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Guinea Declares End To Ebola Outbreak That Killed 12

The AP (6/19, Petesch) reported Guinea “has declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that emerged in February and killed 12 people, according to the World Health Organization.” The latest outbreak “was the first to emerge in Guinea since a deadly outbreak fro...

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CDC Launches Probe After Imported Dog Is Diagnosed With Rabies Variant Previously Wiped Out In US

The Washington Post (6/19, Bellware) reported that the CDC “has launched a multistate public health investigation after at least 12 people were exposed to a dog, imported from Azerbaijan by a rescue group, that tested positive for a rabies variant.” CDC t...

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Health Officials Investigate Rare TB Outbreak Among Patients Treated With Tainted Bone Repair Product

The Washington Post (6/18, Sun, Bernstein) reported that federal and state health officials “are investigating a rare tuberculosis outbreak among more than 100 patients who may have been infected after having spinal surgery or fracture repairs this spring...

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Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A Detected At Border Detention Facility, Research Shows

Healio (6/18, Dreisbach) reported, “Four cases of oseltamivir-resistant influenza A (H1N1) were detected at a border detention center in Texas with hemagglutinin that belong to a subclade that may enable viral escape from pre-existing immunity,” according...

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US To Invest $3.2B In Drugs That Can Be Used To Treat Viruses

The New York Times (6/17, Zimmer) reports that the US government is “pouring more than $3 billion on a neglected area of research: developing pills to fight” the coronavirus and other viral threats “early in the course of infection, potentially saving man...

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Antiretroviral Therapy Associated With Low Viral Reservoirs At Birth, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/17, Nye) reports, “Prophylaxis against mother-to-child HIV transmission resulted in low viral reservoirs at birth; however, viral rebound was common, according to” the results of an observational, 164-patient study published...

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Probiotic Use Not Beneficial For Primary CDI Infection In Select Hospitalized Patients, Study Says

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/17, Lee) reports, “The use of a 3-strain Lactobacillus probiotic preparation for primary prevention of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) was not found to be beneficial in patients aged 51 years and older receiving anti...

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Few Patients With Pneumonia Have Empiric Antibiotic Coverage De-Escalated After Negative Cultures, Data Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/17, Lee) reports, “Fewer than 1 in 7 eligible patients with pneumonia had their empiric antibiotic coverage de-escalated following negative cultures, according to” researchers who studied 14,710 patients “18 years and older a...

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Nearly One In Five Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Developed Secondary Infections, Study Says

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/17, Lee) reports 17% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York City amid the peak of the pandemic “developed secondary bacterial or fungal infections, according to a retrospective cohort study published in Open Forum...

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Investigational Lyme Disease Vaccines For Humans Opting To Replace Discontinued Shot

TIME (6/17, Oaklander) says, “The best way to protect against the growing threat of tick-borne diseases is through vaccines,” and while there are no human vaccines for Lyme disease, “that wasn’t always the case. Before Lyme disease shots went to the dogs,...

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SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Has Lower Bacterial Identification Prevalence Than Influenza Pneumonia, Study Says

Pulmonology Advisor (6/17, May) reports, “Early empirical antimicrobial treatment is often prescribed to hospitalized patients with COVID-19, but findings from a study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine suggest the...

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NHS Reduces Restrictions On Gay, Bisexual Men Donating Blood

The Washington Post (6/17, Berger) reports, “For the first time in decades, healthy people of any gender or sexual orientation who have had the same sexual partner for at least three months are eligible to donate blood, plasma and platelets in most of the...

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Handshakes, Follows, And Shares: Contemporary Professional Networking And Social Media

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The More Things Change: 3 Ways To Determine Lab Safety Culture

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Cording In Disseminated Mycobacterium Chelonae Infection In An Immunocompromised Patient

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WHO Says Delta Coronavirus Has Spread To 80 Countries

CNBC (6/16, Mendez) reports, “The delta Covid variant, first detected in India, has now spread to more than 80 countries and it continues to mutate as it spreads across the globe, World Health Organization officials said Wednesday.” The agency “is also tr...

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Levofloxacin Prophylaxis Effective In Bloodstream Infection Prevention Among Patients Undergoing HCT, Results Show

Infectious Disease Advisor (6/16, Nye) reports, “Levofloxacin prophylaxis was found to be effective at preventing bloodstream infections among patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for a hematologic malignancy who were not colonized...

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Two Studies Identify Serum Biomarkers That Could Be Used To Differentiate Between Hyperinflammatory Syndromes In Children

According to Medwire News (6/16), investigators “have identified” in two studies “serum biomarkers that could be used to differentiate between hyperinflammatory syndromes in children.” One study “analyzed serum samples from children with systemic juvenile...

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Analysis “Strongly” Indicates Variants In TP73 Gene May Be Tied To Risk For ALS

Healio (6/16, Marabito) reports, “An analysis of exome sequences in patients with ALS and healthy controls ‘strongly’ indicated that variants in the TP73 gene are associated with risk for ALS,” investigators concluded in a study that “first analyzed sampl...

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Zinc Can Be Both Helpful, Harmful When It Comes To Kidney Stones, Research Suggests

HealthDay (6/16, Preidt) reports, “The nutrient zinc can be both helpful and harmful when it comes to kidney stones,” investigators concluded in a laboratory experiment and modeling study that found that “two conflicting theories about the link between zi...

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Guinea Declares End To Ebola Outbreak That Killed 12

CDC Launches Probe After Imported Dog Is Diagnosed With Rabies Variant Previously Wiped Out In US

Health Officials Investigate Rare TB Outbreak Among Patients Treated With Tainted Bone Repair Product

Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza A Detected At Border Detention Facility, Research Shows

US To Invest $3.2B In Drugs That Can Be Used To Treat Viruses

Antiretroviral Therapy Associated With Low Viral Reservoirs At Birth, Study Finds

Probiotic Use Not Beneficial For Primary CDI Infection In Select Hospitalized Patients, Study Says

Few Patients With Pneumonia Have Empiric Antibiotic Coverage De-Escalated After Negative Cultures, Data Show

Nearly One In Five Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Developed Secondary Infections, Study Says

Investigational Lyme Disease Vaccines For Humans Opting To Replace Discontinued Shot

SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Has Lower Bacterial Identification Prevalence Than Influenza Pneumonia, Study Says

NHS Reduces Restrictions On Gay, Bisexual Men Donating Blood

Handshakes, Follows, And Shares: Contemporary Professional Networking And Social Media

The More Things Change: 3 Ways To Determine Lab Safety Culture

Cording In Disseminated Mycobacterium Chelonae Infection In An Immunocompromised Patient

WHO Says Delta Coronavirus Has Spread To 80 Countries

Levofloxacin Prophylaxis Effective In Bloodstream Infection Prevention Among Patients Undergoing HCT, Results Show

Two Studies Identify Serum Biomarkers That Could Be Used To Differentiate Between Hyperinflammatory Syndromes In Children

Analysis “Strongly” Indicates Variants In TP73 Gene May Be Tied To Risk For ALS

Zinc Can Be Both Helpful, Harmful When It Comes To Kidney Stones, Research Suggests