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HHS Secretary Issues Letter To States Outlining Transition After COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

CNN (2/9, Howard) reports plans are moving forward at HHS “to prepare for the end of the nation’s Covid-19 public health emergency declaration in May.” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Thursday “sent a letter and fact sheet to state governors detailing wha...

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FEMA To End All COVID-19 Disaster Declaration Incident Periods May 11

Reuters (2/9, Aboulenein) reports that on Thursday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “said...it will close all COVID-19 disaster declaration incident periods on May 11 when the U.S. government ends two major pandemic-related emergency declar...

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“Customers Like You Also Ordered …”: Clinical Decision Support for Laboratory Test Underordering

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Pourbiax Diagrams as an Aid to Understanding the Impact of Acid/Base Disturbance on Blood Glucose Point-of-Care Testing

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The EPIDEM Model of Quality Improvement: A Q&A with Yaolin Zhou, MD

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Early Treatment With Single Dose Of Pegylated Interferon Lambda Reduces Risk For Hospitalization In Highly Vaccinated Population Of Outpatients With COVID-19, Trial Finds

USA Today (2/8, Weintraub) reports, “An experimental COVID-19 antiviral appears to be effective at preventing hospitalizations without some of the downsides of other treatments,” according to a trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine. This...

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End Of Pandemic Public Health Emergency Declarations Will Impact COVID-19 Testing, Care Access

HealthDay (2/8, Thompson) reports the US’ “public health emergency declarations related to the pandemic will end on May 11,” and last year Congress “voted to allow states to end the expanded Medicaid benefits provided during the pandemic.” Consequently, t...

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Study Suggests No New Coronavirus Variants Emerged From China’s Recent Outbreak

NBC News (2/8, Jett) reports, “Analysis of Covid-19 cases in Beijing suggests that no new variants emerged from China’s recent outbreak, according to a study” published in The Lancet. This study “found that of 413 sampled infections in Beijing, all belong...

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Rhinoviruses, Enteroviruses Accounted For Nearly Three-Quarters Of Viral Detections Among Children During Pandemic, Researchers Say

Healio (2/8, Weldon) says, “Rhinoviruses and enteroviruses accounted for nearly three-quarters of viral detections among children during the COVID-19 pandemic and persisted amid declines in other viruses, researchers reported” in a study that “assessed pr...

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Risk To Humans From H5N1 Influenza Spread Remains Low But Must Be Monitored, WHO Says

Reuters (2/8, Rigby, Tétrault-Farber) reports, “The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza...needs to be monitored, but the risk to humans remains low, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.” The virus “has spread among poultry and wild bird...

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House Votes To End COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement For Foreign Air Travelers

Reuters (2/8, Shepardson) reports that on Wednesday, the House of Representatives “voted to end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place.” Meanwhile,...

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Respiratory Viruses Not A Serious Concern For Most People In US, Survey Indicates

CNN (2/7, McPhillips) reports, “Respiratory viruses – including the flu, RSV and the virus that causes Covid-19 – are not a serious concern for most of the US public, even though they’re still affecting many, according to new survey data from the Kaiser F...

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Researchers To Study Jamaican Fruit Bats In Effort To Predict Next Global Pandemic

Kaiser Health News (2/7, Robbins) reports, “More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic.” Researchers “believe pressur...

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UN Report Highlights Impact Of Environmental Factors On Rising Antimicrobial Resistance

The Wall Street Journal (2/7, Mosbergen, Subscription Publication) says reducing the spread of drug-resistant pathogens will require changes to how food is grown and how diseases are treated, the United Nations said in a report issued Tuesday, warning of...

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Experts Warn Threat From Fungal Pathogens Is Increasing

CNN (2/7, Christensen) reports “the threat from fungal pathogens is increasing, experts say, and may grow much worse in a warmer, wetter and sicker world.” Of the roughly four million “diverse fungal species, scientists have identified only 300 as human p...

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Efforts To Control Antimicrobial Resistance Vary Significantly Between Countries, Systematic Review Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (2/7, Barowski) reports “efforts to control antimicrobial resistance (AMR) were found to significantly vary between countries, according to” a systematic review of “the national action plans of 114 countries on efforts to contro...

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Excess Mortality Substantially Lower Among Physicians Vs General Population During COVID-19 Pandemic, Researchers Say

MedPage Today (2/6, Henderson) reports, “Physicians had substantially lower excess mortality compared with the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found.” Among “physicians, there were 43...excess deaths per 100,000 person-years,...

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HPV Vaccine Effective Against Anorectal HPV Among MSM When Administered At Younger Ages, Before Sexual Activity, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (2/6, Barowski) reports, “The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine effectively protects against anorectal HPV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) when administered at younger ages or shortly following sexual debut,” ac...

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C. Difficile Colonization Tied To Increased Risk Of CDI Development Among Patients In The ICU, Study Finds

Healio (2/6, Stulpin) reports “patients in the ICU with Clostridioides difficile colonization, histories of inflammatory bowel disease and longer ICU stays had an increased risk for developing C. difficile infection, according to” a “retrospective observa...

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Death Toll From Meningitis Outbreak In Mexico Rises To 35

Reuters (2/6, Pulice) reports that on Monday, “state officials in northern Mexico...reported another death caused by a mysterious meningitis outbreak, bringing the total number of victims linked to the disease to 35.” Reuters adds, “To date, health author...

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HHS Secretary Issues Letter To States Outlining Transition After COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

FEMA To End All COVID-19 Disaster Declaration Incident Periods May 11

“Customers Like You Also Ordered …”: Clinical Decision Support for Laboratory Test Underordering

Pourbiax Diagrams as an Aid to Understanding the Impact of Acid/Base Disturbance on Blood Glucose Point-of-Care Testing

The EPIDEM Model of Quality Improvement: A Q&A with Yaolin Zhou, MD

Early Treatment With Single Dose Of Pegylated Interferon Lambda Reduces Risk For Hospitalization In Highly Vaccinated Population Of Outpatients With COVID-19, Trial Finds

End Of Pandemic Public Health Emergency Declarations Will Impact COVID-19 Testing, Care Access

Study Suggests No New Coronavirus Variants Emerged From China’s Recent Outbreak

Rhinoviruses, Enteroviruses Accounted For Nearly Three-Quarters Of Viral Detections Among Children During Pandemic, Researchers Say

Risk To Humans From H5N1 Influenza Spread Remains Low But Must Be Monitored, WHO Says

House Votes To End COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement For Foreign Air Travelers

Respiratory Viruses Not A Serious Concern For Most People In US, Survey Indicates

Researchers To Study Jamaican Fruit Bats In Effort To Predict Next Global Pandemic

UN Report Highlights Impact Of Environmental Factors On Rising Antimicrobial Resistance

Experts Warn Threat From Fungal Pathogens Is Increasing

Efforts To Control Antimicrobial Resistance Vary Significantly Between Countries, Systematic Review Indicates

Excess Mortality Substantially Lower Among Physicians Vs General Population During COVID-19 Pandemic, Researchers Say

HPV Vaccine Effective Against Anorectal HPV Among MSM When Administered At Younger Ages, Before Sexual Activity, Study Indicates

C. Difficile Colonization Tied To Increased Risk Of CDI Development Among Patients In The ICU, Study Finds

Death Toll From Meningitis Outbreak In Mexico Rises To 35