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Arkansas Judge Denies Students’ Appeal To Vaccination Policy Blocking Them From Attending Classes

The AP (12/11) reports a judge in Arkansas “has denied two University of Arkansas students’ request to block a public health decree that has barred them from attending classes during a mumps outbreak because they don’t have the proper vaccinations.”

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Analysis Indicates Up To 43% Of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Unnecessary Or Improperly Written

TIME (12/11, Ducharme) reports a new analysis “points to one major propagator of the problem” of antimicrobial resistance: “doctors are prescribing antibiotics when they shouldn’t.” In fact, as much as “43% of U.S. antibiotic prescriptions may be inapprop...

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Group Calls For $15 Billion To Support Global Plan To Control TB

The Telegraph (UK) (12/11, Gulland) reports Dr. Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership, says the world should address TB with the same urgency as Ebola. The Stop TB Partnership is calling “for more than $15 billion between now and 202...

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HCV Retreatment May Be Successful After Switching From An NS5A Inhibitor DAA To A Protease Inhibitor, Researchers Say

Healio (12/10, Bennett) reports, “Patients who failed to achieve sustained virologic response after initial treatment for hepatitis C [HCV] achieved high cure rates during retreatment after switching from an NS5A inhibitor direct-acting antiviral [DAA] to...

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Researchers Examine Gene Mutation Patterns In Chinese Patients With CRC

Cancer Network (12/10, Slater) reports a study published in Cancer Medicine suggests “that molecular testing offered the clinical data and mutation profile of Chinese patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), lending knowledge to gene mutation patterns and t...

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Study Identifies Over 2,000 New Genes

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (12/10) reports a study published December 9 in Nature Chemical Biology “identified over 2,000 new genes.” These small open reading frames (smORFs) “may expand the number of genes by about 10%.” The smORFs “encode...

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Infection Prevention Programs Targeting Low-Income Groups Undergoing Colectomy May Be Important In Reducing Surgical Site Infections, Researchers Say

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/10, Masoud) reports, “Infection prevention programs targeting low-income groups undergoing colectomy may be important in reducing surgical site infections,” researchers concluded in a study that included “90,210 patients und...

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Screening For, Treatment Of Latent TB Infection May Be Important For People Receiving Biologic Therapies For Rheumatic Diseases, Researchers Say

Medwire News (12/10, Cowen) reports, “Screening for and treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection are important preventive strategies in people receiving biologic therapies for rheumatic diseases, irrespective of the drug class,” research indicated....

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Costs May Not Outweigh Benefits Of Expanding Current HPV Vaccine Guidelines, Research Indicates

Healio (12/10, Michael) reports, “Expanding the current HPV vaccination program in the United States to include men and women up to age 45 years may only produce small additional benefits and is not nearly as cost-effective as it is among younger age grou...

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Study Suggests Infection Control Cluster-Randomized Trials Should Have Large Sample Sizes

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/10, Masoud) reports a study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that hospital epidemiology needs “higher-quality trials that demonstrate more conclusive results, which in turn require larger sample sizes.” The study’s “r...

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Journal Retracts Study Claiming Link Between HPV Vaccine And Decreased Pregnancy Rates

Medscape (12/10, Oransky, Subscription Publication) reports that “following a barrage of criticism,” the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A “has retracted a paper that claimed a link between the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and d...

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CDC Issues Warning About Multi-State E. Coli Outbreak Tied To Chopped Salad Kits

CNN (12/10, Wolfe, Ries) reports, “The CDC is warning customers about a multi-state outbreak of E. coli infections linked to Fresh Express Sunflower Crisp chopped salad kits.” As of Monday, “eight people from three states were infected with the strain ide...

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Northern Kentucky Hepatitis A Outbreak Over

The AP (12/10) reports the Northern Kentucky Health Department declared an end to its hepatitis A outbreak after no new cases were “reported in Boone, Campbell, Grant and Kenton counties in the last four months.”

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British Health Authorities Say Bird Flu Found At Chicken Farm

Reuters (12/10, Milliken) reports British health authorities said the H5 strain of bird flu had been confirmed at a chicken farm, “the first such report since June 2017.” In response, “some 27,000 birds” will be slaughtered.

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Research Suggests Latent Tuberculosis Testing May Be Unnecessary For Patients Taking Biologics Without New Risk Factors

CHEST Physician (12/9, Craven) reports research presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting indicates that “patients taking biologics who received latent tuberculosis testing on an annual basis were unlikely to convert from a negative...

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DNA Testing Of Siblings With ASD May Help Predict Future Diagnosis, Researchers Say

Healio (12/9, Gramigna) reports, “DNA testing of siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorder [ASD] may help predict a future diagnosis,” researchers concluded after determining “clinical microarray findings for 253 longitudinally phenotyped ASD...

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Research Indicates Bedaquiline-Based Regimens For Treating Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis May Be Associated With Favorable Outcomes Compared To Delamanid-Based Regimens

Healio (12/9, Stulpin) reports, “Bedaquiline-based regimens for treating patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, MDR-TB, were associated with favorable outcomes and a lower rate of acquired drug resistance compared with delamanid-based regimens, a...

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Study Indicates cART For PLWHIV May Be Associated With Reduction In Prevalence Of Distal Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/9, Gupta) reports results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases said that “the prevalence of distal sensory peripheral neuropathy decreased following initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in people livi...

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Researchers Finding Increasing Number Of Hypervirulence Genes, Study Reveals

HealthDay (12/9, Preidt) says a report published recently in the journal Nucleic Acids Research found that “the risk of new superbugs that pose a threat to human health and food crops is much higher than previously thought.” Researchers said that “the num...

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Many Youngsters Traveling Abroad May Not Be Receiving MMR Vaccine, Researchers Say

The NBC News (12/9, Edwards) website reports, “Many young children traveling abroad aren’t receiving the vaccines they need to protect them from measles,” researchers concluded after analyzing “data on more than 14,000 kids whose families took them to hea...

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Arkansas Judge Denies Students’ Appeal To Vaccination Policy Blocking Them From Attending Classes

Analysis Indicates Up To 43% Of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Unnecessary Or Improperly Written

Group Calls For $15 Billion To Support Global Plan To Control TB

HCV Retreatment May Be Successful After Switching From An NS5A Inhibitor DAA To A Protease Inhibitor, Researchers Say

Researchers Examine Gene Mutation Patterns In Chinese Patients With CRC

Study Identifies Over 2,000 New Genes

Infection Prevention Programs Targeting Low-Income Groups Undergoing Colectomy May Be Important In Reducing Surgical Site Infections, Researchers Say

Screening For, Treatment Of Latent TB Infection May Be Important For People Receiving Biologic Therapies For Rheumatic Diseases, Researchers Say

Costs May Not Outweigh Benefits Of Expanding Current HPV Vaccine Guidelines, Research Indicates

Study Suggests Infection Control Cluster-Randomized Trials Should Have Large Sample Sizes

Journal Retracts Study Claiming Link Between HPV Vaccine And Decreased Pregnancy Rates

CDC Issues Warning About Multi-State E. Coli Outbreak Tied To Chopped Salad Kits

Northern Kentucky Hepatitis A Outbreak Over

British Health Authorities Say Bird Flu Found At Chicken Farm

Research Suggests Latent Tuberculosis Testing May Be Unnecessary For Patients Taking Biologics Without New Risk Factors

DNA Testing Of Siblings With ASD May Help Predict Future Diagnosis, Researchers Say

Research Indicates Bedaquiline-Based Regimens For Treating Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis May Be Associated With Favorable Outcomes Compared To Delamanid-Based Regimens

Study Indicates cART For PLWHIV May Be Associated With Reduction In Prevalence Of Distal Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy

Researchers Finding Increasing Number Of Hypervirulence Genes, Study Reveals

Many Youngsters Traveling Abroad May Not Be Receiving MMR Vaccine, Researchers Say