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Researchers Successfully Transplant Human Organoids Into Brains Of Rats

The New York Times (10/12, Zimmer) reports, “Scientists have successfully transplanted clusters of human neurons into the brains of newborn rats, a striking feat of biological engineering that may provide more realistic models for neurological conditions...

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Novavax Says COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Elicits Robust Antibodies Against Several Omicron Variants In Two Studies

Reuters (10/12, Roy) reports, “Novavax Inc said on Wednesday data from studies in adults and adolescents showed that the booster dose of its COVID vaccine produced robust antibodies against several Omicron variants, including BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5.” These d...

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Large Study Finds That Many People Do Not Fully Recover From COVID-19 Months After Infection

The Washington Post (10/12, Stead Sellers) reports a study “based on the experiences of nearly 100,000 participants” in Scotland “found that between six and 18 months after infection, 1 in 20 people had not recovered and 42 percent reported feeling only s...

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WHO Director-General Says Clinical Trial Of Vaccines Against Sudan Strain Of Ebola Could Start Within Weeks

Reuters (10/12, Biryabarema) reports World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in Ug...

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PAHO Warns Civil Unrest Hampering Efforts To Contain Cholera Outbreak In Haiti

Reuters (10/12, O'Boyle, Palaez-Fernandez) reports, “Civil unrest is making it harder to contain a new outbreak of cholera in Haiti just as other diseases threaten to ignite new health crises, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday.” H...

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White House Urges People To Get Updated COVID-19 Boosters By Halloween For Maximum Protection For The Holidays

The AP (10/11, Miller) reports that on Tuesday, the White House “said eligible Americans should get the updated COVID-19 boosters by Halloween to have maximum protection against the coronavirus by Thanksgiving and the holidays, as it warned of a ‘challeng...

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US Does Not Have “Adequate” Supply Of COVID-19 Tests For Winter Due To Lack Of Congressional Funding, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Says

CNN (10/11, Howard, LeBlanc) reports “the US does not have an ‘adequate’ number of COVID-19 tests with winter approaching, due to a lack of congressional funding...said” White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha. Jha explained during a Whit...

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Pathology Labs Starting To Incorporate Non-Race-Based eGFR Reference Values Into Testing Protocols, Presenters Say

MedPage Today (10/11, Frieden) reports, “Pathology labs are beginning to incorporate non-race-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reference values into their testing protocols,” according to presentations given by several speakers said at th...

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Molnupiravir Does Not Reduce Risk For Hospitalization Or Death In High-Risk Outpatients With COVID-19 Who Receive The Antiviral Within Five Days Of Symptoms, Trial Indicates

MedPage Today (10/11, Hein) reports “molnupiravir failed to reduce the risk for hospitalization or death in high-risk” outpatients with COVID-19 “who took the oral antiviral within 5 days of symptoms, a large open-label multicenter trial found.” In the “m...

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Nasally-Administered COVID-19 Vaccine Well Tolerated But Does Not Induce Strong Immune Responses, Investigators Say

The Hill (10/11, Choi) reports a study published in eBioMedicine “has found less-than-promising results for a nasally administered version of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, with immune responses observed in only ‘a minority of participants.’” Investigato...

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UN Spokesperson Says There Have Been 16 Confirmed Cholera Deaths In Haiti

Reuters (10/11, Carrel) report that “there have been 16 confirmed deaths from cholera in Haiti and 32 confirmed cases, a United Nations spokesperson said on Tuesday” during a news conference, “citing the latest figures from U.N. humanitarian workers there...

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Bird Flu Cases Rising Again In Some States Amid Fall Migration

The New York Times (10/11, Anthes) reports, “This year’s avian influenza outbreak is the worst the United States has experienced since 2015, the last time the country was hit hard by bird flu.” As of now, “the virus has affected 47 million farmed birds, n...

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Health Officials Say More People Need To Prepare For Fall, Winter By Getting COVID-19 Shots Now

CNN (10/7, Hassan) reported, “About 11.5 million people in the United States have gotten an updated Covid-19 booster, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but more people need to prepare for fall and winter by getting...

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Getting Vaccinated, Boosted Greatly Reduces Odds For Hospitalization If Infected With COVID-19, Study Finds

HealthDay (10/7, Munez) reported, “Getting vaccinated and boosted greatly reduces the odds for hospitalization if you get infected with COVID-19, according to a large new study conducted at U.S. Veterans Health Administration facilities.” Researchers exam...

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Being Fully Vaccinated Associated With Better Survival For Patients Intubated For ARDS Owing To COVID-19, Study Shows

MedPage Today (10/7, Hein) reported, “Being fully vaccinated was associated with better survival for patients intubated for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) owing to COVID-19, a small multicenter study from Greece showed.” The findings were publ...

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FDA Authorizes Abbott’s Monkeypox PCR Test For Emergency Use

Healio (10/7) reported, “The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization to Abbott Molecular for its real-time PCR test for monkeypox using lesion swab specimens from those with suspected virus infection.” The PCR test “is the first commercial test to b...

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CDC Estimates Omicron Subvariant BA.4.6 Makes Up Nearly 14% Of Coronavirus Variants In US

Reuters (10/7, Leo) reported that on Friday, the CDC “estimated that by Oct. 8 nearly 14% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States were of the BA.4.6 subvariant of Omicron.” During “the week ending Oct. 8, the BA.4.6 subvariant is expe...

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Influenza Cases Rising In US Ahead Of Potentially Severe Season

ABC News (10/10, Kekatos) reports, “Influenza cases are rising in the United States as the country prepares for a potentially severe season.” In “the week ending Oct. 1-- the latest date for which data is available – there were 969 cases of influenza A an...

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Lebanon Inspecting Suspected Cholera Cases, Health Minister Says

The AP (10/7, Chehayeb) reported, “Lebanon’s health minister said on Friday that authorities are inspecting suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after the cash-strapped country confirmed its first case of the illness since 1993.” Minister of Public...

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Text Message Intervention Targeting Safer Sex Behaviors In Young Adults Does Not Cut Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Incidence At One Year, Study Shows

HealthDay (10/7) reported, “Regular text messages targeting safer sex behaviors in young adults do not cut the incidence of chlamydia or gonorrhea at one year, according to a study” in which investigators “quantified the effects of a series of text messag...

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Researchers Successfully Transplant Human Organoids Into Brains Of Rats

Novavax Says COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose Elicits Robust Antibodies Against Several Omicron Variants In Two Studies

Large Study Finds That Many People Do Not Fully Recover From COVID-19 Months After Infection

WHO Director-General Says Clinical Trial Of Vaccines Against Sudan Strain Of Ebola Could Start Within Weeks

PAHO Warns Civil Unrest Hampering Efforts To Contain Cholera Outbreak In Haiti

White House Urges People To Get Updated COVID-19 Boosters By Halloween For Maximum Protection For The Holidays

US Does Not Have “Adequate” Supply Of COVID-19 Tests For Winter Due To Lack Of Congressional Funding, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Says

Pathology Labs Starting To Incorporate Non-Race-Based eGFR Reference Values Into Testing Protocols, Presenters Say

Molnupiravir Does Not Reduce Risk For Hospitalization Or Death In High-Risk Outpatients With COVID-19 Who Receive The Antiviral Within Five Days Of Symptoms, Trial Indicates

Nasally-Administered COVID-19 Vaccine Well Tolerated But Does Not Induce Strong Immune Responses, Investigators Say

UN Spokesperson Says There Have Been 16 Confirmed Cholera Deaths In Haiti

Bird Flu Cases Rising Again In Some States Amid Fall Migration

Health Officials Say More People Need To Prepare For Fall, Winter By Getting COVID-19 Shots Now

Getting Vaccinated, Boosted Greatly Reduces Odds For Hospitalization If Infected With COVID-19, Study Finds

Being Fully Vaccinated Associated With Better Survival For Patients Intubated For ARDS Owing To COVID-19, Study Shows

FDA Authorizes Abbott’s Monkeypox PCR Test For Emergency Use

CDC Estimates Omicron Subvariant BA.4.6 Makes Up Nearly 14% Of Coronavirus Variants In US

Influenza Cases Rising In US Ahead Of Potentially Severe Season

Lebanon Inspecting Suspected Cholera Cases, Health Minister Says

Text Message Intervention Targeting Safer Sex Behaviors In Young Adults Does Not Cut Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Incidence At One Year, Study Shows