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Washington State’s Measles Outbreak Reaches 65 Confirmed Cases.

The AP (2/23) reported that Washington state’s Clark County Public Health department has confirmed another case of measles, making the state total 65. According to the AP, the latest case “is believed to be a child between 1 and 10 years old who is not im...

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Steep Increase In California’s Vaccination Rates Slowing.

Kaiser Health News (2/22, Rowan) reported that a “steep increase in vaccination rates” in California has slowed according to recent data. According to Kaiser Health News, a “serious measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December 2014 and carried...

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Kansas Lacks Enough Funds To Treat All Inmates With Hepatitis C.

The AP (2/23) reported that almost “600 Kansas inmates have tested positive for hepatitis C, but corrections officials are focusing on treating only the most advanced cases because they don’t have the money to treat them all.” Corrections Interim Secretar...

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Influenza Vaccines May Be Less Effective In Elderly Patients Due To Lack Of Antibody Diversity, Study Suggests.

MD Magazine (2/21, Kaltwasser) reports research suggests that “influenza vaccines may be less effective in the elderly due to a lack of antibody diversity.” Investigators found that “the B cells secreted by elderly patients acquire fewer mutations, render...

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Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds In Home Furnishings Found In Children’s Blood Or Urine, Study Reveals.

HealthDay (2/21, Preidt) reports, “Children who live in homes with vinyl flooring and flame-retardant furniture have higher levels of” semi-volatile organic compounds “in their blood or urine,” research indicated. For example, the study revealed that “chi...

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Rates Of Cancer-Causing HPV Infection Found To Have Declined.

HealthDay (2/21, Mundell) reports research indicates “rates of infection with HPV 16 or 18 – the two strains most heavily implicated in cervical cancer – have markedly declined between 2008 and 2014,” the period during which HPV vaccines became more broad...

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More Oregon, Washington People Diagnosed With Measles.

The Oregonian (2/21, Harbarger) reports the number of measles cases in Clark County, Washington “continues to climb,” as “public health officials have identified 69 people between Oregon and Washington.” A child’s diagnosis on Thursday brought “the Vancou...

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WHO Data: Over 900 Dead In Madagascar Measles Epidemic.

The AP (2/21) reports data from WHO shows that more than 68,000 cases of measles in Madagascar have resulted in 553 confirmed deaths “and another 373 suspected from measles since the outbreak began in September.” The AP says “the epidemic is blamed on a l...

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President Trump’s HIV Goals Face Uphill Battle In Rural America.

Kaiser Health News (2/21, Fortier) reports “health officials and doctors treating patients with HIV” in states where President Trump announced new rural HIV initiatives “say any extra funding would be welcome,” but warn “strategies that work in progressiv...

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Japan Faces Fastest Growing Measles Outbreak Since 2008.

The New York Times (2/22, Ramzy, Ueno) reports that “health officials in Japan are combating the country’s worst measles outbreak in years, with many infections clustered among attendees of a Valentine’s Day gift fair and a religious group that avoids vac...

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Sepsis Is A Frequent Cause Of Death In Hospitals, Study Indicates.

The New York Times (2/21, Rabin) says “sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection, is a common cause of deaths in hospitals, according to a new report” which “looked at 568 people who had died in hospitals and whose average age was 70.” Data show “m...

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FDA Commissioner Says Federal Government May Step In On State Vaccination Exemption Laws.

CNBC (2/21, Haigh) reports that “if states don’t tighten vaccine exemption laws, the federal government may step in...said” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. Gottlieb said in an interview that states granting wide exemptions for vaccines are “creating the...

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New York City Lawmaker Asks NIH To Break Patent On HIV-Prevention Drug.

NBC News (2/21, Fitzsimons) reports that New York City Council speaker Corey Johnson has called on the National Institutes of Health to “exercise its ‘march-in’ rights and break the patent held by Gilead Sciences to exclusively manufacture and market HIV...

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Arizona Committee Approves Vaccine Religious Exemption Bill.

The AP (2/22, Cooper) reports that even amid Washington’s measles outbreak, Republicans on an Arizona state House committee “voted Thursday to create a religious exemption for schoolchildren, adding to the personal beliefs exemption Arizona already has,”...

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Washington Measles Outbreak Cost Tops $1M.

The Seattle Times (2/21, Goldstein) reports “the cost of Washington’s measles outbreak has surpassed $1 million as more than 200 health-department staffers from the state and Clark County focus their efforts on the disease,” with 63 confirmed cases in Cla...

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People Who Ate Deer Infected With Chronic Wasting Disease Had No Significant Health Changes, Study Indicates.

USA Today (2/21, May) reports that “on March 13, 2005, a local fire company in Oneida County, New York, fed the meat of a deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease to about 200 to 250 people,” and “health experts checked in with the group of m...

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House Committee Investigating Recent Measles Outbreaks.

Modern Healthcare (2/20, Subscription Publication) reports “Congress is wading into the debate over the controversial ‘philosophical exemption’ to immunization, with a key House committee investigation into the recent measles outbreaks that have hit at le...

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Rapid Molecular Tests For Viral Pathogens Are Accurate, Review Suggests.

Infectious Disease Advisor (2/20) reports the results of a review suggest “rapid molecular tests for viral pathogen detection provide accurate results and their implementation in hospital settings is recommended.” According to the article, “Rapid identifi...

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Salt In Western Diet May Cause T-Helper Cells To Stimulate Inflammation Associated With Chronic Allergies, Study Suggests.

PBS NewsHour (2/20) reports a new study suggests that “the level of salt we eat as part of a Western diet causes T-helper cells to launch the renegade inflammatory responses that occur with chronic allergies.” In “eczema, this mayhem appears to happen dir...

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Scientists Launch Major Phase Of Project Testing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab.

The NPR (2/20, Stein) “Goats and Soda” blog reports that at a high-security lab in Terni, Italy, “scientists have launched a major new phase in the testing of a controversial genetically modified organism: a mosquito designed to quickly spread a genetic m...

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Washington State’s Measles Outbreak Reaches 65 Confirmed Cases.

Steep Increase In California’s Vaccination Rates Slowing.

Kansas Lacks Enough Funds To Treat All Inmates With Hepatitis C.

Influenza Vaccines May Be Less Effective In Elderly Patients Due To Lack Of Antibody Diversity, Study Suggests.

Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds In Home Furnishings Found In Children’s Blood Or Urine, Study Reveals.

Rates Of Cancer-Causing HPV Infection Found To Have Declined.

More Oregon, Washington People Diagnosed With Measles.

WHO Data: Over 900 Dead In Madagascar Measles Epidemic.

President Trump’s HIV Goals Face Uphill Battle In Rural America.

Japan Faces Fastest Growing Measles Outbreak Since 2008.

Sepsis Is A Frequent Cause Of Death In Hospitals, Study Indicates.

FDA Commissioner Says Federal Government May Step In On State Vaccination Exemption Laws.

New York City Lawmaker Asks NIH To Break Patent On HIV-Prevention Drug.

Arizona Committee Approves Vaccine Religious Exemption Bill.

Washington Measles Outbreak Cost Tops $1M.

People Who Ate Deer Infected With Chronic Wasting Disease Had No Significant Health Changes, Study Indicates.

House Committee Investigating Recent Measles Outbreaks.

Rapid Molecular Tests For Viral Pathogens Are Accurate, Review Suggests.

Salt In Western Diet May Cause T-Helper Cells To Stimulate Inflammation Associated With Chronic Allergies, Study Suggests.

Scientists Launch Major Phase Of Project Testing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab.