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  • Prolonged Viral Shedding In Semen Tied To Reproductive Tract Inflammation Among Men Infected With Zika Virus, Study Finds

    Infectious Disease Advisor (9/15, Nye) reports “prolonged viral shedding in semen is associated with reproductive tract inflammation among men infected with Zika virus, according to” a study that found “higher leukocyte counts” and “higher inflammatory cy...
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  • CDC Issues New Guidance Recommending Monkeypox Antiviral Tecovirimat Be Limited To People At High Risk For Severe Disease

    The Washington Post (9/15, Sun, Diamond) reports the CDC “issued new guidance Thursday recommending that TPoxx [tecovirimat], the only drug available to treat monkeypox, be limited to people at high risk for severe disease even as the outbreak that has in...
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  • Growth Rate Of New Monkeypox Cases Declining, CDC Director Walensky Says

    Reuters (9/15, Aboulenein, Singh) reports CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky “said on Thursday she was cautiously optimistic over a decline in the growth of new monkeypox cases, but that some areas of the country are still experiencing a rise in infection...
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  • CDC To Conduct Wastewater Surveillance For Polio Virus In At-Risk Communities

    The Washington Post (9/15, Sun) reports the CDC “is planning to test wastewater to detect the polio virus in communities at highest risk for the life-threatening and potentially disabling illness.” This surveillance “comes amid pressure to increase effort...
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  • Health Experts Warning About Potential Severe Flu Season

    The Hill (9/15, Choi) reports, “Health experts are warning the nation to brace for what could be an exceptionally severe flu season this fall and winter, as more people who have not built up immunity over the last few years mix and mingle.” The Hill adds...
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  • HHS Debuts Video Ad To Encourage People, Especially Those 50 And Older, To Get Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

    CNN (9/15, Howard) reports, “As part of the White House’s COVID-19 response plan for the fall, the US Department of Health and Human Services is debuting a video ad to encourage people to get the updated COVID-19 booster shot – especially those who are 50...
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  • WHO Director-General Says End Of COVID-19 Pandemic “Is In Sight”

    Reuters (9/14, Mishra) reports “the world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference, “...
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  • Performance Of Certain At-Home COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests Declined During Omicron Surge, Researchers Say

    MedPage Today (9/14, Fiore) reports, “The performance of certain at-home rapid antigen tests declined during Omicron, Dutch researchers found.” According to the study published in The BMJ, “from December 2021 to February 2022, sensitivities for three comm...
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  • FDA Warns Monkeypox Virus May Develop Resistance To Tecovirimat

    CBS News (9/14, Tin) reports, “The monkeypox virus is only one mutation away from evading a key antiviral drug being used to treat at-risk patients, federal health officials are now warning – and they’re urging [physicians] to be ‘judicious’ in prescribin...
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  • Candida Auris Surveillance In Southern California Allows Researchers To Identify Cases, Gain Information In Realtime, Study Shows

    Healio (9/14, Stulpin) reports, “Active and passive Candida auris surveillance in southern California allowed researchers to identify cases and gain crucial data, including resistance information, in realtime,” according to a study that assessed “all case...
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  • Federal Health Officials Express Concern About Potential Polio Spread

    Politico (9/14, Banco, Messerly) reports top Biden Administration “health officials, increasingly concerned about the polio case in New York, have met several times in recent weeks to determine how to increase vaccination rates and improve surveillance, a...
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  • Two People With Legionnaires’ Disease Die At New York Nursing Home After Legionella Detected

    The New York Times (9/14, Meko) reports, “Two people with Legionnaires’ disease have died at a Manhattan nursing home after Legionella, a bacterium that causes the disease, was discovered at the facility, according to the New York State Department of Heal...
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  • Study Finds 75% Of Ebola Survivors Have Persistent Symptoms One Year Following Infection

    Healio (9/14, Stulpin) reports 75% of Ebola survivors “have persistent symptoms 1 year after infection, and these symptoms decline over time, [but] more than half continue to report symptoms up to 5 years after infection,” according to a study that enroll...
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  • Africa Still Struggling With Monkeypox Vaccine Access As Cases Subside In Europe, North America

    The AP (9/14, Asadu, Cheng) reports, “With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Africa.” The UN health agency in July “designated monkeypox as a global emer...
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  • Monkeypox Spread Slowing In US, But Health Leaders Say More Resources Are Needed

    CNN (9/13, McPhillips) reports, “New monkeypox cases in the United States have been steadily dropping in recent weeks, with cases reported in the first week of September cut to about half of what they were at their peak a month ago.” But, “public health l...
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  • Vaccines Against Common Healthcare-Associated, Resistant Pathogens Could Help Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, Data Indicate

    Healio (9/13, Stulpin) reports, “Vaccines against common health care-associated, resistant pathogens could be a key in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, according to data” from a phase III clinical trial that “showed that an investigational Clos...
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  • Infectious Aortitis Has Higher Mortality Rate Than Noninfectious Aortitis; Initial Antibiotic Therapy May Be Protective Against Infectious Aortitis, Study Suggests

    Infectious Disease Advisor (9/13, Stong) reports, “Infectious aortitis has a significantly higher mortality rate compared with noninfectious aortitis, and initial antibiotic therapy may be protective against infectious aortitis,” according to “a retrospec...
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  • UN Official Warns Of Regional Threat From Syrian Cholera Outbreak

    The AP (9/13, McGill) reports the cholera outbreak in Syria “presents a serious threat to people in the war-torn country and the region...said” UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syrian Arab Republic Imran Riza, “adding that urge...
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  • CDC Warns About Neurological Complications In Two Patients With Monkeypox In US

    Bloomberg (9/13, Muller) reports, “US health officials cautioned Tuesday that monkeypox led to neurological complications in two otherwise healthy men in their 30s.” In the first patient, a Colorado resident, “magnetic resonance imaging tests revealed les...
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  • Public Concern About COVID-19 In US Reaches Low Point, Survey Says

    The Hill (9/13, Mueller) reports public concern about COVID-19 in the US “is at a low point as many move on from the pandemic even with the virus continuing to circulate,” according to the “latest Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.” The survey “found that vie...
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