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First Remdesivir Test For COVID-19 Shows Many Patients Improved

The AP (4/10, Marchione) reported, “More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients improved after receiving” Gilead’s experimental drug remdesivir, “although there’s no way to know the odds of that happening without the drug because there...

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DRC Records Second Ebola Death Following More Than Seven Weeks Without A New Case, WHO Says

Reuters (4/12, Holland, Kambale) reported, “Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than seven weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization” announced on April 12. The country “had been due on Sun...

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Public Health Experts Fear “Wild West” Of Unregulated Antibody Tests

The AP (4/12, Perrone) reports that while COVID-19 blood tests “could play a key role in deciding whether millions of Americans can safely return” to work and school, public health officials “warn that the current ‘Wild West’ of unregulated tests is creat...

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WHO Issues Warning Against Prematurely Lifting Social Distancing Restrictions

Reuters (4/10, Nebehay, Revill) reported World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and voiced alarm it w...

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CDC Recommends Masks, Some Localities Make Them Mandatory

The Washington Post (4/9, Tan) reports that “face masks...are now being mandated in cities and counties across the United States.” The federal government has “reversed its previous position on face coverings, issuing guidance that urges people to wear the...

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For First Time, All 50 States Under Disaster Declaration

The Hill (4/12, Coleman) reports that “all 50 states are under a major disaster declaration for the first time in U.S. history, after President Trump approved Wyoming’s declaration Saturday.” The Hill says that “within 22 days, Trump declared a major emer...

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Private Insurers Required To Provide Free COVID-19 Antibody Tests

Politico (4/11, Ravindranath) reported that the Administration said “it will require health insurers to provide free antibody tests that could provide better insight into the scale of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak.” Congress has “required that all America...

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Federal Government Wants States To Take Over Testing Sites

Politico (4/9, Lim) reports, “The federal government wants states to consider taking control of drive-through coronavirus testing sites, currently run by HHS and FEMA, that have tested more than 77,000 people to date.” However, an HHS spokesperson said th...

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Expanding Daily Oral PrEP To Persons At High Risk Of HIV May Accelerate Reductions In New HIV Diagnoses In The US, Researchers Say

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/9, Masoud) reports, “Expanding daily oral antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to persons at high risk for HIV may accelerate the reductions in new HIV diagnoses in the” US, researchers concluded after examining “da...

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Scientists Investigating Why Most States Report More Coronavirus Cases In Women, But More Deaths In Men

The Hill (4/9, Wilson) reports scientists are still trying to explain why coronavirus appears to infect more women, but kill more men. While “most states have confirmed hundreds if not thousands more cases in women than in men, with a few notable exceptio...

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South Korea Reports More Cases Of Patients Testing Positive For Coronavirus Again After Recovery

The Hill (4/9, Bowden) reports South Korea’s CDC announced that dozens of patients have tested positive for coronavirus a second time suggesting that people can fall ill from the virus again after recovering. Jeong Eun-kyeong, the director-general of the...

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Some Healthcare Workers Who Have Spoken Out About Safety Concerns During Coronavirus Pandemic Have Been Fired Or Retaliated Against In Other Ways

The New York Times (4/9, Scheiber, Rosenthal) reports some physicians and nurses who have spoken out about safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic have been disciplined or even fired from their jobs. During the pandemic, “workers as varied as groc...

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NIAID Director Says Death Toll From Coronavirus May Be Closer To 60,000 Due To Social Distancing

USA Today (4/9, Keemahill, Mansfield, Pulver, Wu, Zhang) reports NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci “said Thursday the death toll from the coronavirus could be closer to 60,000 Americans, assuming full social distancing, rather than the previously projected...

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White House Says Hospitals Must Agree Not To Send “Surprise” Medical Bills To Patients Treated For COVID-19

The AP (4/9, Alonso) reports, “Hospitals taking money from the $2 trillion stimulus bill will have to agree not to send ‘surprise’ medical bills to patients treated for COVID-19, the White House said Thursday.” The piece explains that “the prohibition on...

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Experts Say Healthcare Workers Who Are Unable To Get Tested For Coronavirus May Infect Others

Reuters (4/8, Borter) interviewed some physicians and nurses and concluded that “more than a month after the pandemic hit the United States...persistent test shortages mean that health workers are treating patients while experiencing mild symptoms that co...

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Researchers Examine Relationship Between Genetic Testing Results And Treatment In Patients With Breast Cancer

Healio (4/8, Southall) reports researchers found in a population-based cohort study that “women with breast cancer who tested positive for certain genetic mutations appeared more likely to receive distinct treatments.” The study’s authors “pooled data fro...

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Vaginal Bacteria May Predict Premature Birth Risk, Research Indicates

HealthDay (4/8, Preidt) reports that “the makeup of bacteria in an expectant mother’s vagina may help identify which women are most at risk of giving birth prematurely, a new study suggests.” Moreover, “pregnant women who deliver early are more likely to...

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Incidence Of HCC May Be Reduced In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 4 With Liver Cirrhosis And Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis Who Achieve Sustained Virologic Response After DAA Treatment, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/8, Schad) reports researchers found in a prospective observational cohort study that “the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is reduced in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 with liver cirrhosis and advance...

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Two-Thirds Of Rural Counties Have Confirmed At Least One Coronavirus Case

The New York Times (4/8, Healy, Tavernise, Gebeloff, Cai) reports, “More than two-thirds of rural counties have confirmed at least one case” of coronavirus as a wave of new cases spreads “deep into rural corners of the country where people once hoped thei...

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HBV-Related Cirrhosis May Progress To HCC Even In Patients Receiving Long-Term Therapy, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/8, Schad) reports researchers found in a retrospective study that “patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhosis have the potential to progress to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) even under long-term nucleos(t)ide an...

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First Remdesivir Test For COVID-19 Shows Many Patients Improved

DRC Records Second Ebola Death Following More Than Seven Weeks Without A New Case, WHO Says

Public Health Experts Fear “Wild West” Of Unregulated Antibody Tests

WHO Issues Warning Against Prematurely Lifting Social Distancing Restrictions

CDC Recommends Masks, Some Localities Make Them Mandatory

For First Time, All 50 States Under Disaster Declaration

Private Insurers Required To Provide Free COVID-19 Antibody Tests

Federal Government Wants States To Take Over Testing Sites

Expanding Daily Oral PrEP To Persons At High Risk Of HIV May Accelerate Reductions In New HIV Diagnoses In The US, Researchers Say

Scientists Investigating Why Most States Report More Coronavirus Cases In Women, But More Deaths In Men

South Korea Reports More Cases Of Patients Testing Positive For Coronavirus Again After Recovery

Some Healthcare Workers Who Have Spoken Out About Safety Concerns During Coronavirus Pandemic Have Been Fired Or Retaliated Against In Other Ways

NIAID Director Says Death Toll From Coronavirus May Be Closer To 60,000 Due To Social Distancing

White House Says Hospitals Must Agree Not To Send “Surprise” Medical Bills To Patients Treated For COVID-19

Experts Say Healthcare Workers Who Are Unable To Get Tested For Coronavirus May Infect Others

Researchers Examine Relationship Between Genetic Testing Results And Treatment In Patients With Breast Cancer

Vaginal Bacteria May Predict Premature Birth Risk, Research Indicates

Incidence Of HCC May Be Reduced In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 4 With Liver Cirrhosis And Advanced Hepatic Fibrosis Who Achieve Sustained Virologic Response After DAA Treatment, Study Indicates

Two-Thirds Of Rural Counties Have Confirmed At Least One Coronavirus Case

HBV-Related Cirrhosis May Progress To HCC Even In Patients Receiving Long-Term Therapy, Study Indicates