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Around Five Million Die Each Year Due To Low Quality Healthcare In Poorer Countries, Study Suggests.

The NPR (9/5, Schreiber) “Goats and Soda” blog reports researchers estimated that each year, around five million die “in low- and middle-income countries” because of poor quality healthcare. The findings, which were published in The Lancet, are the resul...

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CDC Says Adults And Children Older Than Six Months Should Get Flu Vaccine By End Of October.

TIME (9/4, Ducharme) reports that “all adults and children older than six months should get a flu vaccine by the end of October 2018, the CDC says.” Although “the shot is still effective for those who get it later in the fall or winter, getting vaccinate...

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USPSTF Reaffirms 2009 Recommendation To Screen All Pregnant Women For Syphilis As Early As Possible In Pregnancy.

MedPage Today (9/4, Walker) reports, “All pregnant women should be screened early for syphilis infection, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).” Regarding “risk factors for repeat testing...the authors cited both CDC guidelines,...

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CtDNA Levels Before, During Treatment Can Predict How A Patient With DLBCL Will Respond To Standard Therapy, Research Indicates.

Cancer Therapy Advisor (9/4, Bennett) reports that research indicates “circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) levels before and during treatment can predict how a patient with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) responds to standard therapy.” The research “sugg...

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CDC Issues New Concussion Guidelines For Children.

The AP (9/4, Tanner) reports, “New children’s concussion guidelines from the” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “recommend against routine X-rays and blood tests for diagnosis and reassure parents that most kids’ symptoms clear up within one to...

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Researchers Hunt For “Master Key” To Treat Rhinoviruses.

Scientific American (9/4, Chen) reports the main challenge immunologists face in treating the common cold is that there is “at least 160 different strains, or serotypes, of rhinovirus.” The piece says “cracking the cold isn’t so much looking for one solu...

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Peacekeepers Ambushed By Rebels In Congo Ebola Zone.

Reuters (9/4, Mahamba) reports two South African peacekeepers were attacked in a rebel ambush near the city of Beni, the “epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, their U.N. mission said on Tuesday.” Health officials say th...

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Flooded Indian State Faces Shortage Of Leptospirosis Medication.

Reuters (9/4, Menon) reports, “India’s flood-ravaged Kerala state is facing shortages of a drug that fights an infectious bacterial disease after the worst flooding in a century, forcing authorities to turn to other states to help ramp up supplies.” Susp...

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Theranos To Dissolve Amid Fraud Scandal.

The Wall Street Journal (9/4, Carreyrou, Subscription Publication) reports blood-testing company Theranos Inc. will formally dissolve, according to a shareholder email. Theranos is embroiled in a high-profile fraud scandal in which founder Elizabeth Holm...

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Cities Remain Defiant Following DOJ Warning On Supervised Injection Sites.

The Washington Post (9/4, Zezima) reports cities seeking to address the opioid epidemic by opening “supervised injection sites” to prevent illegal drug overdoses “responded defiantly Tuesday to a Justice Department threat to take ‘swift and aggressive ac...

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WPost: Congress Should Set Privacy Standards For Genetic Testing Companies.

The Washington Post (9/4) in an editorial says that the use of DNA data from GEDmatch to identify the Golden State Killer raised concerns about “the privacy rights of customers” of such companies. As a result, several companies, “including Ancestry and 2...

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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Appears To Be Fading, But “Substantial Risks” Remain.

The New York Times (9/2, McNeil) reported the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo “now appears to be fading,” with only a “handful of new cases” appearing each week. As of Friday, there were 118 confirmed or probable cases and 77 deaths, “...

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Patients With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis May Have Lower Levels Of Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA In Cerebrospinal Fluid, Study Suggests.

Multiple Sclerosis News Today (8/31, Inacio) reported researchers found that the “cerebrospinal fluid of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) patients may carry lower levels of cell-free mitochondrial DNA,” which suggests “this may be a sign of neurodegen...

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Elevated Baseline Serum Urate Levels In Adults May Be Associated With Increased Risk For Gout.

MedPage Today (8/31, Walsh) reported, “Asymptomatic men and women both were at increased risk for clinically diagnosed gout during almost 30 years’ follow-up when their baseline serum urate level was elevated,” research indicated. The findings were publi...

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Research On “Cerebral Organoids” Raises New Ethical Questions.

On its front page, the Washington Post (9/2, A1, Johnson) reported that a growing number of researchers are working with “cerebral organoids,” sometimes referred to as “minibrains,” which is raising new ethical questions that are difficult to answer with...

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First CRISPR Clinical Trial Sponsored By US Companies Launches.

STAT (8/31, Begley) reported the first clinical trial of a CRISPR-Cas9 sponsored by US companies “has launched, testing the genome-editing technique in patients with the blood disorder beta thalassemia.” According to STAT, the “Phase 1/2 clinical trial,...

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Health Officials Identify Source Of New Hampshire Legionnaires Outbreak.

The New Hampshire Union Leader (9/3, Alden) reports health investigators have confirmed the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires disease is the Sands Resort in Hampton, New Hampshire. Tests confirmed the presence of Legionella bacteria in multiple areas...

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Indian State Reports Nearly 200 “Rat Fever” Cases After Floods.

Reuters (9/3, Menon) reports the southern Indian state of Kerala has confirmed nearly 200 cases “of what is locally called rat fever – the waterborne disease leptospirosis transmitted via the urine of infected animals, with symptoms including muscle pain...

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Congo Republic To Launch Yellow Fever Vaccination Drive.

Reuters (8/31, Bouka) reported the Congo Republic’s health ministry said on Friday that it will launch a country-wide yellow fever vaccination campaign to control an outbreak near the Angolan border. Authorities said last week over 180 suspected cases an...

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Opinion: US Needs To Increase Epidemic Preparedness.

Ashley Arabasadi, a health security policy adviser at Management Sciences for Health, wrote in an opinion piece for STAT (8/31, Arabasadi) on a “daylong simulation with a group of high-ranking U.S. government officials that was organized by the Johns Hop...

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Around Five Million Die Each Year Due To Low Quality Healthcare In Poorer Countries, Study Suggests.

CDC Says Adults And Children Older Than Six Months Should Get Flu Vaccine By End Of October.

USPSTF Reaffirms 2009 Recommendation To Screen All Pregnant Women For Syphilis As Early As Possible In Pregnancy.

CtDNA Levels Before, During Treatment Can Predict How A Patient With DLBCL Will Respond To Standard Therapy, Research Indicates.

CDC Issues New Concussion Guidelines For Children.

Researchers Hunt For “Master Key” To Treat Rhinoviruses.

Peacekeepers Ambushed By Rebels In Congo Ebola Zone.

Flooded Indian State Faces Shortage Of Leptospirosis Medication.

Theranos To Dissolve Amid Fraud Scandal.

Cities Remain Defiant Following DOJ Warning On Supervised Injection Sites.

WPost: Congress Should Set Privacy Standards For Genetic Testing Companies.

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Appears To Be Fading, But “Substantial Risks” Remain.

Patients With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis May Have Lower Levels Of Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA In Cerebrospinal Fluid, Study Suggests.

Elevated Baseline Serum Urate Levels In Adults May Be Associated With Increased Risk For Gout.

Research On “Cerebral Organoids” Raises New Ethical Questions.

First CRISPR Clinical Trial Sponsored By US Companies Launches.

Health Officials Identify Source Of New Hampshire Legionnaires Outbreak.

Indian State Reports Nearly 200 “Rat Fever” Cases After Floods.

Congo Republic To Launch Yellow Fever Vaccination Drive.

Opinion: US Needs To Increase Epidemic Preparedness.