woman” with “a history of injection...

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Juul E-Cigarette Products May Be Contaminated With Microbial Toxins, Research Suggests

Healio (5/15, Foster) reported investigators have “found that Juul e-cigarette products, particularly tobacco- and menthol-flavored vaping liquids, may be contaminated with microbial toxins, according to” findings “that were to be presented at the America...

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FDA Issues Alert Warning Common Coronavirus Test Could Give False Results

NBC News (5/15, Dunn) reports the FDA “issued an alert Thursday warning that a common COVID-19 diagnostic test could be giving inaccurate results.” President Trump recently “touted Abbott Labs’ ID NOW point-of-care test, which is used by hospitals across...

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Scientists Say Testing Sewage Holds Promise For Monitoring Outbreaks Of Diseases Including Coronavirus

Reuters (5/14, Kelland) reports scientists say testing sewage for pathogens, including coronavirus, could help countries around the world monitor outbreaks of diseases and respond appropriately. Reuters highlights several efforts around the world to use s...

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Texas Pays $45 Million For 300,000 Coronavirus Tests

The Austin (TX) American Statesman (5/14, Price, Subscription Publication) reports the state of Texas “is paying $45 million for 300,000 oral-swab tests – or $150 per test, according to a purchase order obtained by the American-Statesman through an open r...

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New York City Mayor Says Anyone With Symptoms Can Be Tested For Coronavirus

POLITICO New York (5/14, Durkin) reports New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that any city resident with symptoms can now be tested for coronavirus. POLITICO adds, “The new rules come after weeks where the city refused to test patients unless the...

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Wuhan Starts Massive Testing Campaign Of Roughly Eleven Million People

Reuters (5/14, Goh) reports “residents in Wuhan braved pouring rain in queues of more than an hour to take part in a government-led exercise to test the city’s 11 million people for the novel coronavirus, a scale health experts describe as unprecedented.”...

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European Governments Scramble To Purchase Antibody Tests

Reuters (5/14, Miller) reports, “As Europe gingerly eases its coronavirus lockdowns, many governments are scrambling to buy antibody tests to find out how many of their citizens were infected, in the hope that will help them craft strategies to avoid a se...

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Italy To Test Representative Sample To Understand COVID-19 Extent

Reuters (5/14, Amante) reports “Italy will start testing a representative sample of 150,000 people in 2,000 cities next week to understand the extent of its COVID-19 epidemic, the head of the government’s scientific committee told parliament on Thursday.”...

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Coronavirus Cases Are Decreasing Or Holding Steady In Most States, But Still Increasing In Others, Data Indicates

CNN (5/14, Yan, Karimi) reports coronavirus cases are generally decreasing in 24 states, “holding steady” in 17, and increasing in 9, “according to an analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.” However, as more states ease restrictions, “it will tak...

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CDC Issues Guidance On How To Recognize And Report Cases Of Inflammatory Syndrome In Children Possibly Tied To Coronavirus

Reuters (5/14, Chander) reports the US CDC “issued guidance to doctors on how to recognize and report cases of a rare, life-threatening syndrome in children associated with the new coronavirus.” The agency’s guidance “follows several reports of the syndro...

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Research Suggests Healthcare Workers Should Be Screened For More Symptoms Of Coronavirus To Avoid Missing Cases

Healio (5/14, Dreisbach) reports researchers found “screening only for cough, shortness of breath, fever or sore throat may have missed 17% of symptomatic health care personnel” with coronavirus. The findings were published in JAMA.

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Researchers Examine Anti-Vaccine Messages On Facebook

CIDRAP (5/14, Schnirring) reports a study (5/13, Johnson) published in Nature suggests “Facebook groups that fuel mistrust of health guidance, such as those that air anti-vaccine views, have gained the upper hand over groups with reliable information from...

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President Trump Announces Plan To Reconfigure National Stockpile

The Washington Post (5/14, Goldstein) reports President Trump announced “a plan to reconfigure the government’s chronically undersupplied stockpile of emergency gear to help combat the coronavirus pandemic, accelerating manufacturing and broadening the ar...

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Although Coronavirus Tests Are Often Advertised As Free, People May Be Asked To Pay For Certain Costs

The Texas Tribune (5/13, Najmabadi) reports that tests for coronavirus “are often advertised as free,” and “Congress directed most insurance companies to cover test costs for insured patients in March and has promised to reimburse providers for testing th...

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Fine Particulate Matter Pollution Tied To Mortality In Pediatric, Adolescent, And Young Adult Patients With Certain Cancers, Study Indicates

Rare IL-33 Gene Splice Variant May Play Role In Early Onset Asthma, Study Indicates

Higher Serum Uric Acid Levels May Be Related To A Faster Cognitive Decline, Researchers Say

Researchers Say Testosterone Levels Falling Among Adolescent And Young Adult Men In The US

Newborn In Canada Likely Contracted Coronavirus Before Birth, Physicians Report

Two Cases Of Endocarditis As Result Of Brucella Reported In People Who Inject Drugs

Juul E-Cigarette Products May Be Contaminated With Microbial Toxins, Research Suggests

FDA Issues Alert Warning Common Coronavirus Test Could Give False Results

Scientists Say Testing Sewage Holds Promise For Monitoring Outbreaks Of Diseases Including Coronavirus

Texas Pays $45 Million For 300,000 Coronavirus Tests

New York City Mayor Says Anyone With Symptoms Can Be Tested For Coronavirus

Wuhan Starts Massive Testing Campaign Of Roughly Eleven Million People

European Governments Scramble To Purchase Antibody Tests

Italy To Test Representative Sample To Understand COVID-19 Extent

Coronavirus Cases Are Decreasing Or Holding Steady In Most States, But Still Increasing In Others, Data Indicates

CDC Issues Guidance On How To Recognize And Report Cases Of Inflammatory Syndrome In Children Possibly Tied To Coronavirus

Research Suggests Healthcare Workers Should Be Screened For More Symptoms Of Coronavirus To Avoid Missing Cases

Researchers Examine Anti-Vaccine Messages On Facebook

President Trump Announces Plan To Reconfigure National Stockpile

Although Coronavirus Tests Are Often Advertised As Free, People May Be Asked To Pay For Certain Costs