Decrease in New Cancer Diagnoses Seen in 2020
There was a decrease in new cancer diagnoses, relative to expected numbers, between March 2020 and May 2020, according to a report.
There was a decrease in new cancer diagnoses, relative to expected numbers, between March 2020 and May 2020, according to a report.
More than half of US adults surveyed said they “definitely” or “probably” won’t be vaccinated with one of the updated COVID-19 vaccines.
Privately-insured cancer patients living in states with restrictive telehealth policies were less likely to use telehealth in 2020 and 2021, a study showed.
The government will pay for about 200 million at-home COVID-19 tests to replenish the country’s stockpile.
New research suggests that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can elevate PD-L1 expression levels in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
US patients with lung cancer have a higher burden of death from COVID-19 than the general population, and this has been the case since the omicron variant became dominant, data suggest.
The CDC is recommending wide use of the updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have been approved and authorized for emergency use.
New research suggests that COVID-19 may be underdiagnosed in patients with lung cancer because mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections are not being reported.
Moderna said the vaccine generated an 8.7-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies against BA.2.86.