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MERS Kills 10, Infects 32 In Saudi Arabia.

Reuters (10/3, Kelland) reports Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has killed 10 people and infected 32 others in Saudi Arabia since June, according to the World Health Organization. The cases “bring the global total of laboratory-confirmed MERS cas...

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New Jersey Officials Warn Of Measles Exposure At Newark Airport.

The Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger (10/3, Sheldon) reports New Jersey health officials are cautioning that visitors to Newark Liberty International Airport may have been exposed to measles because an infected international traveler traveled there last month. Ac...

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Hospital Privacy Curtains Often Contaminated With MRSA, Study Indicates.

Medscape (10/3, Brown, Subscription Publication) reports a small study published in the American Journal of Infection Control found that just two weeks after hospital privacy curtains were hung, 87.5 percent of them were contaminated with methicillin-res...

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US Working With Latin American Countries To Stop The Spread Of Disease, Azar Says.

Newsweek (10/3, Lewandowski) reports that the US is helping “countries stop the spread of diseases as thousands of Venezuelans flee their country every day, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Tuesday.” He stated during a visit to...

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Officials Fear Spread Of Ebola Beyond Congo’s Borders.

STAT (10/2, Branswell) reports health officials fear the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo “could soon spill over into neighboring countries including Uganda and Rwanda” as responders struggle to curb infections while “facing restriction...

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Yemen’s Cholera Outbreak Amplifies To 10,000 Cases Each Week, WHO Says.

Reuters (10/2, Nebehay) reports new data from the World Health Organization indicate Yemen’s cholera outbreak, “the worst in the world,” has continued to accelerate, causing about 10,000 suspected cases each week. Per Reuters, that rate is “double the av...

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Health Officials Concerned About Spread Of African Swine Fever In Europe.

CNN (10/2, Avramova) reports that with African swine fever recently confirmed in western Europe, “global health officials are preparing” for a virus that “shows no sign of slowing.” There have been eight cases in Belgium as of September 25, likely transf...

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New Hampshire Requires Additional Legionnaires’ Disease Tests At Hampton Hotel.

The AP (10/3) reports New Hampshire authorities are requiring additional testing for Legionnaires’ disease at the Sands Resort in Hampton, where the owner “called for the signs to be taken down” after early tests were conducted when the bacteria was foun...

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Venezuela Medicine Shortages Drive HIV-Positive People To Colombia.

Reuters (10/3, Moloney, Foundation) reports more than a million Venezuelans have arrived in Colombia over the past 18 months, “driven from their country by economic collapse, growing poverty and severe shortages of food and medicine,” including HIV drugs...

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Australia Poised To Eliminate Cervical Cancer By 2028 Due To HPV Vaccination Program, Study Indicates.

The New York Times (10/3, Albeck-Ripka) reports that according to a study published this week in The Lancet Public Health, cervical cancer could be eliminated in Australia by 2028 “because of a government program to vaccinate children against the cancer-...

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Azar Says US Is Helping To Stem The Spread Of Diseases From Venezuela.

Reuters (10/2, Slattery) reports that the US “is working with governments across Latin America to help prevent the spread of diseases like diphtheria and measles from Venezuela as refugees flee the chaotic country,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar said on Tuesda...

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CMS Upgrades Medicare Website As Open Enrollment Season Approaches.

The AP (10/1, Alonso-Zaldivar) reports that as the annual open enrollment season approaches, “Medicare is modernizing its website to make it more useful for beneficiaries already accustomed to searching online for insurers, hospitals and doctors, officia...

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Trump Administration Unveils Children’s Health Programs After Placing Top Scientist On Leave.

ABC News (10/1, Ebbs) reports acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler announced the agency will dole out $20 million in state grants to test drinking water for lead in schools and childcare facilities. The event came less than one week after the director of chil...

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Short-Term Plans Available Starting Today.

NPR (10/1, Kodjak) reports that for consumers who are seeking cheaper healthcare coverage, new options will become available as of Tuesday, but there may be some drawbacks. When people get sick, these “new plans – known as short-term, limited duration in...

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US Saw Most Flu Deaths In Over A Decade Last Winter.

The New York Times (10/1, McNeil) reports that “more than 80,000 Americans died of the flu in the winter of 2017-2018, the highest number in over a decade, federal health officials said last week.” Although 90 percent of those deaths were in people over...

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CDC: HIV Diagnoses Increasing Fastest Among Young Gay, Bisexual Men.

MD Magazine (10/1, Kaltwasser) reports new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that HIV diagnoses are on the rise for younger men who have sex with men (MSM) than their older peers. The CDC reported that “between 2008 and 20...

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Los Angeles County Confirms California’s First 2018 Case Of St. Louis Encephalitis.

The Los Angeles Times (10/1, Newberry) reports an elderly San Fernando Valley woman has contracted mosquito-borne St. Louis encephalitis, an illness “that hasn’t been recorded in Los Angeles County since 1997, health officials said Monday.” Six cases of...

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Cayuga County, New York Confirms Powassan Virus Case.

The Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard (10/1, O'Toole) reports that in New York’s Cayuga County “health officials have confirmed a rare case of Powassan virus in an adult living in the county.” The state Health Department “notified Cayuga County health official...

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UMaine Gets $1.5M Grant To Study Links Between Mosquito-Borne Viruses, Tourism.

The AP (10/1) reports, “A team of University of Maine researchers is being awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to examine the spread of mosquito-transmitted diseases.” The AP says “the five-year project will focus on relationships a...

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Childhood Mortality Rates Higher In US Than In Comparable Countries.

Reuters (10/1, Rapaport) reports new research published in JAMA Pediatrics indicates that while mortality rates for infants, children, and young adults are down in the U.S., Canada, England, and Wales, death rates still were “higher for American youth th...

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MERS Kills 10, Infects 32 In Saudi Arabia.

New Jersey Officials Warn Of Measles Exposure At Newark Airport.

Hospital Privacy Curtains Often Contaminated With MRSA, Study Indicates.

US Working With Latin American Countries To Stop The Spread Of Disease, Azar Says.

Officials Fear Spread Of Ebola Beyond Congo’s Borders.

Yemen’s Cholera Outbreak Amplifies To 10,000 Cases Each Week, WHO Says.

Health Officials Concerned About Spread Of African Swine Fever In Europe.

New Hampshire Requires Additional Legionnaires’ Disease Tests At Hampton Hotel.

Venezuela Medicine Shortages Drive HIV-Positive People To Colombia.

Australia Poised To Eliminate Cervical Cancer By 2028 Due To HPV Vaccination Program, Study Indicates.

Azar Says US Is Helping To Stem The Spread Of Diseases From Venezuela.

CMS Upgrades Medicare Website As Open Enrollment Season Approaches.

Trump Administration Unveils Children’s Health Programs After Placing Top Scientist On Leave.

Short-Term Plans Available Starting Today.

US Saw Most Flu Deaths In Over A Decade Last Winter.

CDC: HIV Diagnoses Increasing Fastest Among Young Gay, Bisexual Men.

Los Angeles County Confirms California’s First 2018 Case Of St. Louis Encephalitis.

Cayuga County, New York Confirms Powassan Virus Case.

UMaine Gets $1.5M Grant To Study Links Between Mosquito-Borne Viruses, Tourism.

Childhood Mortality Rates Higher In US Than In Comparable Countries.