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Consumer Advocacy Group Asks NIH To Cease Sepsis Study.

NPR (8/28, Harris) reports Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, has requested that federal officials halt the CLOVERS study examining treatment for sepsis, which it argues “puts patients at risk and will at best produce confusing results.” D...

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Congress Aims To Increase CDC Funding For Lyme Disease, Tick-Borne Illnesses.

The Lower Hudson Valley (NY) Journal News (8/27, Robinson) reports a new amendment passed in Congress as part of the federal Health and Human Services appropriations bill for 2019 would increase federal spending on efforts to combat Lyme disease and tick...

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Hiltzik: Russian Trolls Sow Discord By Spreading False Information About Vaccines.

Michael Hiltzik writes in his Los Angeles Times (8/27) column that new efforts by “Russian trolls online” are manifesting as they attempt “to infect social media with toxic misinformation and propaganda” about vaccines. Hiltzik says that according to new...

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FDA Approves Antibiotic To Treat Intra-Abdominal Infections.

Reuters (8/27, Joseph, Mathias) reports the FDA approved Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals’ drug Xerava (eravacycline) to treat “complicated intra-abdominal infections, providing a new option to combat the growing threat from treatment-resistant bacteria.” The...

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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Prompts Fears Of Spreading Internationally Amid Regional Violence, Healthcare Worker Infections.

The Washington Post (8/24, Bernstein) reported the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has prompted increased monitoring along the border of Uganda as officials enhance precautions to prevent the virus’ spread. For its part, Uganda “moved quick...

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Blood Test Measuring CtDNA Predicts DLBCL Treatment Response, Study Suggests.

MedPage Today (8/25, Bassett) reported that “a blood test that measures the levels of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) successfully predicted how likely patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) were to respond to initial therapy,” according to a...

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Researchers Find Underlying Mechanisms In Wilms Tumors.

Cancer Network (8/24, Schieszer) reported on a study published in the journal Genes and Development that discovered “a whole new way” to combat Wilms tumor, the most common type of kidney cancer in children. The researchers found “that a major molecular...

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New Hampshire Officials Confirm Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak.

The New Hampshire Union Leader (8/25, Landrigan) reported New Hampshire officials on Saturday announced that an “outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has infected four people” in Hampton Beach. According to the article, “The outbreak emerged in late July an...

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San Diego Public Health Officials Warn Of Possible Tuberculosis Exposures In Local Jails.

The Los Angeles Times (8/25, Sisson) reported that two confirmed cases of tuberculosis in California jails “elevated the risk of exposure at three government buildings in July and early August,” the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency annou...

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More Than 4 Million Children Still Need Measles Vaccinations Amid Outbreak, Brazil’s Health Ministry Says.

The AP (8/24) reported the Brazilian health ministry says that “more than 4 million children still need to be vaccinated against measles” in an outbreak tied to cases among people from Venezuela. The ministry launched a vaccination campaign this month to...

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HPV Vaccine Does Not Endanger Girls’ Future Fertility, Study Indicates.

HealthDay (8/24) reported on a study published in Pediatrics that found HPV vaccination “does not hurt teen girls’ future fertility.” The researchers concluded that of “close to 59,000 young women who received the HPV vaccine, only one later developed po...

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CDC Updates Guidance On Vaccinations For Upcoming Flu Season.

The Chicago Tribune (8/24, Olumhense) reported the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reversed its stance on “advising the public to avoid the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine for the last two years.” While the agency has said “the s...

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Opinion: Terrorists Could Use Misinformation To Disrupt Emergency Response.

Nathan Myers, an associate professor of political science and public administration at Indiana State University, wrote in The Hill (8/24) that “a number of news outlets...have revealed how some Russian agents sought to inflame disagreement on the issue o...

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Senate Passes Measure To Tackle Rise In HIV, Hepatitis Linked To Opioid Crisis.

The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (8/24, Ungar) reported “a funding measure passed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday” takes aim at “drug-fueled infections like HIV and hepatitis that plague Kentucky, Indiana and the nation.” The bill “contains $5 million...

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Military Escorts Aid Health Workers As Congo Launches Ebola Treatment Campaign.

Bloomberg News (8/23, Clowes, Ssuuna) reports that as the Democratic of Congo grapples with an Ebola outbreak which has “killed 61 people in three weeks,” the nation has employed military escorts to assist health workers in the country’s eastern region,...

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Investigators Develop Artificial Blood To Raise Lab-Grown Mosquitoes For Disease Prevention.

NPR (8/23, Wilke) reports researchers “are raising hordes” of modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to be released into the wild, which they believe will reduce mosquito populations to curb the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses. The piece spotlights a team...

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CDC Finds HPV-Related Cancers, HPV Vaccinations Both Growing.

The Washington Post (8/23, McGinley) says that on Thursday the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that “cancers linked to the human papillomavirus have increased significantly over the last 15 years in the United States, with throat c...

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China Battling The Spread Of African Swine Fever.

Reuters (8/23, Mason) reports that China is battling to control the “rapid spread” of African swine fever “across the world’s largest hog herd” after four outbreaks in three weeks, “stoking worries the disease could spread to Southeast Asia.” According t...

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England Confirms First MERS Case Since 2013.

Reuters (8/23, Sandle) reports England has confirmed a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in a patient being treated at hospital in Liverpool. The patient, a resident of the Middle East, is believed to have contracted the infection there bef...

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Children Impacted By Resurgence Of Measles In The US, Europe.

Jeffrey Kluger writes for TIME (8/23) that measles cases are reappearing at high rates in Europe and the US, to the detriment of children. According to the World Health Organization, “there were more than 40,000 cases of measles – including 37 deaths – a...

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Consumer Advocacy Group Asks NIH To Cease Sepsis Study.

Congress Aims To Increase CDC Funding For Lyme Disease, Tick-Borne Illnesses.

Hiltzik: Russian Trolls Sow Discord By Spreading False Information About Vaccines.

FDA Approves Antibiotic To Treat Intra-Abdominal Infections.

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Prompts Fears Of Spreading Internationally Amid Regional Violence, Healthcare Worker Infections.

Blood Test Measuring CtDNA Predicts DLBCL Treatment Response, Study Suggests.

Researchers Find Underlying Mechanisms In Wilms Tumors.

New Hampshire Officials Confirm Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak.

San Diego Public Health Officials Warn Of Possible Tuberculosis Exposures In Local Jails.

More Than 4 Million Children Still Need Measles Vaccinations Amid Outbreak, Brazil’s Health Ministry Says.

HPV Vaccine Does Not Endanger Girls’ Future Fertility, Study Indicates.

CDC Updates Guidance On Vaccinations For Upcoming Flu Season.

Opinion: Terrorists Could Use Misinformation To Disrupt Emergency Response.

Senate Passes Measure To Tackle Rise In HIV, Hepatitis Linked To Opioid Crisis.

Military Escorts Aid Health Workers As Congo Launches Ebola Treatment Campaign.

Investigators Develop Artificial Blood To Raise Lab-Grown Mosquitoes For Disease Prevention.

CDC Finds HPV-Related Cancers, HPV Vaccinations Both Growing.

China Battling The Spread Of African Swine Fever.

England Confirms First MERS Case Since 2013.

Children Impacted By Resurgence Of Measles In The US, Europe.