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CDC Ends COVID-19 Travel Health Notices For Countries Due To Limited Data

Reuters (10/3, Shepardson) reports the CDC “said on Monday it had ended its COVID-19 country travel health notices as fewer countries reported enough data for accurate assessments.” The agency said, “as fewer countries are testing or reporting COVID-19 ca...

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Split Dosing Of COVID-19 Vaccines Appears To Provide Antibody Responsiveness Among Patients With Allergic Reactions To Previous Doses, Research Indicates

Healio (10/3, Gawel) reports, “Split doses of COVID-19 vaccines were able to provide antibody responsiveness among patients with allergic reactions to previous doses, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.” In addition,...

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New York Officials Concerned About Sustained Transmission Of Polio

The New York Times (10/3, Otterman) reports that in New York state, “99 percent of school-aged children are vaccinated for polio,” though “roughly 100 schools reported vaccination rates at or below 90 percent in the 2020-21 school year” and “sixty schools...

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Haiti Confirms Two Cases Of Cholera, One Resulting In Death

The Washington Post (10/3, Mérancourt, Cho, Coletta) reports, “After three years without a new case, at least one person has died of cholera in Haiti, officials here said, stoking fear of an outbreak as widespread gang control over vast swaths of the coun...

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COVID-19 Beta Variant Neutralization Appears Less Likely Among Patients With Unsuppressed HIV Infection, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/3, Cimino) reports, “COVID-19 Beta variant neutralization was found to be less likely among patients with unsuppressed HIV infection, suggesting that HIV suppression is important for maintaining a potent neutralization respo...

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Pakistani Emergency Ward Overwhelmed As Illnesses Spread Following Floods

Reuters (10/3, Hassan) reports, “The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is overwhelmed,” as “malaria and other illnesses...are spreading fast after the country’s worst floods in decades.” Reuters a...

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Physicians Urge Americans To Get Flu Shots, Extra-Strength Available For Seniors

The AP (10/3, Neergaard) reports that physicians are advising Americans to be sure to get a “flu shot this fall – and seniors, ask for a special extra-strength kind.” One reason for concern is that “a nasty flu season just ended in Australia.” Those seeki...

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Supreme Court Declines Challenge To Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Employees In Healthcare Facilities Receiving Federal Funds

Reuters (10/3, Chung) reports on Monday, the US Supreme Court “declined to hear a challenge by Missouri and nine other states – mostly Republican-led – to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers in healthcare facilities that receive fed...

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New Coronavirus Subvariants Emerging As Officials Prepare For Potential Fall-And-Winter Wave

The Los Angeles Times (10/1, Money) reported that as officials in the US “try to assess how severe a fall-and-winter coronavirus wave may be, one key factor is the growth of several new subvariants now emerging.” Among them is the BA.2.75.2 variant, which...

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CDC Says Monkeypox Elimination In US Is Unlikely

The AP (9/30, Stobbe) reported, “Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon.” Although its spread is slowing, “the virus is so widespread that elimination is unlikely, the Centers for Disease Control an...

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CDC Health Advisory Warns Of Severe Manifestations Of Monkeypox In Patients Who Are Immunocompromised, Co-Infected With HIV

MedPage Today (9/30, Hein) reported, “Be alert for potentially severe manifestations of monkeypox in patients who are immunocompromised or co-infected with HIV, the CDC told healthcare workers on Thursday” in a “health advisory to its Health Alert Network...

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Uganda Working To Contain Growing Ebola Outbreak

The New York Times (10/1, Dahir) reported “an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda, caused by” the Sudan strain “for which there is no approved vaccine or drug treatment, is fanning fears across East Africa, as...authorities race to contain the virus that has alre...

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Rubella Elimination Likely To Be Achievable In All Countries, But Measles Elimination Likely In Only Some Countries, Study Says

HealthDay (9/30) reported, “Rubella elimination is likely to be achievable in all countries, but measles elimination is likely in only some countries, according to a study” in which researchers “modelled the probability of measles and rubella elimination...

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Cholera Outbreaks, Fatality Rates Rising Globally, WHO Official Says

Reuters (9/30, Farge) reported, “Cholera cases have surged this year, especially in places of poverty and conflict, with outbreaks reported in 26 countries and fatality rates rising sharply, a World Health Organization official said on Friday.” WHO Choler...

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Nearly Half Of Adults In US Know Little To Nothing About Updated Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters, Survey Finds

The New York Times (9/30, Hoffman) reported federal authorities authorized the updated bivalent COVID-19 boosters “at the end of August, but by mid- to late September, nearly half of adults had heard little or nothing about it, according to a report by th...

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Second COVID-19 Booster Effective At Preventing Hospitalizations And Deaths In Nursing Home Residents, CDC Analysis Finds

The Hill (9/29, Choi) reports that new research indicates “that the second COVID-19 booster that was made available to U.S. adults older than 50 this year was highly effective at protecting nursing home residents from hospitalizations and deaths, though i...

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Research Finds Tumors Are Rife With Microbes

The New York Times (9/29, Zimmer) reports, “Scientists have long known that our bodies are home to microbes, but have tended to treat tumors as if they were sterile.” However, in recent years, “researchers have laid that notion to rest, demonstrating that...

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Nasal COVID-19 Vaccines Could Prevent Even Mild Infections, Prevent Transmission

MedPage Today (9/29, D'Ambrosio) reports, “Mucosal vaccines against COVID-19 have potential to prevent even mild infections and stop transmission – a challenge current vaccines are unable to address.” However, “it’s too soon to declare these vaccines – de...

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Most Hepatitis A Infections In US Now Associated With Drug Use, Homelessness Rather Than Travel, Food

MedPage Today (9/29, Hein) reports, “Hepatitis A is no longer mainly a travel and food-related infection, as the majority of infections from 2016 to 2020 related to drug use or homelessness, according to the CDC.” Drug-related cases made up 56% of patient...

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US Orders $10.7M Of Monkeypox Treatment

Reuters (9/29, Leo) reports the U.S. Dept. of Defense has given a contract worth as much as $10.7 million to drug manufacturer Siga Technologies for “its oral antiviral drug, Tpoxx.” Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “issu...

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CDC Ends COVID-19 Travel Health Notices For Countries Due To Limited Data

Split Dosing Of COVID-19 Vaccines Appears To Provide Antibody Responsiveness Among Patients With Allergic Reactions To Previous Doses, Research Indicates

New York Officials Concerned About Sustained Transmission Of Polio

Haiti Confirms Two Cases Of Cholera, One Resulting In Death

COVID-19 Beta Variant Neutralization Appears Less Likely Among Patients With Unsuppressed HIV Infection, Study Suggests

Pakistani Emergency Ward Overwhelmed As Illnesses Spread Following Floods

Physicians Urge Americans To Get Flu Shots, Extra-Strength Available For Seniors

Supreme Court Declines Challenge To Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Employees In Healthcare Facilities Receiving Federal Funds

New Coronavirus Subvariants Emerging As Officials Prepare For Potential Fall-And-Winter Wave

CDC Says Monkeypox Elimination In US Is Unlikely

CDC Health Advisory Warns Of Severe Manifestations Of Monkeypox In Patients Who Are Immunocompromised, Co-Infected With HIV

Uganda Working To Contain Growing Ebola Outbreak

Rubella Elimination Likely To Be Achievable In All Countries, But Measles Elimination Likely In Only Some Countries, Study Says

Cholera Outbreaks, Fatality Rates Rising Globally, WHO Official Says

Nearly Half Of Adults In US Know Little To Nothing About Updated Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters, Survey Finds

Second COVID-19 Booster Effective At Preventing Hospitalizations And Deaths In Nursing Home Residents, CDC Analysis Finds

Research Finds Tumors Are Rife With Microbes

Nasal COVID-19 Vaccines Could Prevent Even Mild Infections, Prevent Transmission

Most Hepatitis A Infections In US Now Associated With Drug Use, Homelessness Rather Than Travel, Food

US Orders $10.7M Of Monkeypox Treatment