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Experimental Ebola Vaccine To Be Given To Pregnant Women In DRC, Officials Say.

STAT (2/20) reports “women who are pregnant and lactating, as well as children under the age of 1, will be offered access to an experimental Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said Wednesday, marking the reversal of a controv...

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Measles Outbreak In Madagascar Claims Lives Of 1,000 Children Since October.

The Telegraph (UK) (2/20, Blomfield) reports “a measles outbreak has killed nearly 1,000 children in Madagascar...after 66,000 people contracted [the virus] since the disease the outbreak was officially declared in October.” The piece says “the scale of t...

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New Cholera Tracking Algorithm Could Provide More Accurate Assessment Of Outbreaks, Study Suggests.

The Telegraph (UK) (2/20, Newey) reports research suggests that a new algorithm “to track cholera outbreaks could give experts a more accurate geographical picture of the disease than ever before.” The tool “analyses antibodies in blood samples to estimat...

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Over 2,000 People With Flu In Britain Have Required ICU Treatment This Season.

The Guardian (UK) (2/20, Campbell) reports that over 2,000 people in Britain with the flu have required “life-or-death treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) this winter, even though the virus is circulating at unusually low levels.” Health professiona...

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Investigation Finds Contaminated Water From US Mining Sites Is Tainting Water Supplies, Poisoning Aquatic Life.

The AP (2/20, Brown) reports that “every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding streams and ponds without being treated,...

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Washington State Lawmakers Consider Two Vaccine Exemption Bills.

The AP (2/20) reports that “as health officials identified a new case from a measles outbreak in Washington state, lawmakers continue to weigh two measures that would remove parents’ ability to claim a personal or philosophical exemption to vaccinating th...

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Legionnaires’ Disease Cases Up Over Fivefold Since 2000, Data Show.

USA Today (2/19, Alltucker) reports that “nearly 7,500 people contracted Legionnaires’ disease in 2017, a more than fivefold increase in the number of cases since 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” However, “federal health...

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Researchers Say Genetic Variant May Increase Preference For Menthol Cigarettes.

MedPage Today (2/19, Boyles) reports that research published in PLOS Genetics suggests that there is “a genetic variant exclusively in individuals of African descent that...significantly increases preference for smoking menthol cigarettes.” The research w...

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USPSTF: Only Women With Elevated Risk For BRCA1, BRCA2 Should Have Genes Tested For The Mutation.

HealthDay (2/19, Reinberg) reports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued “guidelines – which restate a 2013 advisory – encourag[ing] genetic testing only for women with either a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, or an ethnicity or ances...

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Bacteria Develop Tougher Membranes As They Become More Resistant To Antibiotics, Study Suggests.

The Telegraph (UK) (2/19, Newey) reports a new study suggests that “bacteria develop stronger cell membranes as they become resistant, repelling antibiotics and preventing effective treatment.” In the research, scientists “looked at how 10 different bacte...

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Researchers Using CRISPR Gene Editing To Help Immune System Fight Viruses With No Vaccines.

STAT (2/19) provides coverage of a number of studies in which researchers are using CRISPR “to skip a step in antibody production, in the hopes of turning the immune system against viruses for which there are no vaccines.” In one study, researchers from F...

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Public Health Burden From Invasive GBS Among Nonpregnant Adults Has Risen Significantly, Study Suggests.

Medscape (2/19, Subscription Publication) reports a large study suggests that “the public health burden of invasive Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease among nonpregnant adults has risen significantly and continues to rise.” Specifically, data show that “...

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Measles Outbreak In Vancouver, Canada Now Totals Nine Cases.

Reuters (2/19, Choi) reports “a measles outbreak in Vancouver, [Canada] that has infected nine individuals since Feb. 15 has led officials in the western Canadian city to urge the unvaccinated and under-vaccinated to be immunized.” The provincial health o...

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MilliporeSigma Set To Receive CRISPR Patent.

STAT (2/19, Begley) reports that Merck KGaA subsidiary MilliporeSigma “will soon receive a patent on an invention that increases CRISPR’s efficiency and decreases its off-target effects, according to documents posted this month by the U.S. Patent and Trad...

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FDA Warns Consumers Against Infusions Of Plasma From Young Donors To Treat Parkinson’s, PTSD, Other Conditions.

The Washington Post (2/19, McGinley) reports the FDA issued a warning on Tuesday for consumers against “young blood” plasma infusions purported to treat Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, PTSD, Alzheimer’s, and other conditions. USA Today (2/19, Yancey-Brag...

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HPV Vaccine Scale-Up Could Eliminate Most Cervical Cancer In Wealthy Countries Within Three Decades, Study Suggests.

AFP (2/20) reports a new study suggests that “the rapid scale-up of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer in a handful of rich countries within three decades, and in most other nations by century’s end.” Specific...

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Arizona Legislator Introduces Amendment To Bill To Scale Back DNA Database.

The Arizona Republic (2/19, Burkitt) reports that “a controversial bill that would have created a massive statewide database of DNA from a myriad of professionals, volunteers and even dead people has been scaled back.” State “Sen. David Livingston, R-Peor...

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Flu Activity Across Country Continues To Rise, CDC Says.

USA Today (2/15, Stanglin) reported that “as many as 17.8 million people – including 2 million more within the last week – have fallen sick with influenza since October in what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls a ‘low-severity’ season,...

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Extended Time In Space Associated With Hyperactivity In Immune System Genes, Study Suggests.

The AP (2/15, Neergaard, Borenstein) reported that “nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly’s immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said Friday.” A “uniqu...

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Measles Total In Southwestern Washington Increases To 61 Cases.

The AP (2/18) reports that as of Sunday night, Clark County Public Health in Washington state “has identified two new measles cases and two new exposure locations in its ongoing outbreak investigation.” According to a Public Health spokeswoman, the depart...

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Experimental Ebola Vaccine To Be Given To Pregnant Women In DRC, Officials Say.

Measles Outbreak In Madagascar Claims Lives Of 1,000 Children Since October.

New Cholera Tracking Algorithm Could Provide More Accurate Assessment Of Outbreaks, Study Suggests.

Over 2,000 People With Flu In Britain Have Required ICU Treatment This Season.

Investigation Finds Contaminated Water From US Mining Sites Is Tainting Water Supplies, Poisoning Aquatic Life.

Washington State Lawmakers Consider Two Vaccine Exemption Bills.

Legionnaires’ Disease Cases Up Over Fivefold Since 2000, Data Show.

Researchers Say Genetic Variant May Increase Preference For Menthol Cigarettes.

USPSTF: Only Women With Elevated Risk For BRCA1, BRCA2 Should Have Genes Tested For The Mutation.

Bacteria Develop Tougher Membranes As They Become More Resistant To Antibiotics, Study Suggests.

Researchers Using CRISPR Gene Editing To Help Immune System Fight Viruses With No Vaccines.

Public Health Burden From Invasive GBS Among Nonpregnant Adults Has Risen Significantly, Study Suggests.

Measles Outbreak In Vancouver, Canada Now Totals Nine Cases.

MilliporeSigma Set To Receive CRISPR Patent.

FDA Warns Consumers Against Infusions Of Plasma From Young Donors To Treat Parkinson’s, PTSD, Other Conditions.

HPV Vaccine Scale-Up Could Eliminate Most Cervical Cancer In Wealthy Countries Within Three Decades, Study Suggests.

Arizona Legislator Introduces Amendment To Bill To Scale Back DNA Database.

Flu Activity Across Country Continues To Rise, CDC Says.

Extended Time In Space Associated With Hyperactivity In Immune System Genes, Study Suggests.

Measles Total In Southwestern Washington Increases To 61 Cases.