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Law Enforcement Turning To Publicly Available Data Collected Through Consumer DNA Testing, Raising Concerns About Gap In Regulations.

Bloomberg (2/26, Brown) reports on the issue of protecting genetic data collected by consumer DNA testing companies and other sources. Law enforcement has started to turn to these resources, but other entities may try to use that data, such as “drug compa...

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HIV Infections In Ireland Reached Record Number In 2018.

The New York Times (2/25, O'Loughlin) reports that Ireland had a record of 531 new HIV infection since 2018, an increase from 492 in 2017. The country’s Health Services Executive public health specialist Dr. Derval Igoe “said that although the number of d...

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Researchers Pinpoint Dozens Of Gene Regions Linked To Insomnia.

HealthDay (2/25, Preidt) reports that “in a new study, dozens of gene regions linked to insomnia have been pinpointed, and researchers also report a link between insomnia and heart disease.” The researchers “analyzed data from more than 450,000 people in...

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Madagascar Measles Outbreak Kills 900 People, According To WHO.

USA Today (2/25, May) reports that a measles epidemic in Madagascar has claimed over 900 lives, according to the World Health Organization. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic “said the high death toll and number of infections has been blamed on a low immunizat...

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EU Health Commissioner Warns Of Drug-Resistant Infection Risk.

Reuters (2/26) reports European Union commissioner for health and food safety Vytenis Andriukaitis warned Tuesday that the spread of drug-resistant “superbugs” should “ring alarm bells.” A recent report from the European Center for Disease Prevention and...

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World Health Organization Finds That DRC Ebola Outbreak May Be Due To Local Health Facilities.

NPR (2/25, Aizenman) reports that the World Health Organization found that a recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the towns Butembo and Katwa can be traced to local health clinics and hospitals. WHO lead investigator Michel Yao...

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Scientists Seek Alternatives To Antibiotics Amid Growing Resistances.

The AP (2/26, Neergaard) reports the race “to find novel alternatives to traditional antibiotics” in the face of antibiotic-resistant bacteria “is uncovering unusual ways to counter infection, in unusual places.” CDC data shows “at least 23,000 Americans...

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Roche To Acquire Spark Therapeutics For $4.3 Billion.

Reuters (2/25, Miller) reports Roche Holding AG will pay $4.3 billion, or $114.50 per share, to acquire gene therapy specialist Spark Therapeutics. Roche will acquire a “portfolio that includes a blindness treatment that has U.S. and European approval and...

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Children’s Hospital Spinoff Purchased For $4.8 Billion.

Bloomberg (2/25, Langreth) reports that Roche Holding AG has agreed to pay $4.8 billion to purchase “a gene-therapy company working on a new treatment for a rare form of blindness that its scientists had helped develop” spun off by the Children’s Hospital...

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Columnist Highlights Analysis That Says Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatments May Need To Be Priced Lower To Be Considered Cost-Effective.

Ed Silverman wrote in his Pharmalot column for STAT Plus (2/22, Subscription Publication) that “two medicines designed to treat spinal muscular atrophy, a rare and often fatal genetic disease affecting muscle strength and movement, would have to carry muc...

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“Anti-Vaxxers” Movement Flourishing Thanks To Online Misinformation, Distrust Of Healthcare.

Newsweek (2/25, Watling) profiles “anti-vaxxers,” people who link vaccines to health problems including SIDS and autism in spite of an overwhelming lack of evidence. The outlet writes that anti-vaccination Facebook groups have “become echo chambers that a...

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Connecticut Bill Proposed Allowing Youths To Get HIV Prevention Meds Without Parental Consent.

The AP (2/25) reports that Connecticut lawmakers have proposed legislation to the state’s Public Health Committee which would allow young people to receive PrEP preventative HIV medication without parental consent. Advocates told the committee that “such...

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Lawmakers Ask Tech Giants To Help Stop Spread Of Anti-Vaccination Misinformation.

The Hill (2/25, Birnbaum) reports that lawmakers are urging tech giants and social media platforms to crack down on anti-vaccination content, warning that “the movement is largely using social media to promote their views, for example via YouTube videos a...

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Documents Suggest That Chinese Government Funded “CRISPR Babies” Project.

STAT (2/25, Qiu) reports that three Chinese government institutions may have funded a study from researcher He Jiankui on CRISPR which “led to the birth last November of two genetically modified twin girls, according to documents reviewed by STAT.” The do...

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CDC Warns More Severe Flu Strain A H3N2 Accounts For Almost Half Of New Cases.

U.S. News & World Report (2/22, Reinberg) reports on Friday, CDC officials cautioned that the flu season continues to spread, with the predominant strain shifting from influenza A H1N1 to influenza A H3N2, which is more severe. Lynnette Brammer, lead of C...

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Test Tube Study Finds Flavoring Chemicals In E-Cigarettes Induce Genetic Changes, Impair Functionality Of Bronchial Epithelial Cells.

Reuters (2/22, Mishra) reports a small test tube experiment examining the effect of e-cigarette flavoring chemicals on bronchial epithelial cells “found that both chemicals induced hundreds of genetic changes in the cells,” and “impaired the ability of th...

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Researchers Find NCCN Criteria For Genetic Testing In Breast Cancer May Miss 45 Percent Of Patients With Clinically Actionable Germ-Line Variants.

MedPage Today (2/24, Bankhead) reports women who did not meet National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) “criteria for genetic testing in breast cancer had a prevalence of potentially pathogenic mutations” of 7.9 percent, while among those who did meet...

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Researchers Develop Six-Gene Prognostic Risk Score To Distinguish High-Risk From Low-Risk Glioblastoma.

GenomeWeb (2/22) reported “a Chinese research team has narrowed in on a tumor gene expression-signature that appears to distinguish glioblastoma patients with better or worse overall survival times, independent of other potential prognostic predictors suc...

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Democratic Republic Of Congo’s Ebola Death Toll Rises To 529.

Bloomberg (2/22, Shone) reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s death toll from an Ebola outbreak has risen to 529, based on data from the World Health Organization. In the 21 days prior to February 19, “79 new cases were reported from 40 areas w...

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Unvaccinated French Boy Believed To Have Brought Measles To Costa Rica.

USA Today (2/24, Yancey-Bragg) reports a five-year-old, unvaccinated French boy “is suspected of bringing measles back to Costa Rica, a country which had been free of the disease for five years.” The boy arrived with his family on February 18, including h...

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Law Enforcement Turning To Publicly Available Data Collected Through Consumer DNA Testing, Raising Concerns About Gap In Regulations.

HIV Infections In Ireland Reached Record Number In 2018.

Researchers Pinpoint Dozens Of Gene Regions Linked To Insomnia.

Madagascar Measles Outbreak Kills 900 People, According To WHO.

EU Health Commissioner Warns Of Drug-Resistant Infection Risk.

World Health Organization Finds That DRC Ebola Outbreak May Be Due To Local Health Facilities.

Scientists Seek Alternatives To Antibiotics Amid Growing Resistances.

Roche To Acquire Spark Therapeutics For $4.3 Billion.

Children’s Hospital Spinoff Purchased For $4.8 Billion.

Columnist Highlights Analysis That Says Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatments May Need To Be Priced Lower To Be Considered Cost-Effective.

“Anti-Vaxxers” Movement Flourishing Thanks To Online Misinformation, Distrust Of Healthcare.

Connecticut Bill Proposed Allowing Youths To Get HIV Prevention Meds Without Parental Consent.

Lawmakers Ask Tech Giants To Help Stop Spread Of Anti-Vaccination Misinformation.

Documents Suggest That Chinese Government Funded “CRISPR Babies” Project.

CDC Warns More Severe Flu Strain A H3N2 Accounts For Almost Half Of New Cases.

Test Tube Study Finds Flavoring Chemicals In E-Cigarettes Induce Genetic Changes, Impair Functionality Of Bronchial Epithelial Cells.

Researchers Find NCCN Criteria For Genetic Testing In Breast Cancer May Miss 45 Percent Of Patients With Clinically Actionable Germ-Line Variants.

Researchers Develop Six-Gene Prognostic Risk Score To Distinguish High-Risk From Low-Risk Glioblastoma.

Democratic Republic Of Congo’s Ebola Death Toll Rises To 529.

Unvaccinated French Boy Believed To Have Brought Measles To Costa Rica.