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CDC Investigates Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Contact With Wild Songbirds And Bird Feeders In Eight States

The New York Times (4/4, Jimenez) reports the CDC said that a salmonella outbreak has sickened 19 people in eight states. The outbreak has been “linked to contact with wild songbirds and bird feeders,” and the CDC is investigating cases “in California, Ke...

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New Measles Outbreak Starts In DRC Eight Months After The Worst In The Country’s History Was Declared Over

Reuters (4/2, Holland) reported Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced “a new measles outbreak has flared up in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] just eight months after authorities declared an end to the worst known outbreak in the country’s histo...

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More Countries Open Investigations Of People Reporting Blood Clots After Receiving AstraZeneca’s SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

CIDRAP (4/2, Schnirring) reported several more countries have opened investigations into reports of blood clots in people who received AstraZeneca’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, and the UK are all investigating such reports and...

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CDC Says Americans Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2 Can Safely Travel

The New York Times (4/2, A1, Rabin) reported the CDC announced that Americans who have been fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 can safely travel inside or outside the US, “as long as they take basic precautions like wearing masks.” The agency said they p...

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HIV Diagnoses Tied To State Income Limits For SNAP Eligibility, Study Indicates

Healio (4/2, Stulpin) reported researchers found “HIV diagnoses have a statistically significant association with state income limits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility.” The findings were published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases...

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FDA Authorizes Two OTC At-Home Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Tests

USA Today (4/1, Alltucker) reports the FDA authorized two OTC at-home rapid SARS-CoV-2 tests: Abbott’s BinaxNOW and Quidel’s QuickVue. The BinaxNOW “will include two tests per kit for serial screening,” and offers results in 15 minutes without a laborator...

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Study Investigates How Deep Learning, Genomic Data May Help Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

Health IT Analytics (4/1, Kent) reports, “Using deep learning and genomic data,” investigators “have discovered a simple blood test that may help predict Alzheimer’s disease in patients.” After comparing “blood samples from 24 Alzheimer’s patients and 24...

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Research Suggests Air Pollution Is A Risk Factor For Cognitive Impairment As People Age

Neurology Today (4/1, Fitzgerald) reports, “A growing body of research suggests that air pollution may play a role in the development of cognitive impairment, though many questions remain to be answered.” Neurology Today highlights several studies examini...

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Pfizer Says Its SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective At Six Months And Protects Against B.1.351 Variant

USA Today (4/1, Weintraub) reports, “Six months after getting a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as part of a 46,000-person clinical trial, volunteers remained more than 90% protected against symptomatic [SARS-CoV-2 infection] and even better pr...

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Researchers Say Some People Hospitalized With COVID-19 Can Have Non-Convulsive Seizures

HealthDay (4/1, Preidt) reports researchers found some people hospitalized with COVID-19 can “have non-convulsive seizures that may increase their risk of death.” In a news release from Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. M. Brandon Westover, an associate...

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Some Patients With COVID-19 Experience PTSD After Recovery

CNN (4/1, Rios) reports, “Millions have survived Covid-19 hospitalization, and, for most, the acute physical symptoms have gone away.” But many “continue to endure the emotional and psychological trauma that comes with having Covid-19.” A study “published...

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SARS-CoV-2 Cases Reach New Daily Records In Hot Spots In South America And Europe

CIDRAP (4/1, Schnirring) reports, “A number of global COVID-19 hot spots in South America and Europe reported new daily records, including Brazil, Chile, Turkey, and Bulgaria.” Meanwhile, the WHO “repeated an urgent call for 10 million COVID-19 vaccine do...

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Zika Virus Infection Associated With Sexual Transmission In Men Who Engage In Risky Sexual Behaviors, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/1, Marmelstein) reports researchers found that “Zika virus infection was associated with sexual transmission among men engaged in risky sexual behaviors.” The findings were published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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Some Public Health Advocates, Business Owners Join Chorus Of People Criticizing “Vaccine Passports”

STAT (4/1, Facher) reports some restaurant owners and public health advocates have joined the growing number of people criticizing the notion of “vaccine passports.” Some business owners say they do not want to face angry customers trying to enforce polic...

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CDC, NIH Launch Initiative To Determine Value Of Widespread Use Of Rapid Coronavirus Tests

The New York Times (3/31, Anthes) reports the CDC and NIH “announced a new initiative on Wednesday to help determine whether frequent, widespread use of rapid coronavirus tests slows the spread of the virus.” Under the initiative, all residents of Pitt Co...

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Comprehensive Systematic Review Examines Relationship Between Estrogen And Migraines

Drug Topics (3/31, Ientile) reports, “Investigators conducted a comprehensive literature review of 19 studies from an initial total of 246 that examined the role of estrogen in migraine pathogenesis,” in order “to analyze the specific roles of estrogen in...

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Several MicroRNAs In Blood Of People With Parkinson’s Disease Differ From Those Of Healthy Controls, Large-Scale Study Indicates

Parkinson’s News Today (3/31, Bryson) reports, “Several microRNAs in the blood of people with Parkinson’s disease differ from healthy controls, correlate with disease progression, and are associated with hallmarks of the disorder,” researchers concluded i...

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AI System For Diagnosing Prostate Cancer On Biopsy Slides Achieves 98%-Plus Performance In Sensitivity, Positive Predictive Value, Specificity, Negative Predictive Value, Study Finds

AI in Healthcare (3/31, Pearson) reports, “An AI system for diagnosing prostate cancer on biopsy slides has achieved 98%-plus performance in sensitivity, positive predictive value, specificity and negative predictive value.” The model “made the showing in...

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Infants Born With Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy May Have Increased Expression Of Functional SMN Protein After Risdiplam Therapy, Research Indicates

Neurology Advisor (3/31, Nye) reports, “Infants born with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy had increased expression of functional survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein after risdiplam therapy,” investigators concluded in a two-part, “phase 2-3, open label...

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CDC Investigates Salmonella Outbreak Linked To Contact With Wild Songbirds And Bird Feeders In Eight States

New Measles Outbreak Starts In DRC Eight Months After The Worst In The Country’s History Was Declared Over

More Countries Open Investigations Of People Reporting Blood Clots After Receiving AstraZeneca’s SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

CDC Says Americans Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2 Can Safely Travel

HIV Diagnoses Tied To State Income Limits For SNAP Eligibility, Study Indicates

FDA Authorizes Two OTC At-Home Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Tests

Study Investigates How Deep Learning, Genomic Data May Help Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

Research Suggests Air Pollution Is A Risk Factor For Cognitive Impairment As People Age

Pfizer Says Its SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective At Six Months And Protects Against B.1.351 Variant

Researchers Say Some People Hospitalized With COVID-19 Can Have Non-Convulsive Seizures

Some Patients With COVID-19 Experience PTSD After Recovery

SARS-CoV-2 Cases Reach New Daily Records In Hot Spots In South America And Europe

Zika Virus Infection Associated With Sexual Transmission In Men Who Engage In Risky Sexual Behaviors, Study Indicates

Some Public Health Advocates, Business Owners Join Chorus Of People Criticizing “Vaccine Passports”

COVID Variants

CDC, NIH Launch Initiative To Determine Value Of Widespread Use Of Rapid Coronavirus Tests

Comprehensive Systematic Review Examines Relationship Between Estrogen And Migraines

Several MicroRNAs In Blood Of People With Parkinson’s Disease Differ From Those Of Healthy Controls, Large-Scale Study Indicates

AI System For Diagnosing Prostate Cancer On Biopsy Slides Achieves 98%-Plus Performance In Sensitivity, Positive Predictive Value, Specificity, Negative Predictive Value, Study Finds

Infants Born With Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy May Have Increased Expression Of Functional SMN Protein After Risdiplam Therapy, Research Indicates