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Health Officials Warn Of Monkeypox Transmission From Owners To Household Pets

The AP (8/16, Stobbe) reports, “Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus.” The CDC “for months has had the advice in place as monkeypox s...

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Measles Outbreak In Zimbabwe Kills 157 Children

Reuters (8/16, Chingono) reports, “A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed 157 children with the death toll nearly doubling in just under a week...said” Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa Tuesday. Last week, t...

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USPSTF Continues To Recommend Against Routine Serologic Screening For Genital Herpes

HealthDay (8/16) reports, “The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) did not find new evidence that could result in a change to the 2016 recommendation on screening for genital herpes and consequently continues to recommend against routine serologi...

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UK Approves Moderna’s Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

The New York Times (8/15, Gross) reports that “Britain on Monday became the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine that targets two variants, the original virus and Omicron.” The Times adds, “Half of each dose of the Moderna-made vaccine [mRNA-1...

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Novavax Files For US Authorization For Use Of COVID-19 Vaccine As Booster

Reuters (8/15, Mishra) reports, “Novavax Inc said on Monday it had filed for U.S. authorization for use of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose in people who had either received its shots or a different vaccine.” Its “application to the U.S. Food and Dr...

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US Set To Receive Extra $1B Worth Of Monkeypox Vaccine Doses Under Increase To Contract With Bavarian Nordic

Bloomberg Law (8/15, Baumann, Murphy, Subscription Publication) reports “an extra $1 billion worth of monkeypox vaccines could make its way to US shores under an increase to the federal contract with Jynneos maker Bavarian Nordic A/S.” On August 12, “the...

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Waste Water Surveillance Testing May Be Used To Track Monkeypox, Other Diseases, Researchers Say

The Boston Globe (8/15, Finucane) reports, “Waste water surveillance testing has become a key tool in monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic,” and “now researchers say the same technique could be used to track the growing monkeypox outbreak, along with other di...

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Text Message Reminders Effectively Promote Receipt Of Second Influenza Vaccine Dose Among Children, Study Says

HealthDay (8/15) reports, “Text message reminders effectively promote receipt of a second dose of influenza vaccine among children, according to a study.” For this study published in Pediatrics, researchers “compared the effectiveness of text message remi...

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US Officials Shipping Out More Doses Of Monkeypox Vaccine Than Originally Planned Due To Strategy Shift

The AP (8/15, Stobbe) reports “U.S. officials said they are able to ship out more monkeypox vaccine doses than previously planned – because of a strategy shift that allows more shots to be drawn from each vial.” HHS “had previously anticipated allowing 22...

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State Officials Struggling With Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout

The New York Times (8/15, Mandavilli) reports, “The federal government’s distribution of monkeypox vaccine has been blemished by missteps and confusion, burdening local officials and slowing the pace of immunizations even as the virus spreads, according t...

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WHO Renames Variants Of Monkeypox

The Hill (8/14, Mueller) reports, “The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Saturday that it renamed variants of the virus monkeypox as it looks to counter concerns about the original naming conventions.” The Hill adds, “The Congo Basin and West Afri...

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Physicians Warn About Rise In Antifungal Resistant Infections

NBC News (8/13, Bendix) reported, “Aspergillus and another fungus, Candida auris, are growing resistant to the treatments frequently used to fight them – in particular, a class of drugs called azoles.” Physicians “anticipate more cases...as fungal infecti...

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Monkeypox Cases In US Surpass 10,000, Data Show

US News & World Report (8/12, Smith-Schoenwalder) reported, “Monkeypox cases in the U.S. have topped 10,000, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” The figure marks “more reported infections than any other country.”

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Poliovirus Detected In Wastewater Samples In New York City, Officials Announce

The New York Times (8/12, A1, Goldstein, Otterman) reported that “on Friday, New York City health authorities announced that they had found the [poliovirus] in wastewater samples, suggesting polio was probably circulating in the city again.” The New York...

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Experts Raise Concern Over Efforts To Contain US Monkeypox Outbreak

Politico (8/14, Mahr, Messerly, Foley) reports that “a series of setbacks in the” Biden Administration’s monkeypox outbreak “response – including clunky early testing protocols, slow vaccine distribution, a lack of federal funding to help state and local...

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FDA Approves Roche’ Baloxavir Marboxil To Treat Influenza In Children Aged Five Years And Older

Reuters (8/12, Revill) reported, “Roche has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration for its Xofluza [baloxavir marboxil] drug to treat influenza in children aged five years and older, the drugmaker said on Friday.” The drug “has been...

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CDC Loosens COVID-19 Recommendations

The Washington Post (8/11, A1, Achenbach, Sun) reports that on Thursday, the CDC “loosened many of its recommendations for battling the coronavirus, a strategic shift that puts more of the onus on individuals, rather than on schools, businesses and other...

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FDA Recommends Three Negative COVID-19 Tests For Asymptomatic Illness To Improve Accuracy

USA Today (8/11, Alltucker) reports that “if you’re taking an at-home COVID-19 test and want to be confident you’re clear of the virus, you’ll need not just one or two but three tests with negative results over five days,” according to a “new recommendati...

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Studies Identify TB Mutations Tied To Antimicrobial Resistance

NPR (8/11, Daniel) reports tuberculosis (TB) “remains a persistent foe in large part because the bacteria can mutate and evolve to develop resistance to our antibiotics.” Researchers “in a pair of studies published...in PLOS Biology...have found an array...

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Emergency Use Authorization For Monkeypox Vaccine Administration Does Not Include Treatment Options, Testing

Bloomberg Law (8/11, Baumann, Subscription Publication) reports, “The Biden administration’s decision to activate FDA emergency powers for monkeypox could quintuple the US vaccine supply, but the latest action doesn’t use that authority to boost treatment...

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Health Officials Warn Of Monkeypox Transmission From Owners To Household Pets

Measles Outbreak In Zimbabwe Kills 157 Children

USPSTF Continues To Recommend Against Routine Serologic Screening For Genital Herpes

UK Approves Moderna’s Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

Novavax Files For US Authorization For Use Of COVID-19 Vaccine As Booster

US Set To Receive Extra $1B Worth Of Monkeypox Vaccine Doses Under Increase To Contract With Bavarian Nordic

Waste Water Surveillance Testing May Be Used To Track Monkeypox, Other Diseases, Researchers Say

Text Message Reminders Effectively Promote Receipt Of Second Influenza Vaccine Dose Among Children, Study Says

US Officials Shipping Out More Doses Of Monkeypox Vaccine Than Originally Planned Due To Strategy Shift

State Officials Struggling With Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout

WHO Renames Variants Of Monkeypox

Physicians Warn About Rise In Antifungal Resistant Infections

Monkeypox Cases In US Surpass 10,000, Data Show

Poliovirus Detected In Wastewater Samples In New York City, Officials Announce

Experts Raise Concern Over Efforts To Contain US Monkeypox Outbreak

FDA Approves Roche’ Baloxavir Marboxil To Treat Influenza In Children Aged Five Years And Older

CDC Loosens COVID-19 Recommendations

FDA Recommends Three Negative COVID-19 Tests For Asymptomatic Illness To Improve Accuracy

Studies Identify TB Mutations Tied To Antimicrobial Resistance

Emergency Use Authorization For Monkeypox Vaccine Administration Does Not Include Treatment Options, Testing