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  • Experimental Ebola Vaccine Trial Likely To Begin Soon In Uganda, WHO Says

    STAT (9/29, Branswell) reports, “A clinical trial of one or perhaps two experimental vaccines designed to protect against the Ebola Sudan virus could soon begin in Uganda, as long as the country agrees to allow the research to take place, an official of t...
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  • CDC Says Single Dose Of Monkeypox Vaccine Reduced Risk Of Infection

    The New York Times (9/28, Weiland) reports the CDC on Wednesday published a study showing that “Americans who received a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine were significantly less likely to be infected by the virus over the summer than those who did not...
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  • Persistent Bacteremia Is Rare In Non-Staphylococcal Infective Endocarditis, Study Finds

    Infectious Disease Advisor (9/28, Arini Lopez) reports, “Persistent bacteremia after a 48-hour course of antibiotic therapy is uncommon among patients with non-staphylococcal infective endocarditis (IE), according to” new research. Researchers “conducted...
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  • Hybrid Immunity From Two Vaccine Doses, Prior Omicron Infection Provides Best Protection Against COVID-19

    Healio (9/28, Stulpin) reports, “Hybrid immunity from prior omicron infection and at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided the highest protection from omicron infection, according to data recently published in The Lancet.” The researchers found “th...
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  • Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Appears To Offer Similar Protection Against The Disease In Adolescent Patients With, Without Inflammatory Or Immune Rheumatic Conditions, Researchers Conclude

    Healio (9/28, Martin) reports, “The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine offers similar protection against the disease in adolescent patients with and without inflammatory or immune rheumatic” diseases (IRDs), investigators concluded in a study also revealing...
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  • Ebola Kills Five In Uganda, President Says, With 19 Other Deaths Likely Connected

    Reuters (9/28, Biryabarema) reports Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday said five people have died from Ebola in the country and another 19 deaths can likely be attributed to the disease. However, he “said he would not order a lockdown because...
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  • Health Systems Boost Benefits To Address Financial Stress Among Employees, Particularly Low-Wage Workers

    Modern Healthcare (9/28, Hudson, Subscription Publication) reports, “Hospitals and health systems are looking to...address financial stress among employees, particularly those earning lower wages” by “implementing income-based benefits, including more vol...
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  • FDA To Scale Back Emergency Approval Of COVID-19 Tests

    Reuters (9/27, Roy) reports the Food and Drug Administration “said on Tuesday it will now review only a small number of emergency use authorization requests for COVID tests.” The announcement comes after “federal investigators found that the regulator’s d...
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  • CDC Warns Physicians About Possible Increase In Enterovirus D68 Infections Among Children, Which Can Lead To Acute Flaccid Myelitis

    CNN (9/27, Hassan) reports physicians “should prepare for a possible increase in young patients with enterovirus D68, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, and that may be linked to more cases of the rare, paralyzing conditio...
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  • Congo Declares End Of Latest Ebola Outbreak In Eastern Province

    Reuters (9/27, Bujakera, Christensen) reports, “Democratic Republic of Congo has declared the end of its latest Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern province of North Kivu, Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda said in a statement on Tuesday.” The A...
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  • Injectable PrEP Offers Hope Against HIV, But Costs Could Prevent Its Use In Africa

    The New York Times (9/27, Nolen) reports a clinical trial of cabotegravir has found the “injectable PrEP to be a huge success, nearly eliminating women’s risk of contracting H.I.V., and to be 88 percent more effective than the daily pill.” The injectable...
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  • STI Clinics Claim Monkeypox Outbreak Exacerbated Existing Lack Of Resources

    STAT (9/27, Joseph) reports the surge of monkeypox cases in the United States “means a large brunt of the response has fallen to clinics and organizations that specialize in STI and HIV/AIDS care” which already have “complained about a lack of resources.”...
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  • USPSTF Advises Nonpregnant Teens, Adults To Keep Screening For Syphilis As Cases Soar

    MedPage Today (9/27, Hein) reports, “Nonpregnant teens and adults who have ever been sexually active and are at increased risk for syphilis should still be screened for the sexually transmitted infection, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) s...
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  • Only 1 In 10 People With HCV And An Indication Were Offered PrEP, Study Finds

    Healio (9/27, Stulpin) reports, “Despite indications for PrEP being prevalent among people with hepatitis C, most patients were unaware of PrEP, had never been offered PrEP and were not using PrEP, researchers found.” Researchers “conducted GRAVITY – an o...
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  • Pfizer Asks FDA To Expand Bivalent Booster Eligibility To Children Aged 5 To 11

    The AP (9/26) reports, “Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11.” If the FDA approves, children “would start getting a kid-sized dose of the new omicron-targeted formula when it was t...
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  • Combination Of Chemicals On Human Skin Attract Mosquitoes, Study Finds

    HealthDay (9/26, Munez) reports mosquitoes “may be attracted to a chemical cocktail of odors emanating from the skin, according to a new study.” A mixture of “carbon dioxide plus two chemicals, 2-ketoglutaric and lactic acid” not only helps the insect “lo...
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  • Monkeypox Appears To Recede, But Risks And Uncertainties Linger

    The New York Times (9/26, Mandavilli) reports, “Nearly four months after the first report of monkeypox in the United States, the virus is showing promising signs of retreat, easing fears that it may spill over into populations of older adults, pregnant wo...
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  • Syrian Health Ministry Says Cholera Death Toll Has Reached 29

    Reuters (9/26, Al-Khalidi) reports, “Syria said on Monday that 29 people had died of cholera in what the United Nations has called the worst outbreak of the disease in the war-torn country for years.” About 338 cases have been confirmed since “the outbrea...
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  • HHS Expands COVID-19 Treatment Access Despite Coverage Shortfalls

    Bloomberg Law (9/26, Subscription Publication) reports that HHS “will make commercially procured doses of the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment bebtelovimab used on uninsured or underinsured patients replaceable by HHS for health care providers for f...
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  • CDC Revises Masking Guidance For Healthcare Facilities

    The Hill (9/26, Weixel) reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings, unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission.” Facilities outside of such areas “can ‘choos...
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