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Idaho Warns Of Hepatitis A Spike.

The AP (2/27) reports that Idaho public health officials are warning of a spike in Hepatitis A infections in the Boise region. The state has reported six cases since January 1, an area which usually sees one or two cases per year. All six patients are rep...

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Epidemic Preparedness Group Invests $34 Million In Potential Vaccine Printing Technology.

Reuters (2/27) reports the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is investing $34 million in German biotech CureVac “to develop vaccine ‘printing’ technology that aims to rapidly produce shots against multiple diseases.” The funding will...

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Illumina Technology Could One Day Bring Cost Of Decoding Entire Human Genome Down To $100.

Bloomberg (2/27, Brown) reports that Illumina Inc.’s latest DNA sequencing machines “could one day bring the cost” of decoding a full human genome “close to $100.” Currently, it costs about $1,000 to decode a full human genome, so “the ability to sequence...

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Study Finds No Link Between Flu Shot, Miscarriage.

STAT (2/27, Branswell) reports a study found that women who get the flu shot do not have an elevated risk for miscarriage, contradicting an earlier study by the same researchers. The findings were presented at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immuni...

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Arizona Governor Says He Won’t Sign Anti-Vaccination Laws.

The AP (2/28, Cooper) reports that Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey told reporters on Wednesday that he would veto proposals which would result in fewer vaccinations. Ducey said, “I’m not going to sign any law that doesn’t’ promote or extend vaccinations in the st...

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House Committee Holds Hearing To Discuss Measles.

CNN (2/27, Howard) reports that “Amid a significant rise in measles cases across the United States, lawmakers met in a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill” yesterday “to discuss what has been called ‘a growing public health threat.’” CNN adds, “The Hous...

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Opinion: US Government’s Transmission-Enhancing Experiments Are Unacceptable, Could Put Lives At Risk.

In an opinion piece for the Washington Post (2/27), Marc Lipsitch, a director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security, write that the fe...

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Second Ebola Treatment Center In DRC Attacked This Week.

Reuters (2/27, Mahamba) reports that an Ebola treatment center was attacked in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by armed assailants, who set a fire and became “embroiled in an extended gunbattle with security forces, health officials said.” The he...

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Study Indicates Humans Can Contract Bat Flu.

Newsweek (2/26, Munir) reports on an “alarming” study in Nature which found that the bat flu is able to spread to humans. Scientists at the University of Zurich found that the receptor allowing the viruses to “enter their host’s cells and cause infection...

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Higher Tumor Mutational Burden Predicts Higher Likelihood Of Lung Cancer Response To Immunotherapy Combination, Research Indicates.

MedPage Today (2/26, Bankhead) reports that research indicated “a higher tumor mutational burden (TMB) predicted a higher likelihood of lung cancer response to an immunotherapy combination, irrespective of PD-L1 expression status.” Researchers found that...

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Researchers Say Cervical Microbiome May Help Predict Cancer Risk.

HealthDay (2/26, Preidt) reports a study found the microbiome of the cervix may be a predictor for cervical cancer risk. The study found “women with the high-grade pre-cancerous cervical lesions had a more abundant and diverse mix of bacteria in their cer...

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Hepatitis C Cases At Los Angeles Clinic Prompts Officials To Request 500 Tests From Other Patients.

The Los Angeles Times (2/26, Karlamangla) reports that health officials in Los Angeles County are investigating the Westside Multispecialty Medical Group after six patients were diagnosed with hepatitis C following procedures at the clinic. Investigators...

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Chicago County Health Officials Report Mumps Outbreak.

The Chicago Tribune (2/26) reports that health officials in Chicago’s McHenry County have reported eight cases of mumps, with two tied to the McHenry County Correctional Facility and six to an unnamed Crystal Lake church. The department said it suspects o...

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Opinion: US Must Step In To Help Mitigate Ebola Outbreak.

USA Today (2/26, Kerry, Kerry) features an opinion piece by former Secretary of State John Kerry and Seed Global Health founder Vanessa Kerry comparing the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak to the outbreak which took place in West Africa in 20...

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WHO Director General Calls For Funding In Fight Against Ebola In DRC.

The Telegraph (UK) (2/26, Gulland) reports that World Health Organization director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is urging international doctors to continue funding efforts to quell Democratic Republic of the Congo’s “unprecedented” Ebola outbrea...

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PrEP Drug Uptake In Scotland “Exceeds Predictions.”

BBC News Online (UK) (2/26) reports that a report from the NHS National Services Scotland stated that uptake of HIV-prevention drug PrEP has “exceeded predictions,” adding that it was too soon to evaluate the drug’s impact in the country. Health Protectio...

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States Reconsidering Vaccine Exemptions In Wake Of Measles Outbreaks.

The Hill (2/26, Hellmann) reports that measles outbreaks across the US are causing state lawmakers to consider prohibiting vaccination exemptions for personal and religious beliefs, which are the primary cause for the rise in measles cases, according to p...

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China Reveals Proposed Regulations On Gene-Editing, Other “High-Risk” Biomedical Technologies.

The AP (2/27, Wang, Ting) reports that “China has unveiled draft regulations on gene-editing and other new biomedical technologies it considers to be ‘high-risk.’” Under the new “proposed measures released Tuesday, technology involving gene editing, gene...

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ILSE Partners With CARB-X To Battle Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs.

NJBIZ (NJ) (2/26, Vecchione) reports the Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship (ILSE) at Kean University has partnered with the CARB-X Global Accelerator Network, an “international consortium of committed scientists and experts working to develop ne...

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Vaccination Advocates Express Frustration With Social Media Algorithms.

NBC News (2/26, Zadrozny) reports that vaccine advocates are struggling to provide accurate information online, since social media algorithms often place videos and articles from these advocates and their coupterparts, “anti-vaxxers,” side by side. Vaccin...

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Idaho Warns Of Hepatitis A Spike.

Epidemic Preparedness Group Invests $34 Million In Potential Vaccine Printing Technology.

Illumina Technology Could One Day Bring Cost Of Decoding Entire Human Genome Down To $100.

Study Finds No Link Between Flu Shot, Miscarriage.

Arizona Governor Says He Won’t Sign Anti-Vaccination Laws.

House Committee Holds Hearing To Discuss Measles.

Opinion: US Government’s Transmission-Enhancing Experiments Are Unacceptable, Could Put Lives At Risk.

Second Ebola Treatment Center In DRC Attacked This Week.

Study Indicates Humans Can Contract Bat Flu.

Higher Tumor Mutational Burden Predicts Higher Likelihood Of Lung Cancer Response To Immunotherapy Combination, Research Indicates.

Researchers Say Cervical Microbiome May Help Predict Cancer Risk.

Hepatitis C Cases At Los Angeles Clinic Prompts Officials To Request 500 Tests From Other Patients.

Chicago County Health Officials Report Mumps Outbreak.

Opinion: US Must Step In To Help Mitigate Ebola Outbreak.

WHO Director General Calls For Funding In Fight Against Ebola In DRC.

PrEP Drug Uptake In Scotland “Exceeds Predictions.”

States Reconsidering Vaccine Exemptions In Wake Of Measles Outbreaks.

China Reveals Proposed Regulations On Gene-Editing, Other “High-Risk” Biomedical Technologies.

ILSE Partners With CARB-X To Battle Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs.

Vaccination Advocates Express Frustration With Social Media Algorithms.