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Some Companies, Laboratories Working To Develop Blood Test For Coronavirus Immunity

Reuters (3/25, Terhune, Martell, Steenhuysen) reports several companies and laboratories are working to develop a blood test that can determine who has immunity to the coronavirus, “a potential game changer in the battle to contain infections and get the...

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Increased Blood Glucose Levels May Be Tied To Increased Risk For NAFLD, Research Suggests

Endocrinology Advisor (3/25, Akirov) reports, “Increased blood glucose levels, even within the nondiabetic range, are associated with increased risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and lower likelihood of resolution of existing NAFLD,” resear...

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Urine Of E-Cigarette Users May Contain Carcinogen Biomarkers, Including Many Linked To Bladder Cancer, Study Shows

Cancer Network (3/25, Slater) reports “biomarkers of carcinogens, including several with a strong link to bladder cancer, were found to be present in the urine of e-cigarette users, according to a study published in European Urology Oncology.” The study f...

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Researchers Identify Genetic Patterns Tied To Lower Survival Rate In Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Cancer Network (3/25, Fowler) reports “researchers found a new test that could help doctors pick out patients with multiple myeloma whose cancers have high-risk genetic features to determine they are at ‘ultra high risk’ of early and aggressive cancer pro...

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In People Living With HIV, OUD Treated With Buprenorphine May Be Linked To Beneficial Effects In Viral Load, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/25, van Paridon) reports “buprenorphine treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) among people living with HIV demonstrated beneficial effects in terms of viral load, according to results of a study presented at the virtual Co...

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For Patients With HIV, Dried Blood Spot Viral Load May Be More Accurate, Useful Than Plasma Viral Load, Research Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/25) reports “dried blood spot viral load may be more accurate and useful than plasma viral load for patients with HIV in settings with limited resources, according to study results presented at the virtual Conference on Retro...

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Pilot Study Suggests Hydroxychloroquine Offers No Additional Benefit To Patients With COVID-19 Receiving Standard Care

Newsweek (3/25, McCall) reports researchers found in a pilot study with 30 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 that “hydroxychloroquine offers no additional benefit to coronavirus patients already being treated with current methods, including bed rest and an...

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Some US Healthcare Workers Reportedly Concerned Hospitals Could Become Coronavirus Hot Spots

Politico (3/25, Roubein, Luthi) reports some physicians and nurses are “worried they will become the spreaders of the coronavirus rather than the healers, as hospitals themselves become a hot spot for the pandemic.” In an open call “for hospital workers t...

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Cross-Generational Bipolar Disorder Transmission Appears To Be Caused Largely By Genes, Research Suggests

Healio (3/24, Gramigna) reports, “Cross-generational bipolar disorder transmission appeared to be caused largely by genes, with rearing effects having a modest role,” investigators concluded after obtaining and analyzing “data from Swedish national sample...

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In Utero Exposure To Magnetic Field Nonionizing Radiation May Increase Risk For AD/HD, Study Indicates

HealthDay (3/24, Reinberg) reports, “Pregnant women exposed to high levels of radiation from cellphones, microwaves and Wi-Fi,” that is, magnetic field (MF) nonionizing radiation, “may be increasing their baby’s risk for” attention-deficit/hyperactivity d...

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Experts Discuss Importance Of Testing In Coronavirus Response

NPR (3/24, Brumfiel) reports on the importance of testing for addressing coronavirus quoting several public health officials and experts. For example, Emily Gurley, associate scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said, “Everyon...

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Combination Of Dolutegravir And Lamivudine May Be Noninferior To Triple-Drug Combination In People With HIV-1 Who Are ART-Naive, Research Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/24, Das) reports researchers found in a primary analysis of the GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2 trials that at 48 weeks, the combination of dolutegravir (DTG) and lamivudine “was shown to be noninferior to the 3-drug regimen of DTG + t...

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Transmission Of DAA Resistance-Associated Substitutions May Inhibit HCV Cure Rates In MSM Living With HIV And HCV, Research Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (3/24, Das) reports researchers found that among MSM living with HIV who were recently diagnosed with “acquired HCV genotype 1a infection” that “the transmission of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) resistance-associated substitutio...

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Canadian Scientists To Launch Study That Will Test Whether Colchicine Can Prevent People With COVID-19 From Dying Of Lung Complications

Newsweek (3/24, Gander) reports scientists at the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada are seeking to recruit 6,000 patients with COVID-19 for the COLCORONA study to test whether colchicine can “prevent people from dying of lung complications.” The article...

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Scientists Say Coronavirus Has Low Mutation Rate Aiding Efforts To Create Long-Lasting Vaccine

The Washington Post (3/24, Achenbach) reports scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory found that “the coronavirus is not mutating significantly as it circulates through the human population.” As a result, “the virus is less l...

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FDA To Allow Physicians To Use Plasma Donated By Coronavirus Survivors To Treat Critically Ill Patients

NBC News (3/24, Hixenbaugh) reports, “The Food and Drug Administration will allow doctors across the country to begin using plasma donated by coronavirus survivors to treat patients who are critically ill with the virus, under new emergency protocols appr...

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Gallup Poll Says More Americans Are Practicing Social Distancing This Week Compared To Last Week

The Hill (3/24, Coleman) reports that the number of US adults practicing social distancing increased from 54% last week to 72% this week, according to a Gallup poll. The article says that “the biggest change from last week is the number of people who are...

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Scientists Looking To Decipher Coronavirus Test Result Patterns Finding Huge Disparities Among Ways States Administer, Report Information

The Washington Post (3/23, Mufson, Tran, Dennis) reports, “Epidemiologists and other leading scientists seeking to decipher test result patterns and slow the advance of the coronavirus are stumbling over the huge disparities among the ways states administ...

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WHO Director-General Says “Pandemic Is Accelerating” With More Than 350,000 Cases Worldwide

The Hill (3/23, Wilson) reports on Monday, the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “The pandemic is accelerating” with more than 350,000 cases in the world. Tedros called for countries to cooperate, “We need to attack the virus with aggr...

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Two Malaria Drugs Touted By President Trump As Potential Treatment For Coronavirus Reportedly In Short Supply Now

The Washington Post (3/23, Rowland) reports the US “has all but exhausted its supplies of two anti-malarial drugs [hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine] that are being used by some [physicians] in the U.S. and China to treat coronavirus, but which lack defi...

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Some Companies, Laboratories Working To Develop Blood Test For Coronavirus Immunity

Increased Blood Glucose Levels May Be Tied To Increased Risk For NAFLD, Research Suggests

Urine Of E-Cigarette Users May Contain Carcinogen Biomarkers, Including Many Linked To Bladder Cancer, Study Shows

Researchers Identify Genetic Patterns Tied To Lower Survival Rate In Patients With Multiple Myeloma

In People Living With HIV, OUD Treated With Buprenorphine May Be Linked To Beneficial Effects In Viral Load, Study Suggests

For Patients With HIV, Dried Blood Spot Viral Load May Be More Accurate, Useful Than Plasma Viral Load, Research Suggests

Pilot Study Suggests Hydroxychloroquine Offers No Additional Benefit To Patients With COVID-19 Receiving Standard Care

Some US Healthcare Workers Reportedly Concerned Hospitals Could Become Coronavirus Hot Spots

Cross-Generational Bipolar Disorder Transmission Appears To Be Caused Largely By Genes, Research Suggests

In Utero Exposure To Magnetic Field Nonionizing Radiation May Increase Risk For AD/HD, Study Indicates

Experts Discuss Importance Of Testing In Coronavirus Response

Combination Of Dolutegravir And Lamivudine May Be Noninferior To Triple-Drug Combination In People With HIV-1 Who Are ART-Naive, Research Suggests

Transmission Of DAA Resistance-Associated Substitutions May Inhibit HCV Cure Rates In MSM Living With HIV And HCV, Research Suggests

Canadian Scientists To Launch Study That Will Test Whether Colchicine Can Prevent People With COVID-19 From Dying Of Lung Complications

Scientists Say Coronavirus Has Low Mutation Rate Aiding Efforts To Create Long-Lasting Vaccine

FDA To Allow Physicians To Use Plasma Donated By Coronavirus Survivors To Treat Critically Ill Patients

Gallup Poll Says More Americans Are Practicing Social Distancing This Week Compared To Last Week

Scientists Looking To Decipher Coronavirus Test Result Patterns Finding Huge Disparities Among Ways States Administer, Report Information

WHO Director-General Says “Pandemic Is Accelerating” With More Than 350,000 Cases Worldwide

Two Malaria Drugs Touted By President Trump As Potential Treatment For Coronavirus Reportedly In Short Supply Now