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Biden Administration Announces Airport Screenings, Urges Caution In Response To Ebola Outbreak In Uganda

The New York Times (10/6, Mandavilli, Stolberg) reports, “Worried by an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda, the Biden Administration said on Thursday that travelers who had been to that country would be redirected to airports where they can be screened for the v...

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Proposed FDA Rule To Allow Makers Of Unauthorized COVID-19 Test Kits, Devices To Testify

Bloomberg Law (10/6, Castronuovo, Subscription Publication) reports, “Makers of unauthorized COVID-19 test kits and other devices refused entry into the US would have a chance to testify before the FDA destroys the product under a proposed rule released T...

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People With HIV At Increased Risk For Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacterales Infection, Study Shows

Healio (10/6, Stulpin) reports, “People with HIV are at an increased risk for multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales infection because of HIV-specific factors in addition to already established risk factors, a...study showed.” The findings of the “observati...

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CDC Finds More Than 80% Of Kids Under Age 17 Have Antibodies From Past SARS-CoV-2 Infection

ABC News (10/6, Haslett) reports that “more than eight in 10 kids under the age of 17 have antibodies from a past COVID-19 infection, according to” CDC data. This “analysis shows that as of August, 86% of children between 6 months and 17-years-old have ha...

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CDC Says It Has No Suspected, Confirmed US Ebola Cases From Sudan Strain

Reuters (10/6, Shepardson) reports the CDC “said Thursday it had no suspected or confirmed U.S. Ebola cases from the Sudan strain...but urged healthcare workers to be aware of an outbreak in Uganda.” The agency “said it was ‘important for clinicians to ob...

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Lebanon Announces First Case Of Cholera In Almost 30 Years

The AP (10/6, Chehayeb) reports, “Lebanon’s health ministry on Thursday announced the crisis-hit country’s first case of cholera in decades.” This “announcement comes as neighboring war-torn Syria is struggling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sprea...

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Concerns Over Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Administration Linger

The Washington Post (10/6, Pietsch) reports that two months after the FDA “announced that it was issuing an emergency use authorization for the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine to be administered by intradermal injection,” the “outbreak appears to be waning and...

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CDC To Shift From Daily To Weekly COVID-19 Reporting Cadence

CBS News (10/6, Tin) reports that “after more than two years of publishing data on COVID-19 cases and deaths on a daily basis,” the CDC on Thursday “announced...it would shift to weekly updates to its nationwide tracking of the virus.” The agency wrote, “...

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Analysis Suggests Greater Uptake In COVID-19 Boosters Could Prevent Nearly 90K Deaths This Fall And Winter

CNN (10/5, Howard) reports, “COVID-19 vaccinations could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars this winter.” An analysis by The Commonwealth Fund found that “if 80% of eligible people receive their booster dose...it would prevent about 90,000 de...

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Antibiotic Prophylaxis Before Transperineal Prostate Biopsy May Be Safely Omitted In Men Without Infection Risk Factors, Investigators Say

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/5, Persaud) reports, “In men without infection risk factors, antibiotic prophylaxis before transperineal prostate biopsy could be omitted without increasing the rate of serious infections, according to investigators” who “pe...

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Women With HIV Have Higher Risk For Several Cardiac Conditions, Researchers Say

Healio (10/5, Stulpin) reports, “Women with HIV have a higher risk for several cardiac conditions, demonstrating the importance of cardiovascular risk factor management and HIV infection control, researchers said” after performing “standardized echocardio...

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Remdesivir Appears Safe, Effective In Patients On Hemodialysis Hospitalized With COVID-19, Study Indicates

Healio (10/5, Hornick) reports, “Remdesivir treatment reduced risks for mortality, high-flow nasal cannula use and transfer to the ICU among patients on hemodialysis hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study” that also found “no significant adverse...

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FDA Approves Ibalizumab-Uiyk For Administration By IV Push For Maintenance Dosing For Treatment Of HIV-1 Infection

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/5, Park) reports the FDA “has approved Trogarzo® (ibalizumab-uiyk) for administration by intravenous (IV) push for maintenance dosing.” The drug “is a CD4-directed post-attachment human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)...

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Omicron Subvariant BA.4.6 Estimated To Make Up Nearly 13% Of Coronavirus Variants In US, CDC Says

Reuters (10/4, Satija) reports the CDC “on Tuesday estimated that nearly 13% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States were of the BA.4.6 subvariant of Omicron, as of the week ended Oct. 1.” Meanwhile, “Omicron subvariants BA.5 and BA.4...

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Incidence Of CDI Decreased Among Pediatric Patients Between 2013-2019, Study Shows

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/4, Cimino) reports “the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) decreased among pediatric patients between 2013 and 2019, potentially owing to changes in diagnostic testing patterns, according to” a “retrospect...

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Most Monkeypox Cases That Occur After Vaccination With MVA-BN Occur Within 14 Days Of Receipt Of First Dose, Study Finds

HealthDay (10/4) reports that “most cases of monkeypox that occur after vaccination with the modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic vaccine (MVA-BN) occur within 14 days of receipt of the first dose, according to a” study finding that “overall, 90 patie...

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HHS Issues Amendment Expanding Pool Of Providers Authorized To Administer Vaccines Against Monkeypox, Smallpox

Healio (10/4, Rhoades) reports, “HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra has amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration, expanding the pool of providers authorized to administer vaccines against smallpox and monkeypox.” Also, this amendm...

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WHO Preparing To Treat Cholera In Haiti, Request Supply Of Oral Vaccines

Reuters (10/4, Farge, Ellsworth) reports, “The World Health Organization is setting up tents to treat cholera in Haiti and will also request a supply of oral vaccines against the disease that has unexpectedly returned to a country [paralyzed] by a gang bl...

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Experts Look To Malaria Eradication With Emergence Of New Vaccines

The New York Times (10/4, Mandavilli, Cheng) reports that some experts have “begun to talk about eradicating” malaria, and “it is the arrival of two new vaccines that portend a sea change.” The first vaccine, RTS, S (Mosquirix), “was approved by the World...

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Scientist Who Sequenced Neanderthal Genome Wins Nobel Prize

The New York Times (10/3, Mueller) reports the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to Svante Pääbo, “a Swedish scientist who peered back into human history by retrieving genetic material from 40,000-year-old bones, producing a comp...

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Biden Administration Announces Airport Screenings, Urges Caution In Response To Ebola Outbreak In Uganda

Proposed FDA Rule To Allow Makers Of Unauthorized COVID-19 Test Kits, Devices To Testify

People With HIV At Increased Risk For Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacterales Infection, Study Shows

CDC Finds More Than 80% Of Kids Under Age 17 Have Antibodies From Past SARS-CoV-2 Infection

CDC Says It Has No Suspected, Confirmed US Ebola Cases From Sudan Strain

Lebanon Announces First Case Of Cholera In Almost 30 Years

Concerns Over Intradermal Monkeypox Vaccine Administration Linger

CDC To Shift From Daily To Weekly COVID-19 Reporting Cadence

Analysis Suggests Greater Uptake In COVID-19 Boosters Could Prevent Nearly 90K Deaths This Fall And Winter

Antibiotic Prophylaxis Before Transperineal Prostate Biopsy May Be Safely Omitted In Men Without Infection Risk Factors, Investigators Say

Women With HIV Have Higher Risk For Several Cardiac Conditions, Researchers Say

Remdesivir Appears Safe, Effective In Patients On Hemodialysis Hospitalized With COVID-19, Study Indicates

FDA Approves Ibalizumab-Uiyk For Administration By IV Push For Maintenance Dosing For Treatment Of HIV-1 Infection

Omicron Subvariant BA.4.6 Estimated To Make Up Nearly 13% Of Coronavirus Variants In US, CDC Says

Incidence Of CDI Decreased Among Pediatric Patients Between 2013-2019, Study Shows

Most Monkeypox Cases That Occur After Vaccination With MVA-BN Occur Within 14 Days Of Receipt Of First Dose, Study Finds

HHS Issues Amendment Expanding Pool Of Providers Authorized To Administer Vaccines Against Monkeypox, Smallpox

WHO Preparing To Treat Cholera In Haiti, Request Supply Of Oral Vaccines

Experts Look To Malaria Eradication With Emergence Of New Vaccines

Scientist Who Sequenced Neanderthal Genome Wins Nobel Prize