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Coronavirus Live Updates: A Dozen States Show Uptick in Cases, as National Picture Improves

May 26, 2020 Mixed messages have left many workers and their communities in the dark about the extent of the spread of the coronavirus. Crime has fallen in many U.S. cities during the pandemic. A U.S. official resigned less than two months after he was sidelined as the head of a watchdog panel overseeing the …

Health System in Pandemic Epicenter Identifies Outcomes and New Risk Factors of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

NEW YORK, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A team of investigators at NYU Langone Health determined that just over half of 5,279 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were hospitalized — and nearly a quarter of those hospitalized died or were discharged to hospice, including 60 percent who required ventilators. The study —  recently published online in The BMJ — is …

Human Growth Hormone May Prevent Loss of Muscle Strength after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

NEW YORK, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Human growth hormone (HGH) may prevent the loss of muscle strength after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, according to results from a pilot study conducted by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan. A torn ACL is a common knee injury suffered by one in …

Zavation Medical Products, LLC. Launches eZspandā„¢ Expandable Cage

JACKSON, Miss., May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Zavation Medical Products (“Zavation” or the “Company”), an innovative designer and manufacturer of high-quality spinal implants, instruments, MIS procedural kits, and biologics headquartered in Flowood, MS, announced the launch of eZspand™, an expandable lumbar interbody fusion device. eZspand™, the latest addition to Zavation’s portfolio, features unmatched expandable precision paired with continual expansion …

New Study Published in the New England Journal of Medicine Shows COVID-19 Causes Blood Vessel Damage

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Angiogenesis Foundation reports today that new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the respiratory virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, causes severe damage to blood vessels, leading to widespread thrombosis, or blood clotting, in the lung1.  The study was conducted by an international team of medical scientists who compared …

Nextremity Solutions, Inc. Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Metatarsophalangeal Joint (MPJ) Arthrodesis System

WARSAW, IND. (PRWEB) MAY 21, 2020 Nextremity Solutions, Inc., a strategic commercialization organization with a focus on the extremity musculoskeletal space, located in “The Orthopedic Capital of the World,” Warsaw, Ind., today announced it has received 510(k) clearance by the Food & Drug Administration to market its upcoming InCore® MPJ System. “The InCore platform continues to …

Integra LifeSciences Announces Key Executive Leadership Changes

PRINCETON, N.J., May 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) today announced changes to its executive leadership team. Michael McBreen, who is currently the corporate vice president and president of the international business, has been promoted to executive vice president and president, Codman Specialty Surgical (CSS), effective June 8, 2020. Mr. McBreen replaces Dan …

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Provides Promised Transparency for Antibody Tests

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted a list of antibody tests that are being removed from the “notification list” of tests being offered under the Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests During the Public Health Emergency. Antibody tests on this new removal list include those voluntarily withdrawn from the notification list by …

HHS expands U.S.-based pharmaceutical manufacturing to get drugs to hospitals faster

May 21, 2020 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Department of Health and Human Services will work with a team of private industry partners led by Phlow Corporation of Richmond, Virginia, to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing in the United States to provide medicines needed during COVID-19 and future public health emergencies. The U.S. government and Phlow are developing a …

Live updates: Global cases top 5 million as WHO reports worst day yet for new infections

May 21, 2020 / By Antonia Noori Farzan, Katie Shepherd, Jennifer Hassan, Rick Noack, John Wagner, Mark Berman, Marisa Iati, Adam Taylor and Brittany Shammas As leaders around the world struggle with how and when to loosen — or even reimpose — pandemic restrictions, the novel coronavirus continues its deadly spread. The number of confirmed infections worldwide surpassed 5 million after the worst day yet for new cases. World Health Organization …

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