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  • Monkeypox Cases Continue To Decline Across US

    ABC News (10/17, Kekatos) reports, “Monkeypox cases are continuing to decline in the United States as the outbreak keeps showing signs of receding.” According to the CDC, “as of Oct. 12, the U.S. recorded a seven-day average of 60 cases,” which marks the...
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  • Moderna To Provide As Many As 100M Variant-Targeting COVID-19 Vaccines To Lower-Income Countries In 2023

    Bloomberg (10/17, Lyu) reports, “Moderna Inc. will provide as many as 100 million doses of Covid-19 shots that specifically target variants for vaccine alliance Gavi to distribute in lower-income countries in 2023.” Under this “agreement, Moderna will sup...
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  • Serum Institute Of India Planning To Manufacture Experimental Ebola Vaccine For Use In Trials Against Outbreak In Uganda

    Reuters (10/17, Ross) reports, “The Serum Institute of India plans to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine by the end of November for use in trials against an outbreak in Uganda, its developers and a company source said,” no...
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  • New Omicron Subvariant BQ.1 Becoming Increasingly Prevalent In US, CDC Says

    The Hill (10/14, Gans) reported “a new subvariant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States, according to data from the” CDC that “shows that the BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 variants each made up 5.7 percent of...
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  • SARS-CoV-2 Rebound In People Who Have Recovered Not Due To Impaired Immune Response, Small Study Finds

    Healio (10/14, Feller) reported SARS-CoV-2 “rebound in people who have recovered from the disease is not due to an impaired immune response, according to a small study of patients treated with and without Paxlovid [nirmatrelvir-ritonavir].” In the 14-pati...
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  • Uganda Announces Lockdown Measures In Two Districts To Combat Ebola Spread

    The AP (10/15, Muhumuza) reported, “Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease.” These new “measures announced by President Yoweri Museveni mean resi...
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  • Initial Uptake Of Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Appears Slow Across US

    The New York Times (10/15, Weiland) reported that “only about 15 million doses of the” updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters “have been administered nationally since their introduction at the beginning of September, representing less than one in 10 p...
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  • USDA Proposes Changes To Poultry Processing To Reduce Illnesses From Food Contamination

    The AP (10/14, Pitt) reported, “The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require meat companies to make e...
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  • Recommendations Issued To Ensure Access To TB Vaccines For People With HIV

    Healio (10/14, Stulpin) reported, “Experts say that people with HIV should be included in clinical trials for new tuberculosis vaccine candidates in the pipeline, according to newly written recommendations” published in a review article in The Lancet HIV....
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  • Reports Of Stigma, Healthcare Discrimination Common Among Hispanic Adults With HIV, Analysis Says

    MedPage Today (10/14, Hein) said, “Reports of stigma and healthcare discrimination run high among Hispanic adults with HIV, according to an analysis of self-reported data from the U.S. in 2018 to 2020” comprising 2,690 people. The analysis published in th...
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  • Pfizer-BioNTech Say Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Well Tolerated In Adults, Increases Neutralizing Antibodies Against BA.4 And BA.5 Variants

    USA Today (10/13, Weintraub) reports Pfizer and BioNTech “announced Thursday that they now have data in adults one week after a 30-microgram booster that targets” Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The article adds, “Two groups of 40 adults each, one age...
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  • CDC Notes Increasing Flu Activity, Reports Of Other Respiratory Illnesses

    NBC News (10/13, Edwards) reports, “Reports of flu and other respiratory illnesses are higher than what would normally be seen in the United States at this time of year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.” The agency has “‘noted...
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  • The Bahamas Reports First Cholera Case Since 2017

    Reuters (10/13, Ward) reports, “The Bahamas has recorded its first case of cholera since 2017, the country’s health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.”
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  • People With HIV And Moderate Or Severe Immune Suppression Face Higher Risk For Severe COVID-19 After Breakthrough Infection, Researchers Say

    MedPage Today (10/13, Hamza) reports, “People with HIV and moderate or severe immune suppression contended with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 after breakthrough infections, researchers reported” in the “Corona-Infectious-Virus Epidemiology Team (CIVET...
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  • Biden Administration Extends COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Through January 11

    The AP (10/13, Seitz) reports the Biden Administration on Thursday “said...that the COVID-19 public health emergency will continue through Jan. 11 as officials brace for a spike in cases this winter.” The Administration “said it would provide 60 days noti...
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  • ASCP Choosing Wisely: 10 Years of Making a Difference for Improving Patient Care

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  • Emergency Release Transfusion Practices Provide an Enduring Reminder of Festina Lente—to Make Haste Slowly

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  • Into the Badlands of Safety

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  • Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase Concentrations in Plasma Compared to Serum

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  • FDA Authorizes Updated Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Shots For Children As Young As Five

    The Washington Post (10/12, McGinley) reports that on Wednesday, the FDA “authorized updated coronavirus booster shots for children as young as 5, making it likely the shots will be available shortly.” The agency “gave emergency use authorization to the P...
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