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Researchers Say Coronavirus Outbreak May Have Started As Early As September Somewhere Other Than Wuhan

Newsweek (4/17, Osborne) reported research published in PNAS suggests “the coronavirus outbreak could have started as early as mid-September, and the Chinese city of Wuhan may not be where it began.” Newsweek explained how a genetic analysis of different...

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Scientists Researching How Much Immunity Coronavirus Survivors Have To Reinfection

The Wall Street Journal (4/19, Hotz, Subscription Publication) reports scientists are working to understand how much resistance coronavirus survivors have to reinfection and how long that potential immunity lasts. CNN (4/17, Hancocks, Seo, Hollingsworth)...

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Hackers Targeting Healthcare Facilities During Pandemic

The Hill (4/19, Miller, Beavers) reports that “as hospitals face a surge in patients and critical equipment shortages stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, they are increasingly becoming the target of hackers who see health care facilities as easy prey....

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Many Americans Concerned Stay-At-Home Orders Will Be Lifted Too Soon, Poll Suggests

The Wall Street Journal (4/19, Lucey, Subscription Publication) reports many Americans are concerned that stay-at-home orders will be lifted too soon, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. The Hill (4/19, Coleman) reports 58 percent of res...

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Millions Of Americans Who Have Lost Their Jobs Have Also Lost Their Health Insurance

The Washington Post (4/18, Goldstein) reported that just as millions of people in the US have lost their jobs amid the pandemic, many of them have also lost their health insurance. The Washington Post said “in a nation where most health coverage is hinged...

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Around One-Fifth Of Patients Who Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Also Test Positive For Other Pathogens, Research Suggests

MedPage Today (4/16, Walker) reports researchers found that “20.7% of respiratory specimens positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, were also positive for one or more additional pathogens.” The findings were published in a research letter...

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Abbott’s Rapid Coronavirus Test Can Produce False Negatives When Following Company’s Initial Guidance, Experts Say

STAT (4/16, Herper) reports Abbott Laboratories’ rapid coronavirus test that “has already been used hundreds of thousands of times can falsely produce negative results in patients who are infected, according to clinicians and laboratory experts.” STAT say...

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New York Officials Call For Wider Coronavirus Testing

Kaiser Health News (4/16, Andrews) reports that while New York leads the US in coronavirus testing, the state is still behind in meeting demand. As cases increased, New York City officials called for only testing the sickest people and encouraging others...

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Researchers Develop Blood Test To Detect Pancreatic Cancer Earlier And Help Inform Treatment

HealthDay (4/16, Preidt) reports researchers at the University of Pennsylvania developed a blood test they say can detect pancreatic cancer in its early stages and help identify the best treatment, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Researc...

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Levels Of Plasma Creatinine May Be Biomarker To Monitor ALS Progression, Researchers Say

ALS News Today (4/16, Martins) reports, “Levels of plasma creatinine – a metabolic product of healthy muscle – are significantly associated with the functional status of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, and can help predict their survival,” r...

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Report Indicates COVID-19 Patients In Clinical Trial Recover Quickly After Getting Remdesivir

CNN (4/16, Fox) reports COVID-19 patients “who are getting an experimental drug called remdesivir have been recovering quickly, with most going home in days, STAT News reported Thursday after it obtained a video of a conversation about the trial.” The pat...

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Early Research Suggests Asthma Is Not Common Among People Who Have Died From COVID-19

The New York Times (4/16, Hakim) reports that while there has been concern that people with asthma might be at higher risk for developing COVID-19 if infected with coronavirus, research suggests that may not be the case. New York state officials say asthm...

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NIH Says Researchers Have Confirmed There Are Ways To Decontaminate N95 Masks So They Can Be Reused

The New York Times (4/16, Gorman) reports the NIH announced that “researchers have confirmed that there are several effective methods for decontaminating the N95 masks worn by health professionals so that they can be used more than once.” The NIH publiciz...

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Some Public Health Officials Say Thousands More Investigators Are Needed Before Stay-At-Home Orders Are Lifted

The AP (4/16, Johnson, Stobbe) reports public health officials say that if stay-at-home orders are going to be lifted, thousands more investigators will be needed “to call people who test positive, track down their contacts and get them into quarantine.”...

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President Trump Says Governors Will Be “Calling The Shots” On When To Reopen

The Washington Post (4/16, Dawsey, Sonmez) reports “the White House released new guidance late Thursday afternoon for states to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the decisions up to governors to make on a statewide or county-by-county level.”...

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Health Officials Warn Coronavirus Task Force That Reopening Economy Will Require Massive Testing

USA Today (4/15, Stein, Murphy) reports federal health officials “warned leaders on the White House’s coronavirus task force this week that reopening the nation will require a massive capacity to test, track and treat people for the ongoing threat of the...

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CMS Says Medicare Will Pay Almost Twice As Much For High-Throughput Coronavirus Tests As Conventional Tests

Modern Healthcare (4/15, Brady, Subscription Publication) reports the CMS announced “Medicare will pay almost twice as much for high-throughput” coronavirus “tests compared with conventional testing methods” in “hopes that higher reimbursements for new te...

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Senate Democrats Release $30B Proposal To Increase Coronavirus Testing

The Hill (4/15, Carney) reports Senate Democrats released a proposal that aims “to ramp up nationwide coronavirus testing, which public health officials have said will be key to lifting social distancing measures.” The proposal “would provide $30 billion...

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Federal Health Officials Face Increased Pressure To Track Coronavirus Infections, Deaths In Nursing Homes

The AP (4/15, Choi, Mustian) reports that “federal health officials are coming under increasing pressure to start publicly tracking coronavirus infections and deaths in nursing homes amid criticism they have not been transparent enough in responding to an...

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FDA Gives Emergency-Use Authorization To Two More Coronavirus Antibody Tests

CNN (4/15, Azad, Griffin) reports the FDA “issued emergency-use authorizations Wednesday for two new coronavirus antibody tests.” CNN says that antibody “tests can detect past infections after people have recovered. But it’s still not clear whether having...

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Researchers Say Coronavirus Outbreak May Have Started As Early As September Somewhere Other Than Wuhan

Scientists Researching How Much Immunity Coronavirus Survivors Have To Reinfection

Hackers Targeting Healthcare Facilities During Pandemic

Many Americans Concerned Stay-At-Home Orders Will Be Lifted Too Soon, Poll Suggests

Millions Of Americans Who Have Lost Their Jobs Have Also Lost Their Health Insurance

Around One-Fifth Of Patients Who Test Positive For SARS-CoV-2 Also Test Positive For Other Pathogens, Research Suggests

Abbott’s Rapid Coronavirus Test Can Produce False Negatives When Following Company’s Initial Guidance, Experts Say

New York Officials Call For Wider Coronavirus Testing

Researchers Develop Blood Test To Detect Pancreatic Cancer Earlier And Help Inform Treatment

Levels Of Plasma Creatinine May Be Biomarker To Monitor ALS Progression, Researchers Say

Report Indicates COVID-19 Patients In Clinical Trial Recover Quickly After Getting Remdesivir

Early Research Suggests Asthma Is Not Common Among People Who Have Died From COVID-19

NIH Says Researchers Have Confirmed There Are Ways To Decontaminate N95 Masks So They Can Be Reused

Some Public Health Officials Say Thousands More Investigators Are Needed Before Stay-At-Home Orders Are Lifted

President Trump Says Governors Will Be “Calling The Shots” On When To Reopen

Health Officials Warn Coronavirus Task Force That Reopening Economy Will Require Massive Testing

CMS Says Medicare Will Pay Almost Twice As Much For High-Throughput Coronavirus Tests As Conventional Tests

Senate Democrats Release $30B Proposal To Increase Coronavirus Testing

Federal Health Officials Face Increased Pressure To Track Coronavirus Infections, Deaths In Nursing Homes

FDA Gives Emergency-Use Authorization To Two More Coronavirus Antibody Tests