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Vaccination Campaigns To Immunize About 45 Million Children In Developing Countries

Reuters (2/5) reports that as many as “45 million children in seven developing countries will be immunized against measles in a series of major vaccination campaigns to try to halt a global surge in the viral disease, the GAVI vaccine alliance said on Wed...

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Researchers Stop Clinical Trial Of HIV Vaccine Candidate In South Africa

The Washington Post (2/2, Bernstein) reports researchers ended a clinical trial testing an HIV vaccine candidate “after an interim analysis showed it was no more effective than placebo.” An independent monitoring panel for the trial, which was being condu...

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Study Finds Large Deposits Of Aluminum, Amyloid-Beta In Same Brain Regions Of Patients With Familial Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s News Today (2/3, Baker) reports investigators “have found large deposits of aluminum and amyloid-beta...in the same brain regions of patients with familial Alzheimer’s,” indicating “a close relationship between brain aluminum content and the l...

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COMT Variant rs4818 May Be Associated With Reduced CVD Risk And Lower Fibrinogen Levels, But Not Subclinical Atherosclerosis, Research Suggests

Cardiology Advisor (2/3, Rothbard) reports, “The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) variant rs4818 may be associated with a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lower fibrinogen levels, but not subclinical atherosclerosis,” investigators con...

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High Blood Levels Of Urate May Be Used As Biomarker Of Positive Outcomes In Men Newly Diagnosed With Parkinson’s, Researchers Say

Parkinson’s News Today (2/3, Inacio) reports, “High levels of urate in the blood may help preserve dopamine-producing neurons and be used as a biomarker of positive outcomes in men newly-diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease,” researchers concluded after usi...

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FDA Approves Flu Vaccine Against H5N1 Strain

Medscape (2/3, Brooks, Subscription Publication) reports that the FDA has approved Audenz, “the first and only adjuvanted, cell-based pandemic vaccine to provide active immunization against the influenza A virus H5N1 strain.” According to Medscape, “Influ...

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Research Indicates Following WHO Guidelines On Vaccination, Testing, And Treatment Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer In The Next Century

HealthDay (2/3, Preidt) reports two studies published in The Lancet suggest that “vaccination and screening could nearly wipe out cervical cancer in North America in the next 20 years and rid the world of the disease within the next century.” According to...

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CDC Confirms 11 Total Cases Of Novel Coronavirus In US

Reuters (2/3, Steenhuysen) reports there are now 11 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in the US, and one of the new cases marks the second instance of human-to-human transmission within the country. On Monday, the CDC announced five new cases, four in...

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Medicaid Patients Often Get Antibiotics Without Clinician Visit, Study Indicates

The Wall Street Journal (2/3, Evans, Subscription Publication) reports that, according to a new study published in the journal Health Affairs, about 28% of the 300 million antibiotics prescribed to patients who were enrolled in Medicaid between 2004 and 2...

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CDC Releases Updated Schedule For Adult Vaccines

Medscape (2/3, Swift, Subscription Publication) reports the CDC’s ACIP “released an updated schedule for adult vaccines,” which included “changes regarding the administration of several vaccines, including those for influenza, human papillomavirus (HPV),...

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Approximately 20 Percent Of Common Cancers In Australia Are The Result Of “Overdiagnosis,” According To Recent Study

Medscape (1/30, Davenport, Subscription Publication) reports “about 20% of five common cancers are the result of ‘overdiagnosis,’ concludes a study from Australia that analyzed over 30 years of national healthcare data.” The term “overdiagnosis is defined...

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Patients With HPV-Negative Oropharynx Head And Neck Cancer May Experience Higher Short-Term Mortality Risks Than Patients With HPV-Positive Disease, Research Suggests

Cancer Therapy Advisor (1/30, Lawrence) reports “patients diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative oropharynx head and neck cancer had higher rates of cancer-specific mortality, all-cause mortality, second-cancer mortality, and competing-cause m...

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EFA In CSF May Be Associated With All-Cause Mortality In Cryptococcal Meningitis, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/30) reports “early fungicidal activity (EFA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been associated with all-cause mortality in cryptococcal meningitis; EFA <0.20 log10CFU/mL/day was significantly associated with 18-week mortality...

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Fifteen Million Americans Infected With Flu So Far This Flu Season

CNN (1/30, Andrew) reports on this year’s flu, which “has infected 15 million Americans across the country and killed more than 8,200 people this season alone.” The 2019-2020 flu season is predicted “to be one of the worst in a decade, according to the Na...

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Study Reports Fecal Microbiota Transplantation May Decrease Mortality Rates In Patients Hospitalized With Refractory Severe Or Fulminant CDI

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/30) reports “fecal microbiota transplantation may significantly decrease mortality in patients hospitalized with refractory severe or fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), according to research published in Clin...

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Two Percent Of Group A Streptococcus Strains Show Decreased Susceptibility To Beta-Lactam Antibiotics, Study Shows

HealthDay (1/30, Preidt) reports “a new study warns that strains of bacteria that cause strep throat and ‘flesh-eating disease’ appear close to becoming resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics known as beta-lactams.” An “international team of resear...

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Healthcare Workers May Not Be Using Hand Sanitizer In The Proper Manner, Study Indicates

Reuters (1/30, Rapaport) reports, “Healthcare workers may not be using the right amount of hand sanitizer or letting it dry on their hands long enough to achieve maximum protection against the spread of germs,” investigators concluded after performing lab...

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WHO Declares Global Health Emergency Over Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak

The New York Times (1/30, Ramzy, McNeil) reports on Thursday, the WHO declared the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak “a public health emergency of international concern,” a decision that acknowledges that “the disease now represents a risk beyond China, where it...

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H. Pylori Eradication May Reduce Risk Of Stomach Cancer In High-Risk Patients, Research Indicates

Reuters (1/30, Emery) reports research indicates that “eradicating the bacteria that cause stomach ulcers can slash the odds of stomach cancer by more than half among people who have had a family member develop the tumor.” The findings were published in t...

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Rising Temperatures Around The World May Increase Heat-Related Deaths And Illnesses, Experts Say

CNN (1/29, Crespo) reports a viewpoint piece published in the Journal of Clinical Investigations suggests that “rising temperatures triggering extreme weather events around the world could result in an increase in heat-related illnesses and deaths, as wel...

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Vaccination Campaigns To Immunize About 45 Million Children In Developing Countries

Researchers Stop Clinical Trial Of HIV Vaccine Candidate In South Africa

Study Finds Large Deposits Of Aluminum, Amyloid-Beta In Same Brain Regions Of Patients With Familial Alzheimer’s

COMT Variant rs4818 May Be Associated With Reduced CVD Risk And Lower Fibrinogen Levels, But Not Subclinical Atherosclerosis, Research Suggests

High Blood Levels Of Urate May Be Used As Biomarker Of Positive Outcomes In Men Newly Diagnosed With Parkinson’s, Researchers Say

FDA Approves Flu Vaccine Against H5N1 Strain

Research Indicates Following WHO Guidelines On Vaccination, Testing, And Treatment Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer In The Next Century

CDC Confirms 11 Total Cases Of Novel Coronavirus In US

Medicaid Patients Often Get Antibiotics Without Clinician Visit, Study Indicates

CDC Releases Updated Schedule For Adult Vaccines

Approximately 20 Percent Of Common Cancers In Australia Are The Result Of “Overdiagnosis,” According To Recent Study

Patients With HPV-Negative Oropharynx Head And Neck Cancer May Experience Higher Short-Term Mortality Risks Than Patients With HPV-Positive Disease, Research Suggests

EFA In CSF May Be Associated With All-Cause Mortality In Cryptococcal Meningitis, Study Suggests

Fifteen Million Americans Infected With Flu So Far This Flu Season

Study Reports Fecal Microbiota Transplantation May Decrease Mortality Rates In Patients Hospitalized With Refractory Severe Or Fulminant CDI

Two Percent Of Group A Streptococcus Strains Show Decreased Susceptibility To Beta-Lactam Antibiotics, Study Shows

Healthcare Workers May Not Be Using Hand Sanitizer In The Proper Manner, Study Indicates

WHO Declares Global Health Emergency Over Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak

H. Pylori Eradication May Reduce Risk Of Stomach Cancer In High-Risk Patients, Research Indicates

Rising Temperatures Around The World May Increase Heat-Related Deaths And Illnesses, Experts Say