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EMA Panel Recommends Restrictions On Fluoroquinolone, Quinolone Antibiotics Due To Side Effects.

Reuters (10/5) reported the European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) issued recommended restrictions on the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics fluoroquinolone and quinolone after a review of side effects. The committe...

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Despite Risk Of Death Due To Flu, Nearly Half Of Americans Abstain From Vaccinations.

The Washington Post (10/5, Correll) reported the US CDC says that during the 2017-2018 flu season, the virus “killed about 80,000 Americans...the most in decades.” The Post said data also show that fewer than half of Americans become vaccinated against t...

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Six Minnesota Children Diagnosed With Rare “Polio-Like” Acute Flaccid Myelitis.

ABC World News Tonight (10/8, story 8, 1:30, Muir) reported on a “troubling rise” in the number of cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), “a rare polio-like disorder that could seem at first to be just a common cold.” ABC’s Alex Perez reported that an ou...

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Researchers Propose The Creation Of Global Microbiota Vault.

Bloomberg News (10/4) reports that “researchers are proposing the creation of a global microbiota vault to protect the long-term health of humanity.” The NPR (10/4, Schreiber) “Goats and Soda” blog reports that the “researchers want to stockpile — and st...

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Humans May Have Inherited Genes That Provide Protection To Viruses Similar To Influenza, Herpes, And HIV Through Interbreeding With Neanderthals, Study Suggests.

The New York Times (10/4, Zimmer) reports researchers concluded that people who migrated out of Africa and interbred with Neanderthals may have benefited from certain Neanderthal genes that provided protection to certain viruses. The researchers found th...

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Human Infections May Be Treated By Targeting Nutritional Vulnerabilities Of Bacterial Pathogens, Study Suggests.

Medscape (10/4, Pullen, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found that “human infections could be treated by targeting nutritional vulnerabilities of bacterial pathogens.” The findings were published in Science Translational Medicine.

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Zimbabwe To Vaccinate 1.4 Million Amid Worst Cholera Outbreak In A Decade.

Reuters (10/4, Dzirutwe) reports Zimbabwe recently began a vaccination campaign in urban areas “to contain the worst cholera outbreak to hit the country in a decade which has left 49 people dead and infected thousands more.” About 1.4 million people are...

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Health Leaders Warn Of Increasing Violence In Congo As Ebola Outbreak Continues.

The AP (10/4, Petesch) reports international health organizations are seeking action on conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo “after three Red Cross workers were attacked while trying to contain” the country’s Ebola outbreak. The UN Security Cou...

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HIV Outbreak In Scott County, Indiana May Have Been Avoided By Quicker Response From State Leaders, Study Suggests.

Reuters (10/4, Rapaport) reports researchers concluded that an HIV outbreak in Scott County, Indiana “might have been avoided if the state’s top medical and political leaders had acted sooner on early warnings that the virus was spreading.” The findings...

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Visitors To Berlin Nightclub Urged To Get Tested For Meningitis.

The AP (10/4) reports health officials in Berlin, Germany, are urging patrons of the “famed” KitKatClub to “immediately visit a doctor to be checked for bacterial meningitis after a visitor was hospitalized for the illness.” The patient is believed to ha...

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Researchers Examine Efficacy Of Different Antibiotics For Treatment Of Early Cutaneous Lyme Borreliosis.

MedPage Today (10/4, Lyles) reports researchers found in a meta-analysis that “when treating early cutaneous Lyme borreliosis, longer duration and higher dose didn’t improve the response to antibiotics, nor did any specific agent emerge as most effective...

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Johnson & Johnson Makes Significant Investment In Arrowhead Hepatitis B Treatment.

Reuters (10/4, Mathias) reports Johnson & Johnson agreed to develop and market Arrowhead Pharmaceutical’s “gene-silencing Hepatitis B treatment and buy a minor stake in a deal that could be potentially worth more than $3.7 billion.” J&J’s Janssen Pharmac...

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MappBio Receives $14.8M Contract For Sudan Virus Therapy.

The San Diego Business Journal (10/4, Whitlock) reports San Diego, California-based MappBio received a $14.8 million contract with “a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services” to advance its Sudan virus treatment, MBP134, through a ph...

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Current Rates Of HPV Vaccination Among Preteens Too Low To Achieve Goals Set By American Cancer Society, Study Indicates.

HealthDay (10/4, Preidt) reports that research indicates “current rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among preteens are too low to achieve goals set by the American Cancer Society.” The ACS “wants an 80 percent vaccination rate among 13-year...

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Millions Pounds Of Beef Recalled Due To Possible Salmonella Newport Contamination.

Fortune (10/4, Morris) reports that Arizona-based JBS Tolleson “has recalled 6.5 million pounds of ground beef amid concerns about salmonella contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday.” The packages have the establishment numbe...

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UN Urges End To Conflict In Congo To Curb Spread Of Ebola.

The AP (10/3, Lederer) reports the UN Security Council on Wednesday called “for an immediate end to hostilities by all armed groups in” the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo “to combat a deadly Ebola outbreak,” underscoring the urge...

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Breast Gland Has “Microbiome” Influenced By Diet, Animal Study Suggests.

HealthDay (10/3, Dallas) reports that research in animals suggests that “like the human gut, the breast gland has a ‘microbiome’ that’s influenced by diet.” Investigators found that “monkeys who were fed” a “Mediterranean diet ended up with a different m...

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Scientists Who Advanced Directed Evolution Awarded Nobel Prize In Chemistry.

The Los Angeles Times (10/3, Netburn) reports that on Wednesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry to three scientists who have “harnessed” the power of evolution and “sped it up, allowing them to create never...

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Zimbabwe Leads Mass Cholera Vaccination After Outbreak Kills 49.

The AP (10/3) reports Zimbabwe is leading a “massive vaccination drive” to combat a cholera outbreak which has killed at least 49 people. Health Minister Obadiah Moyo explained the campaign, launched in conjunction with the World Health Organization, wil...

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Niger’s Health Ministry Counts At Least 68 Dead In Cholera Epidemic.

The AP (10/3) reports the public health ministry of Niger “says at least 68 people have died in a cholera epidemic that began in July,” revealing this week that “it has registered more than 3,690 cases of the disease.” The outbreak “has spread in the cen...

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EMA Panel Recommends Restrictions On Fluoroquinolone, Quinolone Antibiotics Due To Side Effects.

Despite Risk Of Death Due To Flu, Nearly Half Of Americans Abstain From Vaccinations.

Six Minnesota Children Diagnosed With Rare “Polio-Like” Acute Flaccid Myelitis.

Researchers Propose The Creation Of Global Microbiota Vault.

Humans May Have Inherited Genes That Provide Protection To Viruses Similar To Influenza, Herpes, And HIV Through Interbreeding With Neanderthals, Study Suggests.

Human Infections May Be Treated By Targeting Nutritional Vulnerabilities Of Bacterial Pathogens, Study Suggests.

Zimbabwe To Vaccinate 1.4 Million Amid Worst Cholera Outbreak In A Decade.

Health Leaders Warn Of Increasing Violence In Congo As Ebola Outbreak Continues.

HIV Outbreak In Scott County, Indiana May Have Been Avoided By Quicker Response From State Leaders, Study Suggests.

Visitors To Berlin Nightclub Urged To Get Tested For Meningitis.

Researchers Examine Efficacy Of Different Antibiotics For Treatment Of Early Cutaneous Lyme Borreliosis.

Johnson & Johnson Makes Significant Investment In Arrowhead Hepatitis B Treatment.

MappBio Receives $14.8M Contract For Sudan Virus Therapy.

Current Rates Of HPV Vaccination Among Preteens Too Low To Achieve Goals Set By American Cancer Society, Study Indicates.

Millions Pounds Of Beef Recalled Due To Possible Salmonella Newport Contamination.

UN Urges End To Conflict In Congo To Curb Spread Of Ebola.

Breast Gland Has “Microbiome” Influenced By Diet, Animal Study Suggests.

Scientists Who Advanced Directed Evolution Awarded Nobel Prize In Chemistry.

Zimbabwe Leads Mass Cholera Vaccination After Outbreak Kills 49.

Niger’s Health Ministry Counts At Least 68 Dead In Cholera Epidemic.