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Thailand Confirms Four Cases Of Wuhan Coronavirus

The AP (1/22, Moritsugu) reports authorities in Thailand have “confirmed four cases – a Thai national and three Chinese visitors.” Meanwhile, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US “have all reported one case each.” However, Thai Public Health Minister An...

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Three Professors Say 2019-nCoV May Have Come From Bats Through Snakes Sold In Wuhan Market

Haitao Guo and Shou-Jiang Gao, two professors of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh, and Guangxiang “George” Luo, a professor of microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, write in an opinion piece for The Co...

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NIAID Director Says New Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate Could Begin Human Trials Within Three Months

The Hill (1/22, Bowden) reports Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the NIAID, announced “that human trials for a vaccine to counter a new strain of coronavirus behind an outbreak of viral pneumonia in China could begin within three months.” Dr. Fauci said...

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President Trump Says US Has Plan To Contain Coronavirus

Reuters (1/22, Alper) reports President Trump said the US has a plan to contain the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump said, “We do have a plan and we think it is going to be handled very well. We’ve...

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UK Warns Against “All But Essential” Travel To Wuhan In Light Of Outbreak

Reuters (1/22, Smout, Faulconbridge, James) reports the UK advises “against all but essential travel to Wuhan in China after the outbreak of a new flu-like virus in the city.” In a statement, the UK’s foreign office said, “In light of the latest medical i...

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Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment With IFN-Free Therapies May Be Effective, Well-Tolerated In Patients Taking Psychoactive Medication, Research Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/22, van Paridon) reports “treatments for chronic hepatitis C infection using novel interferon (IFN)-free therapies were both highly effective and well tolerated in patients with psychiatric disorders who were taking psychoact...

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Novavax Says It Is Working On A Vaccine For Wuhan Coronavirus

On its website, CBS News (1/22, Cerullo) reports Novavax announced “it is working on a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus from China.” The company “touted its experience developing vaccine candidates for coronaviruses, including vaccines to protect agains...

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Children Who Receive Multiple Antibiotic Prescriptions Early In Life May Be Vulnerable To Obesity, Studies Indicate

HealthDay (1/22, Norton) reports, “Children who receive multiple antibiotic prescriptions early in life may be vulnerable to obesity,” investigators concluded in two studies. In the first study, “researchers found that four-year-olds who’d received more t...

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VAXART’s Oral Flu Vaccine As Effective As Standard Injection, Study Suggests

Fox News (1/22, Siegel) reports on its website that “a new study from VAXART...shows that VAXART’s oral tablet vaccine, which utilizes a non-spreading adenovirus to carry the flu protein, is just as effective at creating immunity and preventing the flu fr...

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US Reports Its First Case Of Wuhan Coronavirus

The New York Times (1/21, Rabin) reports that a male resident of Washington’s Snohomish County is infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, marking the first case in the US of the “mysterious respiratory infection that has killed at least six people and sicken...

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Epigenetics May Play Role In Development Of Asthma, Review Study Suggests

Pulmonology Advisor (1/21) reports a review study published in Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases indicates that epigenetics may play a role in the development of asthma. The article says that “in an effort to identify genetic variants responsible for...

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Researchers Compare Accuracy Of MTBDRplus To Clinical And Microbiologic Diagnosis For Pleural TB

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/21, Gupta) reports researchers conducted a prospective study to evaluate “the diagnostic accuracy of” the genotype MTBDRplus line probe assay (MTBDRplus) “for pleural tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis compared with clinical and mic...

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US Officials To Discuss Proposals For Controversial Experiments With Dangerous Pathogens

On its website, the NPR (1/21, Greenfieldboyce) “Shots” blog reports that US “officials are currently weighing the benefits and risks of proposed experiments that might make a dangerous pathogen even worse — but the details of that review, and the exact n...

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California Considers Listing Acetaminophen As Carcinogen

The AP (1/21, Beam) reports “a fight is coming to California over whether to list [acetaminophen] as a carcinogen, echoing recent high-profile battles over things like alcohol and coffee.” Regulators in the state “have reviewed 133 studies about acetamino...

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Exposure To Toxic Chemicals Appears To Have Led To More Than A Million Cases Of Intellectual Disability In The US Between 2001 And 2016, Researchers Say

HealthDay (1/21) reports, “While health problems from childhood exposure to lead and mercury are on the decline, these and other toxic chemicals continue to take a toll,” researchers concluded, finding that “exposure to other toxic chemicals – especially...

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Wisconsin Governor Signs Bills Designed To Help Fight Lyme Disease

The AP (1/21) reports that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) “signed into law a pair of bills designed to combat the spread of Lyme disease by warning visitors to state parks and other outdoor properties about the risks and making insect repellent available t...

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Sepsis May Be Responsible For Nearly One In Five Deaths Worldwide, Study Estimates

CNN (1/16, Christensen) reports that a study published in The Lancet indicates “worldwide sepsis infections and deaths are double what was previously estimated.” The research “estimates that in 2017 there were 48.9 million cases of sepsis worldwide and 11...

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Study Suggests Gene Mutation Responsible For Unexplained Deaths Of Amish Children

CNN (1/16, Kaur) reports that researchers employing a new type of technology have concluded that some Amish children who died without explanation “all inherited the same genetic mutation from both of their parents,” and “out of the 23 young people who had...

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About 170 People Sickened, Possibly With Norovirus, At Yosemite National Park

Reuters (1/17) reports Yosemite National Park officials said Thursday that about 170 people who spent time in the park in recent weeks have suffered from a gastrointestinal ailment “consistent with norovirus” and two have been diagnosed with the illness....

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Vermont Reports Statewide Hepatitis A Outbreak, Joining 30 Other States

The AP (1/16) reports “Vermont is reporting a statewide outbreak of hepatitis A, joining 30 other states, including New Hampshire and Massachusetts, that have seen a marked increase in the number of cases, the Vermont Health Department said Thursday.” Off...

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Thailand Confirms Four Cases Of Wuhan Coronavirus

Three Professors Say 2019-nCoV May Have Come From Bats Through Snakes Sold In Wuhan Market

NIAID Director Says New Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate Could Begin Human Trials Within Three Months

President Trump Says US Has Plan To Contain Coronavirus

UK Warns Against “All But Essential” Travel To Wuhan In Light Of Outbreak

Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment With IFN-Free Therapies May Be Effective, Well-Tolerated In Patients Taking Psychoactive Medication, Research Suggests

Novavax Says It Is Working On A Vaccine For Wuhan Coronavirus

Children Who Receive Multiple Antibiotic Prescriptions Early In Life May Be Vulnerable To Obesity, Studies Indicate

VAXART’s Oral Flu Vaccine As Effective As Standard Injection, Study Suggests

US Reports Its First Case Of Wuhan Coronavirus

Epigenetics May Play Role In Development Of Asthma, Review Study Suggests

Researchers Compare Accuracy Of MTBDRplus To Clinical And Microbiologic Diagnosis For Pleural TB

US Officials To Discuss Proposals For Controversial Experiments With Dangerous Pathogens

California Considers Listing Acetaminophen As Carcinogen

Exposure To Toxic Chemicals Appears To Have Led To More Than A Million Cases Of Intellectual Disability In The US Between 2001 And 2016, Researchers Say

Wisconsin Governor Signs Bills Designed To Help Fight Lyme Disease

Sepsis May Be Responsible For Nearly One In Five Deaths Worldwide, Study Estimates

Study Suggests Gene Mutation Responsible For Unexplained Deaths Of Amish Children

About 170 People Sickened, Possibly With Norovirus, At Yosemite National Park

Vermont Reports Statewide Hepatitis A Outbreak, Joining 30 Other States