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Microbiologic Treatment Failure Following Clinical Cure May Be Independently Associated With Recurrent Pneumonia Or Death Among Patients With Bacterial Pneumonia, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/16, van Paridon) reports researchers found that “microbiologic treatment failure following clinical cure was...independently associated with recurrent pneumonia or death among patients with bacterial pneumonia.” The findings...

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Japan Confirms First Case Of New Coronavirus In Person Who Traveled To Wuhan

Reuters (1/16, Gallagher) reports Japan “confirmed its first case of infection from a newly-identified coronavirus that has killed one person and infected at least 40 more in China.” The article says that the “patient returned from Wuhan this month with a...

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Florida House Panel Advances Legislation Preventing Life Insurers From Accessing DNA Test Data

The AP (1/16, Calvan) reports that Florida lawmakers “advanced a proposal Thursday that would bar life insurers from using information from commercially available genetic tests to deny policies or set premiums based on markers that might be discovered thr...

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Study Suggests Fitbits Could Help Health Officials Predict Flu Outbreaks In Real-Time

CNN (1/16, Kim) reports a new study suggests that wearing a Fitbit “may help health officials stop the flu from spreading.” Researchers working at the Scripps Research Translational Institute “reviewed de-identified data from users wearing Fitbits – the c...

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Millennials Are Least Likely To Receive Flu Shot, In Part Because Of Anti-Vaxxer Ideas, Survey Suggests

NBC News (1/16) reports on its website that the American Academy of Family Physicians surveyed 1,000 adults across the US about influenza and found that millennials were the least likely to receive flu vaccines compared to other generations. According to...

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Pilot Program Is Providing Malaria Vaccine To Babies In Ghana, Kenya, And Malawi

The AP (1/16, Anna, Neergaard) reports on a pilot program that is providing malaria vaccines to babies in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi. The article says that the new vaccine “is only about 40% effective. But experts say it’s worth a try as progress against ma...

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Scientists Genetically Engineer Mosquitoes That Cannot Be Infected By Dengue Virus

HealthDay (1/16, Preidt) reports scientists have genetically engineered mosquitoes that cannot be infected by dengue virus. The mosquitoes are resistant to all four types of the virus, according to a study published in PLOS Pathogens.

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Stem Cell Donors Might Be Passing Genetic Mutations To Recipients, Study Suggests

STAT (1/15, Joseph) reports researchers found in a pilot study that stem cell donors may be transmitting genetic mutations to the recipients that could cause health problems. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers “found t...

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Researchers Identify Six Genes Tied To Excess Drinking Which May In Turn Increase Lung Cancer Risk

Newsweek (1/15, Gander) reports researchers “identified six genes which they believe are linked to drinking alcohol in excess” and also concluded that “heavy drinking could raise the risk of developing lung cancer.” The researchers conducted “a genome-wid...

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Study Indicates Variants In DNA Damage Repair Genes May Impact Mesothelioma Pathogenesis

Cancer Therapy Advisor (1/15, Lawrence) reports a study suggests “variants in DNA damage repair genes may play a role in the pathogenesis of malignant pleural mesotheliomas.” In the study, 84 patients with mesothelioma were screened for cancer-predisposin...

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CDC Predicts Influenza Season Will Not Slow Down For Weeks

Medscape (1/15, Brown, Subscription Publication) reports that “influenza is still going strong in the United States and isn’t expected to slow down for at least several more weeks, according to a report from the” CDC. The article says that while “levels o...

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PAGE-B And Modified PAGE-B Scores May Identify Patients On ART For HBV Who Have Low Risk For HCC, Study Suggests

Healio (1/15, Bennett) reports researchers found that “the PAGE-B score and a modified PAGE-B score identified which patients on antiviral therapy [ART] for chronic hepatitis B [HBV] had a low risk for hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] development.” The find...

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Researchers Examine Impact Of Treatment With Cotrimoxazole In Infants Exposed To HIV But Uninfected

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/15) reports researchers found that “treatment with cotrimoxazole in infants exposed to HIV but uninfected (HEU) increases resistance gene prevalence and α-diversity and decreases microbial taxonomic, functional pathway, and r...

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Chinese Officials Say Human-To-Human Transmission Might Be Possible For New Coronavirus

The AP (1/15, Wang) reports Chinese officials said there is a chance that a new coronavirus can be transmitted between people. Health officials say that while most of those affected “had worked at or visited a particular seafood wholesale market, one woma...

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Antitrust Class Action Filed Against Gilead, BMS, J&J, Japan Tobacco Over Alleged Conspiracy To Corner PrEP Market

Bloomberg Law (1/15, Leonard, Subscription Publication) reports a federal antitrust lawsuit has been filed against Gilead Sciences, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, and Japan Tobacco “over their alleged conspiracy to corner the market for HIV pre...

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Fewer Than 2% Of Tennessee Providers May Be Responsible For Almost A Quarter Of Pediatric Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions In The State In 2016, Study Indicates

MedPage Today (1/15, Walker) reports researchers found that in Tennessee “less than 2% of providers...accounted for about 25% of broad-spectrum antibiotic prescriptions for pediatric patients” in 2016. The findings were published in Infection Control & Ho...

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Researchers Say US Drug Deaths May Be Twice As High As Government Records Indicate

HealthDay (1/15, Preidt) reports a study published in PLOS One suggests that “drugs may kill twice as many Americans as government records” indicate. The article says that “in 2016, the [government-]reported rate of drug-related deaths among 15- to 64-yea...

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Research Suggests Steatosis Distribution Patterns May Differ Among Patients With Hepatitis B Between Those With Fatty Liver And Those With NAFLD

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/14) reports a study published in the Annals of Hepatology suggests that “when quantifying hepatic steatosis in different histological regions, steatosis distribution patterns differ between chronic hepatitis B patients with f...

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Analysis Unable To Confirm Association Between HCV, Extrahepatic Malignancy Risk

Cancer Therapy Advisor (1/14, Lawrence) reports a retrospective study “was not able to confirm an association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and risk for extrahepatic malignancies.” Moreover, “there was no significant association between HCV-se...

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Study Finds Increase In Incidence Of Leukemia Among 9/11 First Responders

The Wall Street Journal (1/14, West, Subscription Publication) reports that a new study is the first to show an increase in the incidence of leukemia among 9/11 first responders. The study also saw elevated prostate and thyroid cancer, which had been prev...

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Microbiologic Treatment Failure Following Clinical Cure May Be Independently Associated With Recurrent Pneumonia Or Death Among Patients With Bacterial Pneumonia, Study Indicates

Japan Confirms First Case Of New Coronavirus In Person Who Traveled To Wuhan

Florida House Panel Advances Legislation Preventing Life Insurers From Accessing DNA Test Data

Study Suggests Fitbits Could Help Health Officials Predict Flu Outbreaks In Real-Time

Millennials Are Least Likely To Receive Flu Shot, In Part Because Of Anti-Vaxxer Ideas, Survey Suggests

Pilot Program Is Providing Malaria Vaccine To Babies In Ghana, Kenya, And Malawi

Scientists Genetically Engineer Mosquitoes That Cannot Be Infected By Dengue Virus

Stem Cell Donors Might Be Passing Genetic Mutations To Recipients, Study Suggests

Researchers Identify Six Genes Tied To Excess Drinking Which May In Turn Increase Lung Cancer Risk

Study Indicates Variants In DNA Damage Repair Genes May Impact Mesothelioma Pathogenesis

CDC Predicts Influenza Season Will Not Slow Down For Weeks

PAGE-B And Modified PAGE-B Scores May Identify Patients On ART For HBV Who Have Low Risk For HCC, Study Suggests

Researchers Examine Impact Of Treatment With Cotrimoxazole In Infants Exposed To HIV But Uninfected

Chinese Officials Say Human-To-Human Transmission Might Be Possible For New Coronavirus

Antitrust Class Action Filed Against Gilead, BMS, J&J, Japan Tobacco Over Alleged Conspiracy To Corner PrEP Market

Fewer Than 2% Of Tennessee Providers May Be Responsible For Almost A Quarter Of Pediatric Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions In The State In 2016, Study Indicates

Researchers Say US Drug Deaths May Be Twice As High As Government Records Indicate

Research Suggests Steatosis Distribution Patterns May Differ Among Patients With Hepatitis B Between Those With Fatty Liver And Those With NAFLD

Analysis Unable To Confirm Association Between HCV, Extrahepatic Malignancy Risk

Study Finds Increase In Incidence Of Leukemia Among 9/11 First Responders