Briefings Archive
Period:
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Monoclonal antibody does not reduce SARS-COV-2 viral load in humans
- Hospitalizations for non-covid-19 conditions in New York confirmed lower this Spring
- Can aspirin improve inpatient mortality for patients with covid-19?
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- Universities and coronavirus testing. An update from the ivory towers
- Lingering questions about a vaccine rollout
- New CDC travel safety recommendations. Masks on before "wheels up!"
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Another hope dashed? Tocilizumab not as promising as hoped in a new trial
- Who would and who would not get a covid-19 vaccine in the United States?
- Repurposed antiviral drugs unable to lower covid-19 mortality, interim WHO study finds
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- The CDC releases "interim considerations" for school-based coronavirus testing
- FDA seeks to reclaim trust
- What's in a name? All about Emergency Use Authorizations
- FDA issues EUA for first multiplexed diagnostic test
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Excess Deaths in the United States among the worst when compared to similar nations
- Monoclonal antibody trial halted for safety concern
- Covid-19 thought to increase abnormal blood clots. What do the CT scans say?
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- Here we go again. Are we seeing the feared Fall surge?
- Turning the screws on hospitals not reporting data to HHS
- Confirmation of new transmission vector; CDC says some airborne spread possible
- Vaccine update: White House turns on its own Food and Drug Administration
- "Warp Speed" may have blown past solutions
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Final remdesivir results published after 139 days of waiting
- An early hopeful for an effective covid-19 therapy comes up short in a major trial
- Facemasks have no effect on oxygen levels even in users with existing lung disease
(Week in Review)
POLICY
- Goodwill only goes so far. Reimbursement in the time of covid-19
- Life science companies commit to the worldwide distribution of covid-19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines
- New authorization for point-of-care testing
- CMS to follow through on threat that hospitals must report data to HHS, not CDC
(Week in Review)
RESEARCH
- Comparing current vaccine candidates
- The body's reaction to covid-19 may be, in parts, counterproductive
- Covid-19 vaccine tested in older adults
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