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Southern Cities Face Unique Problems In HIV Crisis.

The New York Times (3/1, Flash) reported on the HIV epidemic in southern US cities, namely Houston, and ways in which urban cities are making strides against the disease. The Times writes that the HIV program in New York City has caused infections to drop...

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Vaccine Hesitancy Helped Spike Measles Cases Globally, UNICEF Says.

USA Today (3/1, Shannon) provided coverage of a report by UNICEF suggesting that vaccine hesitancy contributed to a surge in measles cases across the world between 2017 and 2018. CBS News (3/1, Welch) reported the agency indicated that “ten countries acco...

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Study Finds Anti-Vaccine Sentiments Associated With Populism Support In Europe.

U.S. News & World Report (3/1, Newman) reported on a study in the European Journal of Public Health, which found “a strong correlation between political populism support and anti-vaccine sentiments in western Europe.” The study “analyzed national data fro...

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Previously Banned Research Into Potentially Deadly Flu Virus Can Resume.

The New York Times (3/1, Grady) reported “research that could make flu viruses more dangerous, and that the government suspended in 2014 because of safety concerns, has been approved to begin again, federal officials have confirmed.” The research, which i...

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Louisiana Seeks To Limit Cost Of Treating Hepatitis C Patients With New Proposal.

The AP (3/1, Deslatte) reported, “Three drug companies are interested in Louisiana’s plan to use a Netflix-style subscription model to buy access to hepatitis C drugs for Medicaid patients and prisoners, a treatment concept being watched by other states,...

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Some State Lawmakers Pushing For Looser Vaccine Rules Despite Rise In Measles Cases.

Politico (3/3, Colliver) reported that despite the rise in the number of measles cases and a number of outbreaks across the country, “Oregon state lawmakers will consider a so-called transparency bill favored by the ‘vaccine hesitant,’” and “New York is s...

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US Representative Urges Amazon CEO To Curb Anti-Vaccination Content.

On its website, CNBC (3/1, Farr) reported US Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Friday sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos “expressing concern about the emerging anti-vaccination trend related to the spread of misinformation on the internet, calling it a ‘dire...

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Costly Gene Therapies Raise Questions About Coverage.

The Wall Street Journal (3/1, Subscription Publication) reports that costly, life-saving gene therapies are raising questions about affordability. The American healthcare system is not designed for large, one-time payments, and public insurers including M...

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CDC Director To Visit Democratic Republic Of Congo With WHO Director General.

STAT (3/1) reported “Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is expected to travel...to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a rare trip to the country by a US official as it battles what is now the second lar...

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Ohio Teen Who Vaccinated Himself Against Parents’ Wishes To Testify Before Congress.

The Washington Post (3/3, Epstein) reported the 18-year-old from Ohio, who vaccinated himself against his parents’ wishes, “announced Saturday on YouTube that he had been invited to speak before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension...

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HIV Care Advocates Alarmed By Changes To Title X Funding Rules.

National Journal (3/1, Rogers, Durkin, Subscription Publication) reports HIV prevention and treatment advocates are worried a new Trump Administration change to the Title X program, which would “cut off funding for family-planning centers that provide abo...

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Researchers Examine Cost-Effectiveness Of Different Genetic Tests For Epilepsy.

Neurology Advisor (2/28, May) reports researchers found in a cost-effectiveness analysis “that an epilepsy panel (EP) with deletion/duplication testing as well as whole-exome sequencing (WES) represent the most cost-effective genetic tests for epilepsy, p...

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Study Finds Genetic Mutation In Childhood Osteoporosis.

Medscape (2/28, Busko, Subscription Publication) reports on a study from JCI Insight which “has identified a mutation in the SGMS2 gene — which encodes an enzyme involved in sphingolipid metabolism — in 13 children with childhood-onset osteoporosis or ske...

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Washington Health Officials Report Four New Suspected Measles Cases.

The Oregonian (2/28, Harbarger) reports that four people in the Southwest Washington area are reportedly exhibiting measles symptoms, according to the Clark County Public Health Department. While the lull in cases has been the longest since the outbreak b...

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Opinion: Medicare Should Cover Next-Generation Sequencing For Beneficiaries With Suspected Hereditary Cancer.

In an opinion piece for STAT (3/1), Roger Klein, the former medical director of molecular oncology at the Cleveland Clinic, writes that “next-generation sequencing, a technique that can read an individual’s entire genome in as little as an hour, has the p...

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Four Ebola Patients Missing Following Clinic Attack In DRC.

The AP (2/28, Petesch) reports that four patients at a treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Butembo, who were being treated for Ebola, have gone missing. The center, which is run by nonprofit group Doctors Without Borders, was atta...

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CDC Finds US Fight Against HIV Has Stalled.

The AP (2/27, Stobbe) reports that “three weeks after President Donald Trump announced a campaign to end the U.S. HIV epidemic by 2030, new government data show that progress against the disease stalled recently.” The AP adds, “After declining for several...

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Study Shows Blood Test As Effective At Detecting Lung Cancer As Biopsy.

Bloomberg (2/27, Flanagan) reports that a study from Guardant Health showed that the company’s Guardant360 sequencing technology “is as accurate as a standard biopsy in identifying biomarkers” of lung cancer. The study found that among 282 newly diagnosed...

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New Drugs Targeting Tumors Based On Genetic Characteristics May Hold Promise For Cancer Patients.

The Wall Street Journal (2/27, Reddy, Subscription Publication) reports on cancer therapies designed to attack tumors based on genetic characteristics, which may be able to replace chemotherapy or radiation. One such drug, larotrectinib currently has FDA,...

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Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Promising Results From Clinical Trial Of Gene Therapy For Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.

STAT (2/27, Feuerstein) reports Sarepta Therapeutics announced early results from a clinical trial of MYO-101, a gene therapy for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. The company said that three patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy received an infusion...

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Southern Cities Face Unique Problems In HIV Crisis.

Vaccine Hesitancy Helped Spike Measles Cases Globally, UNICEF Says.

Study Finds Anti-Vaccine Sentiments Associated With Populism Support In Europe.

Previously Banned Research Into Potentially Deadly Flu Virus Can Resume.

Louisiana Seeks To Limit Cost Of Treating Hepatitis C Patients With New Proposal.

Some State Lawmakers Pushing For Looser Vaccine Rules Despite Rise In Measles Cases.

US Representative Urges Amazon CEO To Curb Anti-Vaccination Content.

Costly Gene Therapies Raise Questions About Coverage.

CDC Director To Visit Democratic Republic Of Congo With WHO Director General.

Ohio Teen Who Vaccinated Himself Against Parents’ Wishes To Testify Before Congress.

HIV Care Advocates Alarmed By Changes To Title X Funding Rules.

Researchers Examine Cost-Effectiveness Of Different Genetic Tests For Epilepsy.

Study Finds Genetic Mutation In Childhood Osteoporosis.

Washington Health Officials Report Four New Suspected Measles Cases.

Opinion: Medicare Should Cover Next-Generation Sequencing For Beneficiaries With Suspected Hereditary Cancer.

Four Ebola Patients Missing Following Clinic Attack In DRC.

CDC Finds US Fight Against HIV Has Stalled.

Study Shows Blood Test As Effective At Detecting Lung Cancer As Biopsy.

New Drugs Targeting Tumors Based On Genetic Characteristics May Hold Promise For Cancer Patients.

Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Promising Results From Clinical Trial Of Gene Therapy For Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy.