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Over 130 People Have Died In Measles Outbreak In Philippines, Official Says.

The AP (2/18) reports “the Philippine health secretary said Monday that 136 people, mostly children, have died of measles and 8,400 others have fallen ill in an outbreak blamed partly on vaccination fears.” A large “immunization drive that started last we...

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Close To 1,000 Children In Madagascar Die From Measles Since October, WHO Says.

Reuters (2/14, Nebehay) reported that “at least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October, despite a huge emergency vaccination program, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.” Dr. Katrina Kretsinger fro...

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“Zombie” Deer Disease May One Day Infect Humans, Experts Say.

USA Today (2/16, Miller) reported that “an infectious disease deadly in deer has spread to 24 states, and experts warned that the ailment – unofficially dubbed ‘zombie’ deer disease – could one day hit humans.” The ailment, called “chronic wasting disease...

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Maine Has Highest Whooping Cough Rate In Country, Data Show.

The Portland (ME) Press Herald (2/17) reported “the number of pertussis cases remained high in Maine for the fourth month in a row in January, with the rate of infection continuing to soar above the national average.” Maine Center for Disease Control and...

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Columbus, Ohio Confronting Worst Hepatitis A Outbreak In Decades.

The Columbus (OH) Dispatch (2/18, Rouan) reports Columbus, Ohio “city health officials have organized immunization clinics and plan to continue offering vaccines to people who ate at restaurants where workers have been confirmed to have” Hepatitis A. The...

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Experimental Ebola Treatments Being Tested In DRC Outbreak Zones.

The Washington Post (2/15, Cunningham) reported “a clinical trial of patients taking place in Congo is gathering evidence on experimental therapies, to provide a proven option when the deadly virus inevitably emerges again.” Richard Davey, one principal t...

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Southern US Said To Face More Challenges To Achieve Administration’s HIV Goals.

The Los Angeles Times (2/17, Jarvie) discusses the challenges the southern US faces in achieving the Adminsitration’s recently unveiled plan to eliminate HIV transmission in the US by 2030. One HIV expert cited in the article says that while the technolog...

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Opinion: Fighting AIDS Successfully Requires Promotion Of More Evidence-Based Services.

The Hill (2/16) Opinion Contributor Chris Collins, president at Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, writes that “success in both domestic and global AIDS epidemics depends on scaling up evidence-based services, focusing on...

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Proposal Would Extend Medicare Coverage For CAR-T Treatments For Cancer Patients.

STAT (2/15, Swetlitz) reported a new proposal would allow the Medicare program to pay for CAR-T therapies for cancer patients across the country. The proposal “specifies that Medicare will cover all FDA-approved CAR-T therapies as long as data is collecte...

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State Lawmakers Considering Laws To Limit Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions.

National Journal (2/19, Subscription Publication) reports “the recent outbreaks in Washington and New York have state lawmakers taking a hard look at vaccine exemptions on the books.” Some state legislators “are now proposing laws to limit or ban non-medi...

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Facebook Considering Making Anti-Vaccination Content Less Visible.

USA Today (2/15, May, Molina) reported “Facebook is considering making anti-vaccination content on its site less visible amid a measles outbreak that has reignited a conversation about preventative shots.” A company spokesperson said, “We’re currently wor...

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Flu Vaccine Relatively Effective This Season, CDC Says.

The Washington Post (2/14, Sun) reports CDC officials said the flu vaccine appears to be relatively effective this season and is protecting roughly half of those who received it. Compared to “last winter, when flu killed and hospitalized more people in th...

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All Breast Cancer Patients Should Get Genetic Testing, New Guidelines Say.

CNN (2/14, Scutti) reports “genetic testing should be made available for all patients diagnosed with breast cancer, according to guidelines published Thursday by the American Society of Breast Surgeons.” The piece mentions “the National Cancer Institute e...

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Rising Rates Of Syphilis Being Driven By Increasing Drug Use, Study Suggests.

Kaiser Health News (2/14, Gorman) reports “public health officials grappling with record-high syphilis rates around the nation have pinpointed” drug use as a major risk factor.” CDC medical officer Dr. Sarah Kidd, the “lead author of a new report issued T...

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Study Says Governments Should Stockpile Antibiotics For A Future Flu Pandemic.

The Telegraph (UK) (2/14, Newey) reports that “stockpiling antibiotics to use in the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak could save billions of pounds worldwide,” according to a new study published in the journal Health Economics. In the study, researc...

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EPA Unveils Plan To Control PFAS In Drinking Water.

The AP (2/14, Knickmeyer, Casey, Flesher) reports that the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced a plan moving toward setting limits for the toxic class of chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, or PFAS, in drinki...

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US Representative Schiff Questions Google, Facebook Over Platforms’ Anti-Vaccine Information.

Bloomberg News (2/14, Klimasinska) reports US Representative Adam Schiff sent a letter to the CEOs of Google and Facebook, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg, respectively, “expressing concern that their platforms are carrying information discouraging pare...

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WHO To Convene Experts For Human Gene Editing Panel.

The AP (2/14) reports in the wake of news that a Chinese researcher had created the first “gene-edited babies,” the World Health Organization will bring a group of experts together for a panel that will “examine the scientific, ethical, social and legal c...

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Using Special Soap, Mouthwash For Six Months After Leaving Hospital Reduces Postdischarge Infection Risk Among MRSA Carriers, Study Suggests.

The AP (2/13, Marchione) reports a new study by researchers at University of California Irvine School of Medicine suggests that “hospitalized patients who harbor certain superbugs can cut their risk of developing full-blown infections if they swab medicat...

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Researchers Identify Germline Pathogenic Variants In CHEK2 That Identify Testicular Cancer Patients With Increased Risk For Other Cancers.

Cancer Network (2/13, Bennett) reports “researchers identified two germline pathogenic variants in checkpoint kinase 2 (CHEK2) that may account for a minority of men diagnosed with testicular germ cell tumors.” The findings could help inform men with aber...

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Over 130 People Have Died In Measles Outbreak In Philippines, Official Says.

Close To 1,000 Children In Madagascar Die From Measles Since October, WHO Says.

“Zombie” Deer Disease May One Day Infect Humans, Experts Say.

Maine Has Highest Whooping Cough Rate In Country, Data Show.

Columbus, Ohio Confronting Worst Hepatitis A Outbreak In Decades.

Experimental Ebola Treatments Being Tested In DRC Outbreak Zones.

Southern US Said To Face More Challenges To Achieve Administration’s HIV Goals.

Opinion: Fighting AIDS Successfully Requires Promotion Of More Evidence-Based Services.

Proposal Would Extend Medicare Coverage For CAR-T Treatments For Cancer Patients.

State Lawmakers Considering Laws To Limit Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions.

Facebook Considering Making Anti-Vaccination Content Less Visible.

Flu Vaccine Relatively Effective This Season, CDC Says.

All Breast Cancer Patients Should Get Genetic Testing, New Guidelines Say.

Rising Rates Of Syphilis Being Driven By Increasing Drug Use, Study Suggests.

Study Says Governments Should Stockpile Antibiotics For A Future Flu Pandemic.

EPA Unveils Plan To Control PFAS In Drinking Water.

US Representative Schiff Questions Google, Facebook Over Platforms’ Anti-Vaccine Information.

WHO To Convene Experts For Human Gene Editing Panel.

Using Special Soap, Mouthwash For Six Months After Leaving Hospital Reduces Postdischarge Infection Risk Among MRSA Carriers, Study Suggests.

Researchers Identify Germline Pathogenic Variants In CHEK2 That Identify Testicular Cancer Patients With Increased Risk For Other Cancers.