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Forty Cases Of Measles Now Confirmed In Pacific Northwest.

The AP (1/30, Flaccus) reports health “authorities say there are now 40 confirmed cases of measles in a Pacific Northwest outbreak.” Of those cases, 38 “are in southwest Washington state, one is outside Portland, Oregon, and one is in Seattle.” Additional...

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Opinion: Administration Medicare Part D Proposal Threatens HIV Patients.

In an op-ed for the Charlotte (NC) Observer (1/30), J. Wesley Thompson, Medical Director of HIV Care at Amity Medical Group in Charlotte, writes that the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to Medicare Part D threaten HIV patients because they strip “...

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Off-The-Shelf CAR-T Therapy Could Make Personalized Medicine More Accessible.

STAT (1/30, Swetlitz) reports that “researchers around the globe are toiling away on a so-called off-the-shelf CAR-T, which could be produced en masse, kept on reserve in a hospital, and given to patients with little delay.” Such a treatment “could be che...

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CDC Project Developing Roadmap To Digitize Infectious Disease Guidelines To Work In EHRs.

Healthcare IT News (1/30) reports that in order to address the challenge of controlling global infectious diseases, the CDC last year assembled a Kaizen group involving an interdisciplinary team of healthcare and IT professionals, who “worked collaborativ...

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Contributor Argues Vaccine Scandals In China “Undermine People’s Trust.”

The New York Times (1/30, Huang) carries an opinion piece by China expert Yanzhong Huang, who argues that five scandals over the last seven years in China over vaccines “especially their repetition, undermines the people’s trust in the state.” After a vac...

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England Will Have No New HIV Diagnoses By 2030, UK Health Secretary Says.

The Telegraph (UK) (1/29, Donnelly) reports UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, during the Independent and Evening Standard’s AIDSfree Cities Global Forum, said that England will become the first country to have no new HIV infections by 2030. Hancock “said...

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Researchers Identify 351 Genetic Factors That Influence Whether An Individual Prefers Mornings Or Evenings.

CNN (1/29, Scutti) reports that “some people are genetically programmed to be early birds, others night owls,” and a study indicates that “the amount of DNA influencing this natural preference is dramatically larger than the 24 genes identified in the pas...

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Dengue Vaccine Appears Successful At Preventing All Four Types Of Disease In Phase 3 Trial.

The Wall Street Journal (1/29, Hopkins, McKay, Subscription Publication) reports Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. announced its dengue vaccine TAK-003 was safe and effective in a phase 3 clinical study. Currently, there are currently five dengue vaccine candidat...

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Vaccinating Mice Against Borrelia Burgdorferi May Help Lower Tick-Transmitted Cases Of Lyme Disease, Study Suggests.

Scientific American (1/29, Chen) reports a study by Connecticut’s state entomologist Kirby Stafford suggests that vaccinating mice against Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, may help “lower the number of ticks that acquire Borrel...

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Health Campaigners Warn HIV Data Leak In Singapore Could Hurt Efforts To Reduce New Infections Among LGBT+ People.

Reuters (1/29, Yi) reports health campaigners warned that the recent leak of the HIV status of 14,200 people in Singapore could hurt efforts to reduce new HIV infections among LGBT+ living in Singapore. Jean Chong, founder of Singapore-based LGBT+ rights...

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Health Officials Working To Contain New Cluster Of HIV Cases Among Injecting Drug Users In Boston.

The Boston Globe (1/29, Freyer) reports “public health officials are scrambling to contain a new cluster of HIV cases among people who inject drugs, this time based in Boston and involving six people so far.” This latest “cluster follows an HIV outbreak i...

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Resurgence In Hepatitis A Cases Burdening Local, State Health Officials.

U.S. News & World Report (1/29, Galvin) discusses the resurgence in Hepatitis A cases across the US, particularly among the homeless and drug-using population, increasing the burden on local health officials. In light of the situation, “the CDC says state...

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Seven-Month-Old Quarantined Over Fears Of Measles Exposure.

ABC World News Tonight (1/29, story 7, 1:35, Muir) reported in its broadcast that amid the ongoing measles outbreak in southwestern Washington state and the recently announced state of emergency, “a 7-month-old has now been quarantined” over fears that sh...

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Voyager Therapeutics Secures $165M Deal To Market Neurological Disorder Therapies.

The Boston Globe (1/29, Saltzman) reports Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Voyager Therapeutics has signed a deal with San Diego, California-based Neurocrine Biosciences to help Voyager “develop and market gene therapies for Parkinson’s disease and other se...

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Opinion: Anti-Vaccination Movement’s Purposeful Misinformation Is Categorically Wrong.

In an op-ed for Newsweek (1/29), American Council on Science and Health Vice President of Scientific Affairs Dr. Alex Berezow and Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science Dr. Josh Bloom criticize the anti-vaccination movement and refute arguments t...

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HPV Vaccination Rates For Young Adolescents Still Too Low, Researchers Say.

HealthDay (1/28, Preidt) reports that “HPV vaccination rates for younger American adolescents are alarmingly low, researchers say.” The investigators looked at data from a 2016 CDC survey of parents. The researchers found that approximately “43 percent of...

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Research Finds Blood Test May Successfully Diagnose Genetic Disorders Early In Pregnancy.

New Scientist (1/28, Wong) reports “a new test allows doctors to diagnose genetic disorders in fetuses early in pregnancy by sequencing small amounts of fetal DNA in the mother’s blood.” The text examines “30 genes associated with dominant genetic disease...

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Sleep Deprivation Tied To Increase In Alzheimer’s-Linked Proteins, Research In Mice And Humans Indicates.

MedPage Today (1/28, Boyles) reports researchers found that “sleep deprivation is linked to brain alterations associated with Alzheimer’s disease,” specifically increased levels of amyloid and tau protein, in both mice and humans. The findings were publis...

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Research Continues To Delve Into Relationship Between Gut And Neurological Diseases.

The New York Times (1/28, Zimmer) reports on the ongoing research that aims to understand the relationship between the brain and the gut, and the potential implications for the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions including...

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Nonhuman Primates May Only Be Intermediate Hosts For Ebola Viruses, Study Suggests.

Healio (1/28, Stulpin) reports a new study suggests that “Ebola antibodies are not widespread among more than 30 nonhuman primate species (NHPs), supporting claims that nonhuman primates are intermediate hosts for Ebola viruses.” The findings were publish...

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Forty Cases Of Measles Now Confirmed In Pacific Northwest.

Opinion: Administration Medicare Part D Proposal Threatens HIV Patients.

Off-The-Shelf CAR-T Therapy Could Make Personalized Medicine More Accessible.

CDC Project Developing Roadmap To Digitize Infectious Disease Guidelines To Work In EHRs.

Contributor Argues Vaccine Scandals In China “Undermine People’s Trust.”

England Will Have No New HIV Diagnoses By 2030, UK Health Secretary Says.

Researchers Identify 351 Genetic Factors That Influence Whether An Individual Prefers Mornings Or Evenings.

Dengue Vaccine Appears Successful At Preventing All Four Types Of Disease In Phase 3 Trial.

Vaccinating Mice Against Borrelia Burgdorferi May Help Lower Tick-Transmitted Cases Of Lyme Disease, Study Suggests.

Health Campaigners Warn HIV Data Leak In Singapore Could Hurt Efforts To Reduce New Infections Among LGBT+ People.

Health Officials Working To Contain New Cluster Of HIV Cases Among Injecting Drug Users In Boston.

Resurgence In Hepatitis A Cases Burdening Local, State Health Officials.

Seven-Month-Old Quarantined Over Fears Of Measles Exposure.

Voyager Therapeutics Secures $165M Deal To Market Neurological Disorder Therapies.

Opinion: Anti-Vaccination Movement’s Purposeful Misinformation Is Categorically Wrong.

HPV Vaccination Rates For Young Adolescents Still Too Low, Researchers Say.

Research Finds Blood Test May Successfully Diagnose Genetic Disorders Early In Pregnancy.

Sleep Deprivation Tied To Increase In Alzheimer’s-Linked Proteins, Research In Mice And Humans Indicates.

Research Continues To Delve Into Relationship Between Gut And Neurological Diseases.

Nonhuman Primates May Only Be Intermediate Hosts For Ebola Viruses, Study Suggests.