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Pediatricians Sounding Alarm About Unusually High Numbers Of Young Children Being Admitted To EDs Due To RSV

CNN (1/10, Howard) reported that across the US, pediatricians are now “sounding the alarm about unusually high numbers of young children being admitted to emergency departments due to respiratory syncytial virus infection or RSV, a common virus that cause...

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College Student In Boston Diagnosed With Measles

ABC News (1/10, Schumaker) reported on its website that a student at Northeastern University in Boston was diagnosed with measles on January 8. Local health officials said that while the student was contagious between January 3 and 6, they visited Logan I...

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Medical Group Calls For Genetic Testing Companies To Share Data With Public Databases To Support Research

The Wall Street Journal (1/12, Marcus, Subscription Publication) reports the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics is calling for Myriad Genetics and other genetic testing companies to share proprietary data with public databases to support sc...

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Maine Bill Would Prohibit Life Insurers From Denying Coverage To Those Taking PrEP

The AP (1/11) reported legislation has been introduced in the Maine Legislature that would prohibit life insurers from denying coverage to people who take PrEP. The Maine Legislature’s Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee held a hea...

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Researchers Analyze Infections In First Year After Receiving Solid Organ Transplant

Healio (1/12, Stulpin) reports researchers analyzed “patients in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study” and concluded that “solid organ transplant recipients experienced a high burden of infections, more than half of which were due to bacteria, in the first y...

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Researchers Identify Overlapping Genetic Risk Variants That Tie BMI To Major Psychiatric Disorders

According to Healio (1/9, Gramigna), “many overlapping genetic risk variants exist between BMI and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression,” researchers concluded in a “genome-wide association study” that included data for 1,380,284 people. T...

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Study Suggests Children Exposed To Air Pollution In Womb May Have Higher Blood Sugar In Childhood

Reuters (1/9, Rapaport) reports that children who “are exposed to air pollution in the womb may have higher blood sugar levels during childhood than kids without this exposure, according to a study that suggests particle pollution could be an environmenta...

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Study Suggests Greater Quantity Of Oral Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria May Be Associated With Insulin Resistance, Reduced Plasma Glucose In Young To Middle-Aged Adults

Cardiology Advisor (1/9, Rothbard) reports “a greater quantity of oral nitrate-reducing bacteria was found to be associated with reduced plasma glucose and insulin resistance in young to middle-aged adults, as well as a drop in the mean systolic blood pre...

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Mayo Clinic Launches Project To Create A Genomic Library Of 100,000 Patients

Modern Healthcare (1/9, Johnson, Subscription Publication) reports the Mayo Clinic “launched a project to create a genomic sequencing library that will include data on 100,000 of its patients, marking the latest effort by providers to integrate genetic te...

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Researchers Analyze More Than 1,200 Genomes From Individuals Across Asia

Reuters (1/9, Joseph) reports researchers analyzed “more than 1,200 whole-genome sequences from individuals representing hundreds of population groups across Asia, and compared them with existing sequence data from almost 600 African, European and America...

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HIV May Cause Loss Of Immunity To Smallpox, Study Suggests

HealthDay (1/9, Preidt) reports researchers found “HIV infection causes a loss of immunity to smallpox, even in people who were vaccinated as kids and are taking antiretroviral drugs to restore their immune system.” The study’s findings were published in...

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Chinese Researchers Obtain Genome Sequence Of New Strain Of Coronavirus Linked To Pneumonia Outbreak

The Washington Post (1/9, Shih, Sun) reports that Chinese researchers “investigating the cause of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak have discovered a new strain of coronavirus, a species of viruses that can cause deadly illnesses such as severe acute respir...

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Clinicians Identify Three People With “Pan-Resistant” Candida Auris In New York

MedPage Today (1/9, Walker) reports clinicians identified three patients in New York with “‘pan-resistant’ Candida auris unresponsive to three or more classes of antifungal drugs,” according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report’s...

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Oral Lichen Planus More Likely To Occur In Non-Asian Countries And Among Women, Meta-Analysis Indicates

Healio (1/9, Volansky) reports, “Oral lichen planus [OLP] is more likely to occur in non-Asian countries and among women,” researchers concluded in a 46-study meta-analysis. The authors of the meta-analysis observed, “A higher prevalence of OLP was found...

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Experts Disagree About Need For More Armed Guards To Help End Congo’s Ebola Outbreak

NPR (1/9, Aizenman) asks five experts what it will take to end the Ebola outbreak in Congo. The experts disagree about the need for more armed guards to protect health workers amid conflict in the region. Some argue it is necessary to ensure adequate resp...

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Investigators Identify Six Genetic Variants Associated With Development Of Anxiety Disorders

Newsweek (1/8, Moyler) reports investigators “have identified six genetic variants linked to the development of anxiety disorders” after examining “genetic and health data derived from 200,000 veterans of the United States Armed Forces, which was compiled...

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SNPs Assessed By Commercial DNA Tests May Only Account For Small Percentage Of Risk For Several Common Diseases, Review Study Suggests

Reuters (1/8, Rapaport) reports a study published in PLoS ONE challenges the value of commercial DNA tests that assess consumers for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). In the study, “researchers analyzed data from almost 600 earlier studies that foun...

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BMI May Be Better Predictor Of Future Obesity Than Polygenic Risk Score, Analysis Suggests

MD Magazine (1/8, Campbell) reports “new research from the Michigan Medicine Frankel Cardiovascular Center and the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiovascular Research Center suggests a patient’s BMI measurements could serve as a better predictor for fu...

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HBV-Related HCC Regulated By lncRNAs Through Modulation Of miR-211-5p, NR1I3, Research Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/8) reports “through the modulation of miR-211-5p and NR1I3, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) work to regulate the progression of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by interfering with the cellular phy...

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Exposure To Ozone And Nitrogen Dioxide At Birth And During Early Life Tied To Increased Risk Of Asthma And Eczema In Children, Study Suggests

Pulmonology Advisor (1/8, May) reports researchers found that “children who are exposed to ozone (O3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollutants at birth and during early life may have an increased risk for incident asthma and eczema compared with children...

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Pediatricians Sounding Alarm About Unusually High Numbers Of Young Children Being Admitted To EDs Due To RSV

College Student In Boston Diagnosed With Measles

Medical Group Calls For Genetic Testing Companies To Share Data With Public Databases To Support Research

Maine Bill Would Prohibit Life Insurers From Denying Coverage To Those Taking PrEP

Researchers Analyze Infections In First Year After Receiving Solid Organ Transplant

Researchers Identify Overlapping Genetic Risk Variants That Tie BMI To Major Psychiatric Disorders

Study Suggests Children Exposed To Air Pollution In Womb May Have Higher Blood Sugar In Childhood

Study Suggests Greater Quantity Of Oral Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria May Be Associated With Insulin Resistance, Reduced Plasma Glucose In Young To Middle-Aged Adults

Mayo Clinic Launches Project To Create A Genomic Library Of 100,000 Patients

Researchers Analyze More Than 1,200 Genomes From Individuals Across Asia

HIV May Cause Loss Of Immunity To Smallpox, Study Suggests

Chinese Researchers Obtain Genome Sequence Of New Strain Of Coronavirus Linked To Pneumonia Outbreak

Clinicians Identify Three People With “Pan-Resistant” Candida Auris In New York

Oral Lichen Planus More Likely To Occur In Non-Asian Countries And Among Women, Meta-Analysis Indicates

Experts Disagree About Need For More Armed Guards To Help End Congo’s Ebola Outbreak

Investigators Identify Six Genetic Variants Associated With Development Of Anxiety Disorders

SNPs Assessed By Commercial DNA Tests May Only Account For Small Percentage Of Risk For Several Common Diseases, Review Study Suggests

BMI May Be Better Predictor Of Future Obesity Than Polygenic Risk Score, Analysis Suggests

HBV-Related HCC Regulated By lncRNAs Through Modulation Of miR-211-5p, NR1I3, Research Indicates

Exposure To Ozone And Nitrogen Dioxide At Birth And During Early Life Tied To Increased Risk Of Asthma And Eczema In Children, Study Suggests