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Flu Activity Measures Climb Into “Noteworthy Territory” For Second Time During 2019-2020 Season

CHEST Physician (2/10, Franki) reports, “For the second time during the 2019-2020 flu season, activity measures have climbed into noteworthy territory.” The outpatient-visit rate is 6.7 percent for the week ending February 1, according to the CDC, and tha...

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Researchers Say Addition Of Maraviroc To Standard Three-Drug Antiretroviral Therapy Regimen Did Not Improve Outcomes In Patients With Advanced HIV

Healio (2/10, Michael) reports researchers found that the addition of “maraviroc to a standard three-drug antiretroviral therapy regimen in patients with advanced HIV did not improve outcomes.” The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicin...

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Rifampicin May Be Safest Treatment Option For Latent TB Infection In Patients Without Contraindication, Study Shows

Infectious Disease Advisor (2/10, Masoud) reports that “in patients without a contraindication, rifampicin may be the safest treatment option for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, according to” study results published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases....

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Colorado House Bill Aims To Lower Age For Which Insurers Are Required To Cover Colon Cancer Screening

The Denver Post (2/10, Wingerter) reports “a bill pending in Colorado’s legislature, HB 1103, would lower the age at which insurers are required to cover colon cancer screening from 50 to 45 for average-risk people.” The proposal “passed its original comm...

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Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases New Treatment Guidelines For Children

Modern Healthcare (2/10, Castellucci, Subscription Publication) reports, “The influential Surviving Sepsis Campaign recently released guidelines on how hospitals can diagnose and treat sepsis in children.” The suggestions “are the first from the Surviving...

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Death Toll From New Coronavirus Outbreak Surpasses That From SARS

The New York Times (2/8) reported the death toll from the new coronavirus “has risen to 811, surpassing the death toll from the SARS epidemic of 2002-3,” which “killed 774 people worldwide.” In addition, many physicians suspect “that deaths and infections...

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Researchers Identify 21 “Rare” Genetic Variations Tied To Estrogen-Associated Brain Pathways In Transgender People Diagnosed With Gender Dysphoria

Newsweek (2/7, Gander) reported researchers examined the DNA of 30 transgender people “who had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria” and identified 21 “rare” genetic variations “in 19 genes, in pathways in the brain associated with the sex hormone estroge...

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Researchers Identify Similarities Between Coronavirus Identified In Pangolins And Novel Coronavirus

The Washington Post (2/7, Achenbach) reported while the new coronavirus “is similar to two viruses that circulate in bats...it might have skipped through another species before infecting humans.” Researchers have recently “noted that a coronavirus previou...

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Flu Activity In US Continued To Increase For Week Ending February 1

CNN (2/7, Christensen) reported “flu activity continued to increase and remained high in the United States in the week ending February 1, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” During that week, “there were 10 more...

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Treatment With PEG-IFN In Patients With Hepatitis B Infection Effected Decline In HBV-RNA Correlated With Treatment Response, HBsAg Loss, According To Trial

Infectious Disease Advisor (2/7, Schad) reported “in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection, treatment with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) has effected a fast and significant decline in hepatitis B virus RNA (HBV-RNA) that correlates with treatment r...

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Researcher Says Median Penicillin Levels In Infants’ Cord Blood May Be Significantly Lower In Those Born To GBS-Positive Women With Obesity Than Without

MedPage Today (2/9, Walker) reports Dr. Jennifer McCoy of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine spoke at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting about her research on the use of penicillin to treat group B streptococc...

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Almost 50 Percent Of Antibiotic Prescriptions For Patients With Medicaid May Be Inappropriate, Research Demonstrates

HealthDay (2/7, Preidt) reported “nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions for Medicaid patients appear to be inappropriate,” according to research published in the journal Health Affairs. In an analysis of “298 million antibiotic prescriptions filled by 5...

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Infant Becomes First In Wisconsin To Test Positive For SMA, Get New Gene Therapy Before Developing Signs Of Weakness

The AP (2/10, Wahlberg) reports that Caiti and Ben Droessler learned that their daughter Piper had spinal muscular atrophy weeks after her birth. Piper was the first newborn in Wisconsin to test positive for the rare genetic disorder and “she became the s...

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Researchers Identify Natural Gene Variants That May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease

HealthDay (2/6, Preidt) reports that “researchers at University College London analyzed DNA from more than 10,000 people – half with Alzheimer’s and half without,” and “identified a class of natural gene variants that may protect against Alzheimer’s disea...

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Researchers Examine Relationship Between CYP2D6 Genotype And Tamoxifen Treatment In Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

Healio (2/6) reports researchers found in a phase 2 trial that “increasing tamoxifen dosage did not lead to a higher rate of 6-month PFS among patients with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer who have CYP2D6-variant alleles.” In addition,...

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Patients With Psoriasis Who Are Treated With Biologics May Have Higher Risk For HBV And HCV Reactivations, Study Indicates

Dermatology Advisor (2/6, May) reports researchers found that “patients with psoriasis who are treated with biologics have a higher risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) reactivations, especially if they are young, hepatitis B surfa...

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From 2013 To 2017, Prevalence Of NTDs In Births To Mothers With HIV Was 7.0 Per 10,000 Live Births, Report Estimates

Infectious Disease Advisor (2/6) reports “the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in births to mothers with HIV from 2013 to 2017 was estimated to be 7.0 per 10,000 live births, according to an article published in the Centers for Disease Control and...

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San Bernardino County Health Officials Say County Saw 42 Hepatitis A Cases In Past Year

The Los Angeles Times (2/6, Rubin) reports that health officials in San Bernardino County, California “declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, saying dozens of people have contracted the viral disease.” Data released by the county’s public health department...

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Five Cases Of Measles Confirmed In Los Angeles County

Newsweek (2/6, Rahman) reports “five new cases of measles have been confirmed by Los Angeles County health officials, who have warned of people possibly being exposed at several locations over the past two weeks.” The Los Angeles Department of Public Heal...

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Researchers Say Fevers Are No Less Common Or Less Severe When Influenza Vaccine Is Delayed Two Weeks For Children Receiving DTaP Or Pneumoccocal Vaccines

CHEST Physician (2/6, Oakes) reports researchers found in a randomized trial that “fevers were no less common or less severe when influenza vaccine was delayed 2 weeks for children receiving DTaP and pneumococcal vaccinations.” The findings were published...

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Flu Activity Measures Climb Into “Noteworthy Territory” For Second Time During 2019-2020 Season

Researchers Say Addition Of Maraviroc To Standard Three-Drug Antiretroviral Therapy Regimen Did Not Improve Outcomes In Patients With Advanced HIV

Rifampicin May Be Safest Treatment Option For Latent TB Infection In Patients Without Contraindication, Study Shows

Colorado House Bill Aims To Lower Age For Which Insurers Are Required To Cover Colon Cancer Screening

Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases New Treatment Guidelines For Children

Death Toll From New Coronavirus Outbreak Surpasses That From SARS

Researchers Identify 21 “Rare” Genetic Variations Tied To Estrogen-Associated Brain Pathways In Transgender People Diagnosed With Gender Dysphoria

Researchers Identify Similarities Between Coronavirus Identified In Pangolins And Novel Coronavirus

Flu Activity In US Continued To Increase For Week Ending February 1

Treatment With PEG-IFN In Patients With Hepatitis B Infection Effected Decline In HBV-RNA Correlated With Treatment Response, HBsAg Loss, According To Trial

Researcher Says Median Penicillin Levels In Infants’ Cord Blood May Be Significantly Lower In Those Born To GBS-Positive Women With Obesity Than Without

Almost 50 Percent Of Antibiotic Prescriptions For Patients With Medicaid May Be Inappropriate, Research Demonstrates

Infant Becomes First In Wisconsin To Test Positive For SMA, Get New Gene Therapy Before Developing Signs Of Weakness

Researchers Identify Natural Gene Variants That May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers Examine Relationship Between CYP2D6 Genotype And Tamoxifen Treatment In Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

Patients With Psoriasis Who Are Treated With Biologics May Have Higher Risk For HBV And HCV Reactivations, Study Indicates

From 2013 To 2017, Prevalence Of NTDs In Births To Mothers With HIV Was 7.0 Per 10,000 Live Births, Report Estimates

San Bernardino County Health Officials Say County Saw 42 Hepatitis A Cases In Past Year

Five Cases Of Measles Confirmed In Los Angeles County

Researchers Say Fevers Are No Less Common Or Less Severe When Influenza Vaccine Is Delayed Two Weeks For Children Receiving DTaP Or Pneumoccocal Vaccines