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WHO, Partners Suspend Polio Eradication Campaign For Six Months Due To Risks Posed By Coronavirus Pandemic

The AP (4/2) reports the WHO and its partners announced a six-month suspension of their polio eradication campaign that aims to eradicate polio worldwide. The group said the campaign should be suspended to avoid putting frontline workers and communities a...

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Coronavirus Is Currently Third-Leading Cause Of Death In The US, Analysis Suggests

The Hill (4/1, Deese) reports coronavirus is currently the third leading cause of death in the US, according to an analysis of CDC data conducted by Dr. Maria Danilychev of San Diego. The article says that deaths from coronavirus have surpassed those from...

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High Blood Levels Of RNA Produced By PHGDH Gene May Serve As Biomarker For Early Detection Of Alzheimer’s, Study Indicates

Health IT Analytics (4/1, Kent) reports, “High blood levels of RNA produced by the PHGDH gene, which is critical for brain development and function, could serve as a biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease,” researchers concluded after develo...

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Blood Test For Tumor-Associated HPV-DNA Appears To Have High Accuracy For Predicting Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer At High Risk For Recurrence After Treatment, Study Indicates

MedPage Today (4/1, Bankhead) reports researchers found in a prospective study that “a blood test for tumor-associated human papillomavirus (HPV)-DNA had near-perfect accuracy for identifying oropharyngeal cancer patients at high risk of recurrence after...

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BRCA Testing Rates Have Increased In Ovarian Cancer, Although Researchers Find The Rates To Still Be Suboptimal

Cancer Therapy Advisor (4/1, Moench) reports that “results of a retrospective analysis of real-world clinical data from patients with ovarian cancer showed a temporal trend for increased rates of BRCA testing in the setting of ovarian cancer, although BRC...

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Influenza Activity Rising In US Following Steady Decline

Medscape (4/1, Brown, Subscription Publication) reports “influenza cases confirmed in clinical laboratories fell from 14.9% to 6.9%, but visits to healthcare providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) have risen from 5.6% to 6.4%, according to a March 27...

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Some Patients With Coronavirus Develop “Cytokine Storms” Caused By The Immune System Continuing To React After The Threat Of The Virus Has Passed

The New York Times (4/1, Mandavilli) reports that some patients infected with coronavirus develop “cytokine storms,” which are caused by the immune system overreacting to a new pathogen. The article says that cytokine storms occur in patients with coronav...

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Studies Suggest Certain ART Regimens May Decrease BMD In Adolescents, Older Adults Living With HIV

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/1, Masoud) reports “particular antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens may decrease bone mass density (BMD) in both adolescents living with HIV and older people living with HIV (PWHIV), according to multiple study results prese...

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Hydroxychloroquine Appears To Help People With Coronavirus Recover Faster In Small Study

The New York Times (4/1, Grady) says “hydroxychloroquine helped to speed the recovery of a small number of patients who were mildly ill from the coronavirus,” according to a report from Chinese physicians published in medRxiv. The article says that “cough...

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Researchers Say Rate Of Americans Contracting C. Difficile In Hospitals Fell From 2011 To 2017

STAT (4/1, Sheridan) reports researchers found that “the rate of Americans contracting potentially fatal Clostridium difficile bacterial infections in hospitals fell” around 24% “between 2011 and 2017.” The findings were published in the New England Journ...

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Researchers Develop Blood Test That Can Reportedly Detect More Than 50 Types Of Cancer With 99.3% Specificity

Healio (3/31, Leiser) reports researchers developed “a novel blood test” that “accurately detected more than 50 types of cancer with a specificity of 99.3%,” according to a study published in the Annals of Oncology. The article says that the test “also pr...

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FDA Authorizes Emergency Use Of Two-Minute Coronavirus Test

Reuters (3/31, Mishra) reports the FDA “has authorized the emergency use of Bodysphere Inc’s test that can detect the coronavirus in nearly two minutes.” The company “said it was working with the federal and state governments to deliver the test to the fr...

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US Death Toll From Coronavirus Pandemic Passes 3,700

The Washington Post (3/31, Zapotosky, Bellware, Dupree) reports, “The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic eclipsed 3,700 Tuesday...setting another dark milestone in a crisis that officials say will intensify in coming weeks.” State and federal o...

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Focused Prevention And Treatment Of Noncommunicable Diseases May Reduce Burden Of Multimorbidity In PLWHIV Who Have Mood Disorders And Multimorbidity, Research Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/31, Masoud) reports that research indicates “focused prevention and treatment of noncommunicable diseases may reduce the burden of multimorbidity in people living with HIV (PLWHIV) who have mood disorders and multimorbidity,...

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QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Comparable To Other Interferon Gamma Release Assays For Predicting TB In Adults With Recent Contacts, Research Indicates

Pulmonology Advisor (3/31, Moeller) reports that research indicated “QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus was comparable to other interferon gamma release assays for predicting tuberculosis (TB) in adults with recent contacts.” The findings were published in the Anna...

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Patients With New-Onset Digestive Symptoms Following Possible Coronavirus Exposure Should Be Suspected For The Illness, Research Indicates

Healio (3/31) reports “patients who develop new-onset digestive symptoms, like diarrhea, after a possible exposure to” coronavirus “should be suspected for the illness, according to research published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.” The stud...

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Hospitals Threatening To Fire Healthcare Workers For Publicizing Working Conditions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Bloomberg (3/31, Carville, Court, and Brown) reports, “Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic – and have in some cases followed through.” One emergency room physician in...

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US Records Over 3,000 Coronavirus Deaths As Large Cities Face Shortages Of Hospital Beds

USA Today (3/30, Schnell) reports, “The U.S. hit another grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic Monday, recording its 3,000 death as the nation’s most populated cities put out cries for aid and extra hospital beds.” In Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York,...

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WHO Says If Most Coronavirus Tests Are Positive, Then More Testing Needs To Be Done

NPR (3/30, Huang) reports Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, said more testing needs to be done in places where most coronavirus tests come back positive, “If 80-90% of the people test positive, you are probably miss...

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Novel Coronavirus Death Rate May Be Lower Than Previously Thought, But Still More Deadly Than Flu, Study Suggests

CNN (3/30, Azad) reports fewer people “die after being infected with the novel coronavirus” than previously estimated, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, “but still more than die from the flu.” The research “estimated that a...

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WHO, Partners Suspend Polio Eradication Campaign For Six Months Due To Risks Posed By Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus Is Currently Third-Leading Cause Of Death In The US, Analysis Suggests

High Blood Levels Of RNA Produced By PHGDH Gene May Serve As Biomarker For Early Detection Of Alzheimer’s, Study Indicates

Blood Test For Tumor-Associated HPV-DNA Appears To Have High Accuracy For Predicting Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer At High Risk For Recurrence After Treatment, Study Indicates

BRCA Testing Rates Have Increased In Ovarian Cancer, Although Researchers Find The Rates To Still Be Suboptimal

Influenza Activity Rising In US Following Steady Decline

Some Patients With Coronavirus Develop “Cytokine Storms” Caused By The Immune System Continuing To React After The Threat Of The Virus Has Passed

Studies Suggest Certain ART Regimens May Decrease BMD In Adolescents, Older Adults Living With HIV

Hydroxychloroquine Appears To Help People With Coronavirus Recover Faster In Small Study

Researchers Say Rate Of Americans Contracting C. Difficile In Hospitals Fell From 2011 To 2017

Researchers Develop Blood Test That Can Reportedly Detect More Than 50 Types Of Cancer With 99.3% Specificity

FDA Authorizes Emergency Use Of Two-Minute Coronavirus Test

US Death Toll From Coronavirus Pandemic Passes 3,700

Focused Prevention And Treatment Of Noncommunicable Diseases May Reduce Burden Of Multimorbidity In PLWHIV Who Have Mood Disorders And Multimorbidity, Research Indicates

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Comparable To Other Interferon Gamma Release Assays For Predicting TB In Adults With Recent Contacts, Research Indicates

Patients With New-Onset Digestive Symptoms Following Possible Coronavirus Exposure Should Be Suspected For The Illness, Research Indicates

Hospitals Threatening To Fire Healthcare Workers For Publicizing Working Conditions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

US Records Over 3,000 Coronavirus Deaths As Large Cities Face Shortages Of Hospital Beds

WHO Says If Most Coronavirus Tests Are Positive, Then More Testing Needs To Be Done

Novel Coronavirus Death Rate May Be Lower Than Previously Thought, But Still More Deadly Than Flu, Study Suggests