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Los Angeles Flea-Borne Typhus Outbreak May Prompt Officials To Rip Out City Buildings’ Carpets.

USA Today (2/7, May) reports that “government officials in Los Angeles are considering ripping out carpets in city buildings amid a typhus outbreak that has infected workers.” The city’s downtown “has been battling an outbreak since October that was linke...

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Sinks Next To Toilets In Patient Rooms May Harbor Klebsiella Pneumoniae Carbapenemase, Study Suggests.

HealthDay (2/7) reports a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin suggests that “sinks next to toilets in patient rooms may harbor potentially dangerous bacteria,” including “klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)...a type of bacte...

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Legalization Of Gay Sex Will Lower HIV/AIDS Risk, GFFATM Chief Says.

Reuters (2/7, Banerji) reports, “No longer shamed as criminals, millions of LGBT+ people in India will be less at risk from HIV/AIDS following the legalization of gay sex, the head of a global health fund said on Thursday.” Peter Sands, the head of the Gl...

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Trump’s HIV Plan Draws Praise And Skepticism From Health Advocates.

The Chicago Tribune (2/6, Thayer) reports “those involved in prevention efforts in Chicago applauded” the Administration’s HIV “plan but questioned how it would be carried out, particularly when it comes to reaching those who are disproportionately affect...

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Human Diet Drugs Satiate Mosquitoes So They Are Less Likely To Feed On Humans And Spread Disease, Study Suggests.

The NPR (2/7, Lewton) “Goats and Soda” blog reports a new study demonstrates “how human diet drugs satiate mosquitoes’ bloodlust for several days – so they are less likely to feed on humans and spread diseases and will also produce fewer offspring.” The f...

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Vaccine Exemption “Hot Spots” Described In Study Match Current Measles Outbreak Locations.

Newsweek (2/6, Osborne) reports a study published last June in PLOS Medicine identified specific “anti-vaxx hot spots” and cities that match closely with a number of recent measles outbreaks. These areas have lower rates of vaccinations among children due...

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New Approach For Cervical Cancer Screening More Sensitive Than Current Standard, Study Indicates.

New Scientist (2/6, Wilson) reports on a study published in BMJ finding that “a new approach for cervical cancer screening...could let women safely wait longer between tests.” The new approach would take “some cells from the neck of the cervix” as in the...

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Researchers Identify Factors Tied To Increased Risk Of Death And Disability Following Ischemic Stroke.

Neurology Advisor (2/6, May) reports researchers found that “increased levels of elevated high-sensitive C-reactive protein (CRP), complement C3, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), hepatocyte growth factor, and antiphosphatidylserine antibodies (aPS) inc...

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Researchers Continue Search For Blood Test That Can Diagnose Or Predict Alzheimer’s Disease.

STAT (2/6, Begley) reports that while most experimental treatments for Alzheimer’s disease have failed, researchers have also been working to develop blood tests that can effectively “diagnose the disease in asymptomatic patients or predict which healthy...

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Omadacycline Noninferior To Standard Of Care For Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia, Acute Bacterial Skin, Skin-Structure Infections.

MedPage Today (2/6, Walker) reports on the results of randomized trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine finding that “omadacycline, a novel antibiotic in the tetracycline class, was non-inferior to standard of care for both community-acqu...

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Patient At Philadelphia Hospital Tested For Ebola Does Not Have Virus, Officials Say.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (2/6, Gambardello, Avril) reports “a patient who was tested for Ebola virus at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania does not have the deadly infection after all, state Health Department officials said Wednesday afternoo...

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African Scientists Unable To Access Ebola Blood Samples Taken From Their Countries During Previous Epidemic.

The Telegraph (UK) (2/6, Freudenthal) reports arguments are growing “over the ownership of thousands of Ebola blood samples taken from patients during the 2014-16 epidemic in West Africa and now held in secretive laboratories around the world.” Although “...

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FDA Approves First Targeted Therapy For Rare Blood Disorder.

Reuters (2/6, Maddipatla) reports the FDA approved Sanofi’s caplacizumab (Cablivi) in combination with standard treatment for acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP), “a life-threatening, autoimmune disorder characterized by clot formation in...

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Two-Dose Rabies PEP Vaccine Schedule As Effective As Four-Dose, Research Suggests.

Infectious Disease Advisor (2/5) reports the results of the clinical trial suggest that a two-dose “single-visit intradermal postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) vaccine schedule was as immunologically effective and safe as a 4-dose single-visit intradermal PEP...

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Genetic Variations That Enhance Activity Of NLRP3 Inflammasome Or Interleukin-1 Beta Cytokine Tied To Severity And Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis, Study Indicates.

Multiple Sclerosis News Today (2/5, Inacio) reports researchers found “genetic variants that enhance the activity of the NLRP3 inflammasome or the interleukin-1 beta cytokine are linked to higher severity and progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).” The f...

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Significant Increase In Hepatitis A Cases Identified In Southern New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Union Leader (2/5, Leader) reports state health officials have “identified a significant increase in Hepatitis A cases in southern New Hampshire over the past three months and [are] urging residents to get vaccinated to prevent the outbr...

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Washington State Measles Outbreak Continues To Spread As Officials Urge Vaccinations.

U.S. News & World Report (2/5) reports the measles outbreak in Washington state continues to spread as health officials urge local residents to get vaccinated. The CDC says that this outbreak and others in states like New York and California “are associat...

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Five Cases Of Measles Confirmed In Texas, Officials Say.

The AP (2/5) reports “health officials say five cases of measles have been confirmed in southern Texas, including four children under the age of 2.” These five cases “include three in the Houston area, one in Galveston County and one in Montgomery County....

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GSK To Pay Up To $4.2 Billion To Merck For Rights To Experimental Immunotherapy.

Bloomberg News (2/5, Paton, Loh) reports GlaxoSmithKline Plc will pay up to €3.7 billion ($4.2 billion) to Merck KGaA for the rights to M7824 (bintrafusp alfa), an experimental immunotherapy drug. The drug is currently being tested against Keytruda (pembr...

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Pfizer Continues To Raise The Price Of Its Best-Selling Vaccine.

Fortune (2/5, Shoot) reports that Prevnar 13, the “pneumococcal vaccine that protects against infections such as pneumonia and meningitis, as well as other infections caused by pneumococcus including ear and sinus,” is Pfizer’s best-selling drug. Five yea...

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Los Angeles Flea-Borne Typhus Outbreak May Prompt Officials To Rip Out City Buildings’ Carpets.

Sinks Next To Toilets In Patient Rooms May Harbor Klebsiella Pneumoniae Carbapenemase, Study Suggests.

Legalization Of Gay Sex Will Lower HIV/AIDS Risk, GFFATM Chief Says.

Trump’s HIV Plan Draws Praise And Skepticism From Health Advocates.

Human Diet Drugs Satiate Mosquitoes So They Are Less Likely To Feed On Humans And Spread Disease, Study Suggests.

Vaccine Exemption “Hot Spots” Described In Study Match Current Measles Outbreak Locations.

New Approach For Cervical Cancer Screening More Sensitive Than Current Standard, Study Indicates.

Researchers Identify Factors Tied To Increased Risk Of Death And Disability Following Ischemic Stroke.

Researchers Continue Search For Blood Test That Can Diagnose Or Predict Alzheimer’s Disease.

Omadacycline Noninferior To Standard Of Care For Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia, Acute Bacterial Skin, Skin-Structure Infections.

Patient At Philadelphia Hospital Tested For Ebola Does Not Have Virus, Officials Say.

African Scientists Unable To Access Ebola Blood Samples Taken From Their Countries During Previous Epidemic.

FDA Approves First Targeted Therapy For Rare Blood Disorder.

Two-Dose Rabies PEP Vaccine Schedule As Effective As Four-Dose, Research Suggests.

Genetic Variations That Enhance Activity Of NLRP3 Inflammasome Or Interleukin-1 Beta Cytokine Tied To Severity And Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis, Study Indicates.

Significant Increase In Hepatitis A Cases Identified In Southern New Hampshire.

Washington State Measles Outbreak Continues To Spread As Officials Urge Vaccinations.

Five Cases Of Measles Confirmed In Texas, Officials Say.

GSK To Pay Up To $4.2 Billion To Merck For Rights To Experimental Immunotherapy.

Pfizer Continues To Raise The Price Of Its Best-Selling Vaccine.