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WHO Details Rift Valley Fever Outbreak In Sudan

CIDRAP (11/14, Schnirring) reports that the World Health Organization on Thursday “detailed a Rift Valley fever outbreak affecting six states in Sudan, which follows heavy rains and flash flooding in August that affected nearly all of the country.” The mo...

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Glaxo Teams Up With Viome To Discover New Vaccines

Bloomberg (11/14, Paton) reports GlaxoSmithKline “is exploring the trillions of microbes that inhabit the gut in pursuit of novel ways to prevent some of the world’s most common ailments.” The UK pharma company “is teaming up with Viome, a company backed...

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Advocates Urge French Government To Lift Ban On Direct-To-Consumer DNA Testing Kits

STAT (11/14) reports activists in France are calling on policymakers to change the law so consumers are allowed to purchase a home DNA testing kit. Currently, France bans the sale of direct-to-consumer genetic testing as “part of the country’s bioethics l...

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HELP-C Program May Engage Primary Care Physicians To Successfully Screen, Treat Veterans With Hepatitis C, Study Indicates

Healio (11/14, Bennett) reports, “The Hepatitis C Leaders in Primary Care program, or HELP-C, engaged primary care physicians to successfully screen and treat veterans with hepatitis C through comanagement with a specialist liver team,” research indicated...

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Over Half Of Anti-Vaccine Facebook Ads Were Posted By Just Two Groups, Research Reveals

Newsweek (11/14) reports research reveals that over half of all anti-vaccine Facebook ads in 2018 and 2019 were posted by just two groups, the World Mercury Project and Stop Mandatory Vaccination, both of which “are run by private individuals – the former...

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Germany Passes Law Requiring School Children And Others To Be Vaccinated Against Measles

The New York Times (11/14, Eddy) reports that with the aim of addressing the growing number of measles cases, Germany passed a law that will require children to be vaccinated against the disease to attend school. Under the law, “all children seeking to at...

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Drug-Resistant Pathogens May Sicken Around 3 Million And Kill About 35,000 In The US Each Year, CDC Report Says

The Washington Post (11/13, A1, Sun) reports that “drug-resistant germs sicken about 3 million people every year in the United States and kill about 35,000, representing a much larger public health threat than previously understood, according to a long-aw...

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Researchers Use CRISPR To Silence Key Gene In Hepatitis B Virus

Medscape (11/12, Bennett, Subscription Publication) reports researchers used CRISPR “to silence an important hepatitis B virus gene” in “a proof-of-concept in vitro study” presented at the Liver Meeting, the American Association for the Study of Liver Dis...

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Predictive Analytics Algorithm May Accurately Identify Children At High Risk Of Developing Septic Shock In The ED, Researchers Say

Health IT Analytics (11/13, Kent) reports, “A predictive analytics algorithm was able to accurately identify children at high risk of developing septic shock in the emergency department (ED),” researchers concluded. After analyzing data on “2,464 visits,”...

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Triple Combination Therapy Appears Effective In Patients With Hepatitis D, Research Suggests

MedPage Today (11/13, Walker) reports researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) found that “triple combination therapy for hepatitis D was associated with a decline in hepatitis D virus (HDV) RNA for nearl...

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Cannabis Use May Be Inversely Associated With Diabetes In Patients With Chronic HCV Infection, Study Suggests

Infectious Disease Advisor (11/13, Beairsto) reports, “In a large cross-sectional study of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, cannabis use was inversely associated with diabetes,” research indicated. The findings were presented at th...

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CDC Says This Flu Season Has Not Been As Bad As Feared So Far

USA Today (11/13, Ortiz) reports the CDC said that the early part of this flu season has not been as bad as previously feared, but the agency urged people to get their flu vaccines. The agency “reported two flu-related pediatric deaths this season, with i...

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Screening Newborns For Health Risks Using Genomic Sequencing Can Raise Ethical And Equity Questions, Experts Caution

Reuters (11/13, Crist) reports, “Screening newborns for health risks using genomic sequencing can raise ethical and equity questions, the authors of a new paper” caution in a case study published online in Pediatrics. According to Reuters, “sequencing all...

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New York Names Facilities That Have Treated Patients With Candida Auris

The New York Times (11/13, Richtel, Jacobs) reports that on Wednesday, New York “became the first state to release the names of the medical facilities that have treated patients with Candida auris, a deadly drug-resistant fungus, that has been spreading u...

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One Third Of Heart Patients May Not Get Flu Vaccine, Research Suggests

HealthDay (11/13, Preidt) reports researchers found that one third of heart patients do not get the flu vaccine. The researchers “examined data collected between 2008 and 2015 on flu shot rates among more than 15,000 people, aged 40 and older, in the Unit...

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Less Than A Quarter Of Patients In National Rheumatology Registry Were Screened For HBV Or HCV Prior To Initiating Biologics Or New Synthetic DMARDs, Researchers Say

Healio (11/13, Laday) reports, “Less than a quarter of patients in” the American College of Rheumatology’s Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness “were screened for hepatitis B or C prior to initiating biologics or a new synthetic DMARDs, despi...

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Two “Flesh-Eating Bacteria” Strains May Be More Harmful When Combined, Study Indicates

Newsweek (11/12, McCall) reports a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that “two strains of flesh-eating bacteria can work together to cause maximum damage to the human body.” The researchers identified two differe...

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Review Of Studies Suggests Controlling Blood Pressure In Middle Age Reduces Risk Of Dementia

The New York Times (11/12, Bakalar) reports a recent review of six large observational studies suggests that “controlling blood pressure in middle age may reduce the risk for dementia.” The studies “involved more than 31,000 participants older than 55, wi...

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US Records 11 Measles Cases In A Month, CDC Says

Reuters (11/12, Joseph) reports the US “recorded 11 measles cases over a month as of Nov. 7, taking the total cases for the year to 1,261 in the worst outbreak since 1992,” according to the CDC.

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Researchers Deliberately Infecting Volunteers With Flu To Help Develop Better Vaccine

The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Reddy, Subscription Publication) reports researchers are deliberately infecting volunteers with the flu as part of an effort to develop a better flu vaccine that last longer. The article says that the researchers are monito...

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WHO Details Rift Valley Fever Outbreak In Sudan

Glaxo Teams Up With Viome To Discover New Vaccines

Advocates Urge French Government To Lift Ban On Direct-To-Consumer DNA Testing Kits

HELP-C Program May Engage Primary Care Physicians To Successfully Screen, Treat Veterans With Hepatitis C, Study Indicates

Over Half Of Anti-Vaccine Facebook Ads Were Posted By Just Two Groups, Research Reveals

Germany Passes Law Requiring School Children And Others To Be Vaccinated Against Measles

Drug-Resistant Pathogens May Sicken Around 3 Million And Kill About 35,000 In The US Each Year, CDC Report Says

Researchers Use CRISPR To Silence Key Gene In Hepatitis B Virus

Predictive Analytics Algorithm May Accurately Identify Children At High Risk Of Developing Septic Shock In The ED, Researchers Say

Triple Combination Therapy Appears Effective In Patients With Hepatitis D, Research Suggests

Cannabis Use May Be Inversely Associated With Diabetes In Patients With Chronic HCV Infection, Study Suggests

CDC Says This Flu Season Has Not Been As Bad As Feared So Far

Screening Newborns For Health Risks Using Genomic Sequencing Can Raise Ethical And Equity Questions, Experts Caution

New York Names Facilities That Have Treated Patients With Candida Auris

One Third Of Heart Patients May Not Get Flu Vaccine, Research Suggests

Less Than A Quarter Of Patients In National Rheumatology Registry Were Screened For HBV Or HCV Prior To Initiating Biologics Or New Synthetic DMARDs, Researchers Say

Two “Flesh-Eating Bacteria” Strains May Be More Harmful When Combined, Study Indicates

Review Of Studies Suggests Controlling Blood Pressure In Middle Age Reduces Risk Of Dementia

US Records 11 Measles Cases In A Month, CDC Says

Researchers Deliberately Infecting Volunteers With Flu To Help Develop Better Vaccine