FDA Issues Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Development
The FDA has issued guidance to assist in the development and licensure of vaccines for the prevention of COVID-19.
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More Sedentary Time Tied to Higher Risk for Cancer Mortality
Greater sedentary time is independently associated with a higher cancer mortality risk.
Testing for Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2: Timing Important for Accuracy
Serology tests were better at detecting the presence of antibodies to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in patients when they were tested 15 to 35 days post-symptom onset, according to the findings of a recently published review on the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Government E-Cigarette Restrictions on Marketing Lower Use
Comprehensive provincial restrictions on electronic cigarette marketing are associated with lower levels of exposure to marketing and lower prevalence of e-cigarette use.
Phase 1 Study of Adjuvanted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Begins
A phase 1 study evaluating the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of SCB-2019, a vaccine candidate for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has been initiated by Clover Biopharmaceuticals.
CDC: 10.7% of US Adults Used Prescription Pain Meds in 2015 to 2018
In 2015 to 2018, 10.7% of US adults aged 20 years or older used one or more prescription pain medications in the previous 30 days.
Monitoring for Trends in COVID-19 Needed
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State implemented a series of community mitigation strategies, and monitoring approaches are needed to assess the effect of these interventions.
Costs for COVID-19 High With Consumer-Directed Health Plans
COVID-19 hospitalizations could result in high out-of-pocket spending for commercially insured consumer-directed health plan enrollees.
Black, Hispanic Medicare Patients Much More Likely to Be Hospitalized With COVID-19
Black Medicare recipients are nearly four times more likely and Hispanics are nearly two times more likely than whites to be hospitalized with COVID-19.
Lifting COVID-19 “Lockdown” Restrictions May Cause Infection Resurgence
Lifting “lockdown” restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 would most likely result in a resurgence of infections.
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