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Mailing Free Home HIV Tests To Men At High Risk For Infection May Increase Detection, Study Suggests

The AP (11/18, Tanner) reports researchers found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that “mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care.” The researchers “recruited 2...

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China Launches Investigation Of Illegal African Swine Fever Vaccines

Reuters (11/18, Patton) reports China’s agriculture ministry said it will investigate the production, sale, and use of illegal African swine fever vaccines. The article says “the ministry has previously warned against the use of such products, after repor...

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Diagnosis Of Tick-Borne Encephalitis With Commercial ELISA May Be Unreliable, Study Indicates

Neurology Advisor (11/15, Masoud) reported a study (11/1) published in the Journal of Clinical Virology indicates that the diagnosis of “tick-borne encephalitis with a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) may lack specificity and need conf...

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Study Finds Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI May Offer More Accurate Diagnosis For PMR

HealthImaging (11/15, O'Connor) reported, “Gadolinium-enhanced MRI can help radiologists provide a more accurate diagnosis for patients with” polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). That’s according to Kazuro Kamada, MD, a rheumatologist at Tomakomai City Hospital...

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Researchers Examine Efficacy Of Resistance-Guided Therapy For Mycoplasma Genitalium Infections

Infectious Disease Advisor (11/15, van Paridon) reported researchers found that “for infections with Mycoplasma genitalium, resistance-guided therapy using doxycycline followed by azithromycin or moxifloxacin led to high levels of microbiologic cure and l...

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Georgia Health Officials Confirm Three More Measles Cases

The AP (11/15) reported, “Georgia health officials have confirmed three additional cases of measles in an Atlanta area county where a middle school student was recently diagnosed with the virus.” According to state health officials, at least two of those...

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Three Long Island Children Contract Polio-Like Disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis

Newsday (NY) (11/17, Olson) reports on the “rare polio-like disease” acute flaccid myelitis “that has struck at least three Long Island children since a nationwide outbreak began in 2014.” The CDC “has confirmed nearly 600 cases of the disease – mostly in...

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New Mexico Investigates Third Suspected Case Of Botulism This Year

The AP (11/15) reported health officials in New Mexico “are investigating the third suspected case of botulism this year.” State health officials “said Friday that a patient hospitalized in Albuquerque is believed to have wound botulism, a rare illness th...

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Michigan’s Oakland County Confirms Case Of Rabies In Pet Cat

The AP (11/15) reported health officials in Michigan’s Oakland County “confirmed rabies in a pet cat.” The article says that the county has also seen cases of rabies in 11 skunks and four bats this year.

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China’s Inner Mongolia Reports Case Of Bubonic Plague

Reuters (11/17, Min, Shirouzu) reports that on Sunday, “China’s Inner Mongolia reported a fresh, confirmed case of bubonic plague...despite an earlier declaration by the country’s health officials that the risk of an outbreak was minimal.” The autonomous...

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Pakistan Begins Vaccination Campaign Against Drug-Resistant Typhus

Reuters (11/15, Kelland) reported that “Pakistan began vaccinating millions of children against typhoid on Friday to try to control a drug-resistant superbug outbreak of the fever that has already infected some 11,000 people since 2016 and risks spreading...

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CDC To Send Additional Staff To Africa To Manage Vaccine-Derived Polio Outbreaks

NPR (11/15, Beaubien) “Goats and Soda” reported, “As the global effort to eradicate polio gets tantalizing close to its goal, the program is running in to new challenges.” The article added one of the main “obstacles this year is the proliferation of so-c...

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Samoa Declares State Of Emergency Over Measles Outbreak

Reuters (11/17, Kelly) reports that “Samoa declared a state of emergency this weekend, closing all schools and cracking down on public gatherings, after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak that has spread across the Pacific islands.” Last month, S...

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FDA Approves Cefiderocol For cUTI Caused By Gram-negative Microorganisms

Medscape (11/15, Brooks, Subscription Publication) reported, “The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the antibacterial drug cefiderocol for complicated urinary tract infections, including kidney infections, caused by susceptible Gram-negative mi...

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US Seeing More Flu Activity Than Is Typical For This Time Of Year, CDC Says

CNN (11/15, Cohen, Bonifield) reported the CDC “told doctors on a conference call this week that the United States is seeing more flu than is typical for this time of year.” Specifically, data show that “thirty states are seeing flu activity – for this ti...

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WHO Estimates There Are Between 1,000 And 2,000 Cases Of The Plague Each Year

On its website, CNN (11/14, Andrew) reports the WHO estimates that around 1,000 or 2,000 people become infected with the plague each year, but CNN says “that total is likely too modest an estimate, since it doesn’t account for unreported cases.” According...

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Rapid Blood Test May Reliably Predict Development Of Severe Sepsis In Children Receiving Intensive Care For Sepsis, Study Indicates

Medscape (11/14, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found that “in a prospective cohort of 461 children with widely differing risk levels who were receiving intensive care for sepsis,” the PERSEVERE assay “reliably predicted who would develop s...

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Leptomeningeal Enhancement May Be Biomarker Of RRMS, Study Indicates

Multiple Sclerosis News Today (11/14, Carvalho) reports with the use of 7T MRI, researchers found “that leptomeningeal enhancement – a radiographic finding indicative of brain inflammation – is more common than previously thought in people with relapsing-...

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Modified Smallpox Vaccine Appears Comparable To Standard Vaccine In Phase 3 Trial

MedPage Today (11/14, Walker) reports researchers found in a phase 3 trial that “a modified vaccine against smallpox was non-inferior to the established smallpox vaccine in healthy U.S. soldiers.” In the trial, “participants who received modified vaccinia...

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DAA May Increase Survival Rates In Patients With HCV And Comorbidities, Research Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (11/14) reports that “patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and comorbidities, including hepatocellular carcinoma, clinically significant portal hypertension, and cirrhosis were shown to have significantly higher survival rates...

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Mailing Free Home HIV Tests To Men At High Risk For Infection May Increase Detection, Study Suggests

China Launches Investigation Of Illegal African Swine Fever Vaccines

Diagnosis Of Tick-Borne Encephalitis With Commercial ELISA May Be Unreliable, Study Indicates

Study Finds Gadolinium-Enhanced MRI May Offer More Accurate Diagnosis For PMR

Researchers Examine Efficacy Of Resistance-Guided Therapy For Mycoplasma Genitalium Infections

Georgia Health Officials Confirm Three More Measles Cases

Three Long Island Children Contract Polio-Like Disease Acute Flaccid Myelitis

New Mexico Investigates Third Suspected Case Of Botulism This Year

Michigan’s Oakland County Confirms Case Of Rabies In Pet Cat

China’s Inner Mongolia Reports Case Of Bubonic Plague

Pakistan Begins Vaccination Campaign Against Drug-Resistant Typhus

CDC To Send Additional Staff To Africa To Manage Vaccine-Derived Polio Outbreaks

Samoa Declares State Of Emergency Over Measles Outbreak

FDA Approves Cefiderocol For cUTI Caused By Gram-negative Microorganisms

US Seeing More Flu Activity Than Is Typical For This Time Of Year, CDC Says

WHO Estimates There Are Between 1,000 And 2,000 Cases Of The Plague Each Year

Rapid Blood Test May Reliably Predict Development Of Severe Sepsis In Children Receiving Intensive Care For Sepsis, Study Indicates

Leptomeningeal Enhancement May Be Biomarker Of RRMS, Study Indicates

Modified Smallpox Vaccine Appears Comparable To Standard Vaccine In Phase 3 Trial

DAA May Increase Survival Rates In Patients With HCV And Comorbidities, Research Indicates