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CDC Confirms 62 Cases Of Acute Flaccid Myelitis With 127 Total Under Investigation.

Reuters (10/17, Banerjee) reports that across “22 states,” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “has confirmed 62 cases of acute flaccid myelitis [AFM], a rare...condition that causes weakness in the arms or legs.” The agency is now “investi...

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Development Has Largely Stalled For New Diagnostic Tests For Zika Infections.

Reuters (10/17, Steenhuysen) discusses the difficulties inherent in diagnosing Zika infections. Efforts launched two years ago to create diagnostic tests for the Zika virus “have now largely stalled, as public concern has waned, health experts say,” and...

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Chan, Zuckerberg, Gates Foundation Unveil Open-Source Global Infectious Disease Tracker.

Fierce Medical Devices (10/16) reports the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub “has unveiled an open-source platform for charting international infectious disease outbreaks in real-time.” The cloud-based system, “dubbed IDseq, analyzes metagenomic data to identify sa...

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Health Officials Say Mumps Outbreak In Hawaii Has Ended.

The AP (10/17) reports Hawaii health officials “say the statewide outbreak of mumps has ended.” The state Department of Health “says more than 1000 people were identified with mumps since the outbreak began in March 2017, stemming from two clusters of ca...

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UN Report Shows “Strong Evidence” Of Zika-Linked Microcephaly In Angola.

Reuters (10/17, Eisenhammer, Steenhuysen) reports that “at least 72 babies born with microcephaly in Angola between February 2017 and May 2018, suspected victims of an emerging Zika outbreak.” The cases “have gone largely unreported, but an internal Worl...

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Reuters Returns To Brazil Three Years After Zika Outbreak.

Reuters (10/17, Marcelino) reports nearly three years after a Zika outbreak in Brazil “caused thousands of cases of microcephaly and other devastating birth defects in newborns, Reuters returned to check on the mothers and their children.” Zika has “sinc...

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Researchers Working To Develop Bacteriophage Therapy Products.

STAT (10/16, Boodman) publishes a 6,000-word article highlighting the research of Dr. Carl Merril, who left the NIH after spending about 50 years researching bacteriophages and the potential of bacteriophage therapy. Carl Merril and his son, Greg Merril,...

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Administering Flu Vaccine At Pharmacies During Epidemic Could Save Billions Of Dollars, Avert Millions Of Flu Cases, Study Suggests.

MedPage Today (10/16, Walker) reports that a “modeling study” suggests that “administering the flu shot at pharmacies in addition to traditional healthcare facilities during a flu epidemic could potentially save billions in direct costs, and avert millio...

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New Mexico Officials Warn Of “Troubling Mosquito Species.”

The AP (10/16) reports that state and local health officials “say a species of mosquito capable of transmitting Zika and other viruses has been found along the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque area.” The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes “also have been found in mor...

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CDC Continues To Investigate Rising Number Of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases.

The Washington Post (10/16, A1, Sun) reports on the increase federal health officials are observing in cases of acute flaccid myelitis, the “mysterious and rare condition that mostly affects children and can paralyze arms and legs, with 127 confirmed or...

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Getting HPV Vaccine Does Not Increase Risky Sex Among Teens, Research Suggests.

USA Today (10/15, Haller) reports a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that teens do not make poor sexual choices after getting the HPV vaccine. USA Today adds that the FDA “announced that the HPV vaccine is expanding for u...

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DNA Flaws May Contribute To Dementia, Study Suggests.

The Telegraph (UK) (10/15, Knapton) reports research published in Nature Communications found that “dementia may begin in the womb when spelling mistakes in DNA store up problems for the future.” Researchers from Cambridge University examined tissue samp...

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HIV DNA May No Longer Be Detectable In Most HIV Patients Who Survive More Than Two Years After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Research Indicates.

MedPage Today (10/15, Walker) reports researchers found in “a small observational study” that “most examined patients with HIV who survived more than 2 years after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) had undetectable HIV DNA and und...

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Bloodstream Infections Contracted During Hospital Stay Usually Caused By A Patient’s Own Digestive Tract, Study Suggests.

HealthDay (10/15, Reinberg) reports that research suggests “bloodstream infections contracted during a hospital stay are usually caused by a patient’s own digestive tract, not a” physician’s “dirty hands or another patient’s cough.” Investigators “used n...

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Congo Confirms 33 Ebola Cases In Past Week As WHO Convenes Emergency Meeting.

Reuters (10/15) reports Congo has “confirmed 33 cases of Ebola virus in the past week, of whom 24 died, the health ministry said on Monday.” The ministry “said the latest cases were confirmed between Oct. 8 and 14.” The AP (10/15) reports the World Healt...

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One-Fifth Of US Soldiers Deployed To Iraq Have Asymptomatic Visceral Leishmaniasis, Study Indicates.

Healio (10/15) reports study findings published in Clinical Infectious Diseases “showed that almost 20% of United States soldiers who have deployed to Iraq have asymptomatic visceral leishmaniasis and may face a lifelong risk for reactivation.” According...

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HIV-1-Specific Antibody Levels May Be Marker Of Viral Suppression In Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy, Study Indicates.

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/15, Nelson) reports researchers found that in “children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1-specific antibody levels can be useful markers for identifying those with viral suppression or low residual cell-associat...

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Severe Infections May Be Common In Patients Infected With HIV/HCV Taking Directing-Acting Antivirals, Study Suggests.

Infectious Disease Advisor (10/15, Dellabella) reports researchers found that “in patients with HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfection who receive oral direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) severe infections are relatively common.” The findings were pub...

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Despite Sixth PrEP Failure, Experts Believe HIV Prevention Drug Remains Effective.

On its website, NBC News (10/15, Fitzsimons) reports that earlier this month, health experts confirmed the sixth “failure of PrEP globally” involving “a San Francisco man who was consistently taking the HIV-prevention medicine during the time he contract...

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Former Ebola Response Coordinator Says US Needs Better Plan For Mitigating Risk Of Potential Epidemic.

Writing for Vox (10/15), Ron Klain, who served as the White House Ebola response coordinator in 2014-15, says that this year marked the 100th anniversary of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, “which took as many as 675,000 lives in this country and more t...

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CDC Confirms 62 Cases Of Acute Flaccid Myelitis With 127 Total Under Investigation.

Development Has Largely Stalled For New Diagnostic Tests For Zika Infections.

Chan, Zuckerberg, Gates Foundation Unveil Open-Source Global Infectious Disease Tracker.

Health Officials Say Mumps Outbreak In Hawaii Has Ended.

UN Report Shows “Strong Evidence” Of Zika-Linked Microcephaly In Angola.

Reuters Returns To Brazil Three Years After Zika Outbreak.

Researchers Working To Develop Bacteriophage Therapy Products.

Administering Flu Vaccine At Pharmacies During Epidemic Could Save Billions Of Dollars, Avert Millions Of Flu Cases, Study Suggests.

New Mexico Officials Warn Of “Troubling Mosquito Species.”

CDC Continues To Investigate Rising Number Of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases.

Getting HPV Vaccine Does Not Increase Risky Sex Among Teens, Research Suggests.

DNA Flaws May Contribute To Dementia, Study Suggests.

HIV DNA May No Longer Be Detectable In Most HIV Patients Who Survive More Than Two Years After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Research Indicates.

Bloodstream Infections Contracted During Hospital Stay Usually Caused By A Patient’s Own Digestive Tract, Study Suggests.

Congo Confirms 33 Ebola Cases In Past Week As WHO Convenes Emergency Meeting.

One-Fifth Of US Soldiers Deployed To Iraq Have Asymptomatic Visceral Leishmaniasis, Study Indicates.

HIV-1-Specific Antibody Levels May Be Marker Of Viral Suppression In Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy, Study Indicates.

Severe Infections May Be Common In Patients Infected With HIV/HCV Taking Directing-Acting Antivirals, Study Suggests.

Despite Sixth PrEP Failure, Experts Believe HIV Prevention Drug Remains Effective.

Former Ebola Response Coordinator Says US Needs Better Plan For Mitigating Risk Of Potential Epidemic.