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Biden Administration Launches New Website To Help Address Extreme Heat

NBC News (7/26, Chow) reports that on Tuesday, the Biden Administration “unveiled a new website designed to help keep Americans safe from extreme heat.” The “Heat.gov site will provide maps, data and other information to help the public and local official...

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WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Global Health Emergency

The Washington Post (7/23, A1, Nirappil) reported, “The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the international monkeypox outbreak a global emergency, a decision that underscores concerns about rapidly spreading infections sparked by the virus.”...

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US Labs Grappling With Spike In Use Of Rapid, At-Home COVID-19 Tests

The Wall Street Journal (7/24, Abbott, Subscription Publication) reports that some US laboratories are reducing PCR testing capacity, production, and staffing amid the spike in use of rapid, at-home antigen COVID-19 tests.

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Study Examines Role Of Trem2 Macrophages In Acne

STAT (7/22, Cueto) reported a study published in Science Immunology “gives clues as to why more than 45 million people have acne.” Investigators examined “skin from the backs of six people...and simulated acne lesions in Petri dishes to find a potential a...

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US Confirms First Two Pediatric Monkeypox Cases

The Washington Post (7/22, Sun, Nirappil) reported, “The first two U.S. cases of monkeypox in children have been confirmed as part of a record outbreak of more than 2,500 infections nationwide, a top health official said Friday.” These “pediatric cases, d...

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Some US Health Officials Warn Monkeypox Could Become Entrenched STD

The AP (7/22, Stobbe) reported, “The spread of monkeypox in the U.S. could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets firmly esta...

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Prescriptions For Monkeypox Antiviral Remain Limited In US

NBC News (7/22, Ryan) reported on patient access to the antiviral tecovirimat (TPOXX) for the treatment of monkeypox in the US, adding that “while the Biden administration has in recent weeks distributed nearly 200,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine for mon...

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Study Examines Prevalence, Characteristics Of Long COVID In Children

The Hill (7/22, Mueller) reported, “Children older than 14 are more likely than younger children to present with long COVID-19 symptoms, a...study shows, but it doesn’t preclude younger children from the disease.” The study “found that nearly 6 percent of...

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Experts Begin To Identify Predictive Factors Preventing People From Contracting COVID-19

NBC News (7/23, Bendix) reported, “Most people in the U.S have had COVID-19 at least once – likely more than 70% of the country, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha said on Thursday, citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

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Second COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots On Hold For People Under 50 As Biden Administration Works To Accelerate Fall Vaccination Campaign

The Washington Post (7/22, McGinley, Diamond, Sun) reported that second COVID-19 vaccine booster shots “for people younger than 50 are on hold as the Biden administration tries to accelerate a fall vaccination campaign using reformulated shots that target...

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Biden Administration Reorganizing HHS To Bolster Pandemic Response

The Washington Post (7/20, Diamond) reports, “The Biden administration is reorganizing the federal health department to create an independent division that would lead the nation’s pandemic response, amid frustrations with the Centers for Disease Control a...

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Expiration Dates For At-Home COVID-19 Tests May Not Be Accurate

The Boston Globe (7/20, Pan) reports the FDA “has advised against using at-home COVID-19 tests beyond their expiration dates, warning that expired test kits could provide unreliable or invalid results.” However, “the expiration dates...are not always accu...

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WHO Confirms 14,000 Cases Of Monkeypox Worldwide

Reuters (7/20, Roelf, Rigby) reports, “The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 14,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide, with five deaths reported in Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.” A majority “of the cases rep...

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Researchers Develop Toolkit To Help Identify, Respond To Potential Monkeypox Exposures Among Healthcare Personnel

Healio (7/20, Stulpin) reports, “Massachusetts General Hospital developed a toolkit that can help identify and respond to potential monkeypox exposures among health care personnel, researchers reported in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.” This “...

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LGBT Coalition Calls On Biden Administration To Expand Monkeypox Vaccine, Testing Access

The Hill (7/20, Vella) reports, “A coalition of LGBT organizations called on the Biden administration on Wednesday to expand testing and vaccine access for the monkeypox virus, warning that if no action is taken, California could become the epicenter for...

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Advocacy Groups Criticize Federal Response To Long COVID

NBC News (7/20, Edwards) reports, “Two weeks before the release of two highly anticipated federal reports on long COVID, patient advocacy groups say they are frustrated with what they call an ‘underwhelming’ federal response thus far.” Phone calls between...

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Providers, Patients Raise Concerns Over Government HIV Molecular Surveillance Tool

Kaiser Health News (7/20, Whitehead) reports on “a new tool being promoted by federal officials to monitor the spread of HIV.” Such “molecular surveillance is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s HIV cluster detection and response prog...

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Relaxed Messaging, Lack Of Data Said To Be Hampering US Response To COVID-19 Wave

The New York Times (7/18, A1, Bosman, Fuller, Sandoval) reports, “COVID-19 is surging around the United States again in what experts consider the most transmissible variant of the pandemic yet,” but “public health officials are sounding only quiet warning...

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Cellular Tests For Lyme Disease Deemed Inappropriate For Use In Clinical Practice, Researchers Conclude

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/18, van Paridon) reports “cellular tests for Lyme disease had low specificity compared with serologic tests and were deemed inappropriate for use in clinical practice, according to results of” a “nationwide, prospective, mult...

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Roche Launches New Hepatitis C Diagnostic Test

Reuters (7/18, Revill) reports, “Roche has launched [a] new dual antigen and antibody diagnostic test for hepatitis C, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company said on Monday, which it says will give an earlier diagnosis of the virus.” The new “Elecsys HCV Duo i...

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Biden Administration Launches New Website To Help Address Extreme Heat

WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Global Health Emergency

US Labs Grappling With Spike In Use Of Rapid, At-Home COVID-19 Tests

Study Examines Role Of Trem2 Macrophages In Acne

US Confirms First Two Pediatric Monkeypox Cases

Some US Health Officials Warn Monkeypox Could Become Entrenched STD

Prescriptions For Monkeypox Antiviral Remain Limited In US

Study Examines Prevalence, Characteristics Of Long COVID In Children

Experts Begin To Identify Predictive Factors Preventing People From Contracting COVID-19

Second COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots On Hold For People Under 50 As Biden Administration Works To Accelerate Fall Vaccination Campaign

Biden Administration Reorganizing HHS To Bolster Pandemic Response

Expiration Dates For At-Home COVID-19 Tests May Not Be Accurate

WHO Confirms 14,000 Cases Of Monkeypox Worldwide

Researchers Develop Toolkit To Help Identify, Respond To Potential Monkeypox Exposures Among Healthcare Personnel

LGBT Coalition Calls On Biden Administration To Expand Monkeypox Vaccine, Testing Access

Advocacy Groups Criticize Federal Response To Long COVID

Providers, Patients Raise Concerns Over Government HIV Molecular Surveillance Tool

Relaxed Messaging, Lack Of Data Said To Be Hampering US Response To COVID-19 Wave

Cellular Tests For Lyme Disease Deemed Inappropriate For Use In Clinical Practice, Researchers Conclude

Roche Launches New Hepatitis C Diagnostic Test