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FDA, NIH Launch International Application For Providers To Share Information About Difficult Infections

Medscape (12/5, Brooks, Subscription Publication) reports the FDA and the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences “launched CURE ID, an internet-based repository that allows healthcare providers to share and discuss their experiences tr...

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Inhibiting A Specific Enzyme May Make C. Difficile Bacteria More Difficult To Transmit, Researchers Say

MedPage Today (12/5, Walker) reports, “Early research into the molecular structure of Clostridioides difficile may one day offer a new pathway to fighting the infection,” research indicated. After conducting a “DNA analysis of C. difficile isolates from 3...

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Research Suggests Low Test Of Cure Rate For Patients Treated For Pharyngeal Gonococcal Infections At STD Clinics

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/5) reports a study published in the Journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association found that “patients treated at a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic for pharyngeal gonococcal infections had a low...

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WHO Calls Measles Infections And Deaths A “Collective Failure”

Reuters (12/5, Kelland) reports measles infected almost 10 million people and killed 140,000 last year, according to the WHO. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus, the WHO’s director general, said, “The fact that any child dies from a vaccine-preventable disease lik...

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Patient Advocacy Group Claims Gilead Delayed Development Of Safer HIV Drug To Maximize Profits During Patent Period Of Older, Less Safe Drug

The Washington Post (12/5, Rowland) reports PrEP4All Collaboration, a patient advocacy group, “filed a petition...with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office contending Gilead knew its new, improved drug [tenofovir alafenamide] – approved in 2015 and now pa...

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GAVI Pledges Funding To Create Global Stockpile Of Ebola Vaccines

The AP (12/5) reports “GAVI announced it would invest $178 million to create a global stockpile of about 500,000 Ebola vaccines” with the aim of containing future outbreaks. More than 255,000 people have been vaccinated against Ebola since the latest outb...

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Groups Release First Classification Criteria For IgG4-Related Disease

Healio (12/4, Laday) reports on the release by EULAR and the American College of Rheumatology of “the first classification criteria for IgG4-related disease, emphasizing multifactorial presentation, blood tests or serology, radiological findings and patho...

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FDA Clears Sight Diagnostics’ Blood Sample Testing Device

Reuters (12/4, Mishra) reports that Sight Diagnostics has indicated the US FDA has “cleared its device that can process results for the most commonly needed blood test in about ten minutes.” The device, called “Olo, digitizes blood samples taken from eith...

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Accumulation Of TDP-43 Protein May Unleash “Jumping Genes” That Can Cause Sporadic ALS, Study Suggests

ALS News Today (12/4, Pena) reports a study published in Cell Reports suggests that “jumping genes” may be a cause of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for some patients. The researchers found that in some patients with sporadic ALS, the jumpin...

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Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Have Now Reportedly Been Seen In All 50 States

CNN (12/4, Howard) reports the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced that a teenager has been diagnosed with vaping-related lung injury meaning that cases have now been seen in all 50 states. The patient in Alaska “reported regularly v...

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Rep. Griffith Asks Experts About Progress On Universal Flu Vaccine

MedPage Today (12/4, Frieden) reports that during a hearing on Wednesday, Rep. H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) of the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee questioned influenza experts about the current state of research on non-egg-based flu vaccines....

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Review Study Examines Use Of Apheresis For Treatment Of Severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria, Babesiosis, And Loiasis

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/4) reports that researchers conducted a review study on the use of apheresis to treat “severe falciparum malaria, babesiosis, or loiasis,” and concluded that it “may be a useful adjunct treatment for patients with babesiosis...

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Typhoid Vaccine Appears Effective In Phase 3 Trial In Nepal

Reuters (12/4, Emery) reports researchers found in “the first field trial” that “a new typhoid vaccine that can be used in young children provides protection for 81.6% of recipients.” The article says that typhoid “affects 11 million people each year and...

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Researchers Compare Penicillin Regimens For Treatment Of Pharyngotonsillitis In Patients Infected With Group A Streptococci

Infectious Disease Advisor (12/4) reports researchers found in a phase 4 trial that “for patients with pharyngotonsillitis as a result of infection with group A streptococci, treatment with penicillin V four times a day for 5 days was comparable with peni...

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Shower Aerosols May Be Significant Source Of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria In Homes, Study Suggests

Pulmonology Advisor (12/4, Schad) reports researchers found that “shower aerosols may be a significant source of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) exposure in homes.” The article says NTM “can opportunistically cause debilitating pulmonary disease in hum...

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Researchers Examine Use Of Ultraviolet Lights To Disinfect Hospital Workers’ Phones And Other Devices

Reuters (12/4, Mishra) reports a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests that “ultraviolet sanitizing devices could be stationed around hospitals to help prevent the spread of bacteria on workers’ devices like smartphones.” T...

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Samoan Government Says Houses With Unvaccinated Residents Should Be Marked With Red Flags To Aid Vaccination Campaign

The Washington Post (12/4, Knowles) reports the Samoan government, faced with a measles outbreak that has killed 60 people, “told the public Tuesday to hang red flags or cloth outside houses where people have not been vaccinated, to help teams embarking o...

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HHS Secretary And CDC Director Outline US Strategy To Fight Antibiotic Resistance

HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CDC Director Robert Redfield write in an opinion piece for STAT (12/4, Azar, Redfield) that antibiotic resistance is “one of the greatest threats to public health today, in the United States and around the world.” Azar and Redf...

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Trump Administration Announces New Program To Expand Access To PrEP While CDC Releases Report Showing New HIV Cases Have Stalled Since 2013

The Washington Post (12/3, Bernstein) reports the Trump Administration announced a new program to expand access to PrEP, while the CDC released a new report concluding that new HIV infections have stalled, rather than declined, since 2013. Under the new p...

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Multitarget DNA Test May Help Detect Precancerous Colorectal Lesions In Average-Risk Population, Research Suggests

Healio (12/3, Young) reports, “Using a multitarget stool DNA test helped improve the sensitivity for detecting precancerous colorectal lesions compared with fecal immunochemical tests alone in an average-risk population,” researchers concluded after colle...

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FDA, NIH Launch International Application For Providers To Share Information About Difficult Infections

Inhibiting A Specific Enzyme May Make C. Difficile Bacteria More Difficult To Transmit, Researchers Say

Research Suggests Low Test Of Cure Rate For Patients Treated For Pharyngeal Gonococcal Infections At STD Clinics

WHO Calls Measles Infections And Deaths A “Collective Failure”

Patient Advocacy Group Claims Gilead Delayed Development Of Safer HIV Drug To Maximize Profits During Patent Period Of Older, Less Safe Drug

GAVI Pledges Funding To Create Global Stockpile Of Ebola Vaccines

Groups Release First Classification Criteria For IgG4-Related Disease

FDA Clears Sight Diagnostics’ Blood Sample Testing Device

Accumulation Of TDP-43 Protein May Unleash “Jumping Genes” That Can Cause Sporadic ALS, Study Suggests

Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Have Now Reportedly Been Seen In All 50 States

Rep. Griffith Asks Experts About Progress On Universal Flu Vaccine

Review Study Examines Use Of Apheresis For Treatment Of Severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria, Babesiosis, And Loiasis

Typhoid Vaccine Appears Effective In Phase 3 Trial In Nepal

Researchers Compare Penicillin Regimens For Treatment Of Pharyngotonsillitis In Patients Infected With Group A Streptococci

Shower Aerosols May Be Significant Source Of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria In Homes, Study Suggests

Researchers Examine Use Of Ultraviolet Lights To Disinfect Hospital Workers’ Phones And Other Devices

Samoan Government Says Houses With Unvaccinated Residents Should Be Marked With Red Flags To Aid Vaccination Campaign

HHS Secretary And CDC Director Outline US Strategy To Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Trump Administration Announces New Program To Expand Access To PrEP While CDC Releases Report Showing New HIV Cases Have Stalled Since 2013

Multitarget DNA Test May Help Detect Precancerous Colorectal Lesions In Average-Risk Population, Research Suggests