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Study Indicates Coronavirus Test Used By White House Could Miss Almost Half Of Infections

The New York Times (5/13, Thomas) reports a rapid coronavirus test “used by the White House to screen its staff could miss infections up to 48 percent of the time, according to a study by researchers at N.Y.U. Langone Health.” The study, “which has not ye...

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Plasma Levels Of Cytokines IP-10 And MCP-3 Tied To Severity And Progression Of COVID-19, Study Suggests

Pulmonology Advisor (5/13, Jacobs) reports researchers found that in patients with COVID-19, “plasma levels of the cytokines IP-10 and MCP-3 were highly associated with disease severity and progression.” The findings were published in the Journal of Aller...

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Researchers Say Organized Outreach Program That Mailed Fecal Immunochemical Tests Directly To Patients Improved Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

Healio (5/13, Young) reports research from Digestive Disease Week suggests that “an organized outreach program that mailed fecal immunochemical tests [FIT] directly to patients helped improved colorectal cancer screening rates over multiple years.” The re...

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Studies Suggest Novel Coronavirus Can Infect Organs Throughout The Body

CNN (5/13, Fox) reports the new coronavirus “can infect organs throughout the body, including lungs, throat, heart, liver, brain, kidneys and the intestines, researchers reported Wednesday.” Two separate reports “suggest the virus goes far beyond the lung...

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Study Provides Strongest Evidence Yet That New Inflammatory Condition In Children Probably Linked To Coronavirus

The New York Times (5/13, Belluck) reports that as concerns “mount over children with a serious and potentially deadly inflammatory condition, a new study sheds light on the illness’s distinctive characteristics and provides the strongest evidence yet tha...

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Droplets From Talking Can Be Enough To Spread Coronavirus, Research Suggests

USA Today (5/13, Flores) reports research suggests “the droplets from simply talking can be enough to spread the coronavirus.” Investigators, “by using lasers...found that one minute of talking loudly can produce more than 1,000 virus-containing droplets...

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From Genital Tract, HIV RNA May Be Shed Due To Proliferation Of Infected Cells With Virion Production, Research Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/13, van Paridon) reports, “In people with HIV and plasma HIV RNA below the limit-of-quantification, discordant shedding of HIV RNA and DNA sequences from the genital tract was inferred to be from the proliferation of infected...

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Some Hospital Workers Report They Have Not Been Notified Of Exposures To Co-Workers, Patients With COVID-19

Kaiser Health News (5/13, Gold, Hawryluk) reports that “from cafeteria staff to doctors and nurses, hospital workers around the country report frustrating failures by management to notify them when they have been exposed to co-workers or patients known to...

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HHS Testing Czar Brett Giroir Says US Will Be Able To Conduct 40 Million To 50 Million Tests Monthly By September

Politico (5/12, Lim) reports “HHS testing czar” Brett Giroir told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday, “We project that our nation will be capable of performing at least 40 to 50 million tests per month if needed” by Septemb...

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Some Airports, Airlines Testing People For Coronavirus To Make People Feel Safer Flying, But Experts Raise Concerns

ABC News (5/12, Dukakis, Siegel) reports, “While in the U.S. airlines institute a patchwork of measures like mandatory masks and temperature screenings in attempts to safeguard their passengers and crew, virus testing is already being conducted for a smal...

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Texas To Begin Testing All Nursing Home Residents, Staff For Coronavirus

The Houston Chronicle (5/11, Foxhall) reports Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday “said Texas will begin testing all nursing home residents and staff for the new coronavirus, following public pleas and a directive from the White House to boost surveillan...

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Medical Center Encourages Pregnant Women To Get Tested For COVID-19 As They Are Admitted For Delivery

The Springfield (MA) Republican (5/12) reports that one medical center in Massachusetts “is urging mothers-to-be being admitted for delivery to be tested for COVID-19.” The center “is testing all patients being admitted for coronavirus, as it is now estab...

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Drinking, Smoking At Any Level While Pregnant Can Negatively Impact Newborn’s Brain Development, Research Suggests

CNN (5/12, Rogers) reports new research suggests that drinking any amount of alcohol or smoking tobacco products at any frequency “while pregnant – from low to high, and even if [women] quit early – influenced the brain development of the mothers’ newborn...

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Trial May Have Identified Biomarkers For Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Who Respond Well To Ipilimumab

Healio (5/12, Byrne) reports on a phase 2 trial in which “researchers identified common biomarkers among men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who responded favorably to the CTLA-4 inhibitor ipilimumab.” Lead author Sumit K. Subudhi, MD...

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Cytokine Interleukin 17 May Be Treatment Target For Patients With Lung Cancer Who Are Also Infected With SARS-CoV-2, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/12, Bennett) reports researchers concluded that “the cytokine interleukin 17 (IL-17) may be a possible therapeutic target worth investigating for patients with lung cancer who are simultaneously infected with SARS-CoV-2.” The...

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Adults With Candidemia And Persistently Negative (1,3)-β-D-Glucan Tests May Have Better Prognosis Than Comparative Groups, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/12, van Paridon) reports researchers found that “adults with candidemia and persistently negative (1,3)-β-D-glucan tests present with a better prognosis than comparative groups.” The findings were published in Clinical Infect...

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First FDA-Approved Coronavirus Antigen Test Reportedly “Less Accurate Than The Current Gold Standard”

The AP (5/11, Perrone) reports the first FDA-approved coronavirus antigen test “is not quite the kind sought by top government health officials,” because “it is less accurate than the current gold standard for testing and can only be run on specialized eq...

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FDA Authorizes Emergency Use Of Abbott’s Coronavirus Antibody Test On Another Diagnostic Platform

Reuters (5/11, Mishra) reports the FDA “authorized the emergency use of Abbott Laboratories’ coronavirus test for detecting antibodies using another of its diagnostic platforms, which will allow the company to ship nearly 30 million tests this month.” The...

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C4 Gene That Puts People At Risk For Schizophrenia May Be Highly Protective Against Lupus And Sjögren’s Disease, Study Suggests

STAT (5/11, Keshevan) reports that lupus “affects women nine times more often than it does men,” while “schizophrenia tends to be far more severe in males.” Now, investigators have found that the C4 gene that puts “people at risk for schizophrenia is high...

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Coronavirus Death Toll In US Surpasses 80,000

CIDRAP (5/11, Soucheray) reports the US coronavirus death toll “surpassed 80,000 today, according to a tracker maintained by The New York Times,” and nearly “1,346,800 cases have been confirmed.” The toll “has already surpassed the most optimistic epidemi...

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Study Indicates Coronavirus Test Used By White House Could Miss Almost Half Of Infections

Plasma Levels Of Cytokines IP-10 And MCP-3 Tied To Severity And Progression Of COVID-19, Study Suggests

Researchers Say Organized Outreach Program That Mailed Fecal Immunochemical Tests Directly To Patients Improved Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

Studies Suggest Novel Coronavirus Can Infect Organs Throughout The Body

Study Provides Strongest Evidence Yet That New Inflammatory Condition In Children Probably Linked To Coronavirus

Droplets From Talking Can Be Enough To Spread Coronavirus, Research Suggests

From Genital Tract, HIV RNA May Be Shed Due To Proliferation Of Infected Cells With Virion Production, Research Suggests

Some Hospital Workers Report They Have Not Been Notified Of Exposures To Co-Workers, Patients With COVID-19

HHS Testing Czar Brett Giroir Says US Will Be Able To Conduct 40 Million To 50 Million Tests Monthly By September

Some Airports, Airlines Testing People For Coronavirus To Make People Feel Safer Flying, But Experts Raise Concerns

Texas To Begin Testing All Nursing Home Residents, Staff For Coronavirus

Medical Center Encourages Pregnant Women To Get Tested For COVID-19 As They Are Admitted For Delivery

Drinking, Smoking At Any Level While Pregnant Can Negatively Impact Newborn’s Brain Development, Research Suggests

Trial May Have Identified Biomarkers For Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Who Respond Well To Ipilimumab

Cytokine Interleukin 17 May Be Treatment Target For Patients With Lung Cancer Who Are Also Infected With SARS-CoV-2, Study Suggests

Adults With Candidemia And Persistently Negative (1,3)-β-D-Glucan Tests May Have Better Prognosis Than Comparative Groups, Study Indicates

First FDA-Approved Coronavirus Antigen Test Reportedly “Less Accurate Than The Current Gold Standard”

FDA Authorizes Emergency Use Of Abbott’s Coronavirus Antibody Test On Another Diagnostic Platform

C4 Gene That Puts People At Risk For Schizophrenia May Be Highly Protective Against Lupus And Sjögren’s Disease, Study Suggests

Coronavirus Death Toll In US Surpasses 80,000