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Michigan Resident Dies Of West Nile Virus.

The Detroit Free Press (8/23) reports a resident of Wayne County, Michigan “died of complications from West Nile virus, one of eight human cases so far this year,” according to health officials. The piece says the other cases involve residents of Kent, O...

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Utah Confirms First Human West Nile Death Of The Year.

The AP (8/23) reports Utah health officials have confirmed the state’s first West Nile death of the year, occurring in a person over the age of 65 who “suffered from other health concerns.” The Salt Lake County Health Department confirmed Wednesday that...

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Massachusetts Confirms Measles Case.

The Boston Globe (8/23, McDonald) reports health authorities in Massachusetts recently confirmed a case of measles after a patient at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center was diagnosed. The state Department of Public Health said the person “was in a number of...

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Measles Case Confirmed At Texas High School.

The Dallas Morning News (8/23, Steele) reports a case of measles has been confirmed at Plano West Senior High School in Texas, according to Collin County health authorities. The county Health Care Services said in a release on Thursday “that anyone at th...

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FDA Adds Four Tropical Diseases To Priority Review Voucher Program.

BioCentury (8/23, Zipkin, Subscription Publication) reports the FDA has added four tropical diseases – Lassa fever, chikungunya virus disease, rabies, and cryptococcal meningitis – to its priority review voucher program. According to the article, “The vo...

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GAO Says HHS Must Take Steps To Improve ACA Enrollment.

The AP (8/23, Alonso-Zaldivar) reports that on Thursday, the Government Accountability Office said “the Trump administration needs to step up its management of sign-up seasons under former President Barack Obama’s health care law after mixed results last...

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Senate Passes $854 Billion Bill To Fund Health, Education, Military Spending.

The AP (8/23, Daly) reports the Senate passed an $854 billion bill Thursday that provides funding for a range of domestic programs, including $675 billion to the Defense Department and disbursements for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Educa...

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Congo Approves Four Experimental Treatments For Ebola As Outbreak Continues.

The AP (8/22, Petesch) reports the Democratic Republic of Congo “has approved the use of four more experimental treatments in the Ebola virus outbreak in its northeast” as health authorities race to quell the virus’ spread “amid the threat from armed gro...

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Spread Of Cancer Could Be Halted By Deactivating Recycling In Metastatic Cells, Study Suggests.

HealthDay (8/22, Preidt) reports University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers have “found that when a crucial part of cellular recycling is turned off in metastatic cancer cells, they can’t survive the stresses of traveling through the body,” accordi...

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UN Says Possible Third Wave Of Yemen’s Cholera Epidemic Could Occur.

The AP (8/22) reports the United Nations is cautioning about a potential “third wave” of Yemen’s cholera epidemic, “which is already ‘the largest outbreak on record.’” According to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, “there have been more than 1.1 million su...

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Rare Flesh-Eating STD Reported In England.

On its website, Fox News (8/22, Hein) reports an unnamed female patient in Southport, England, who “is between the ages of 15 and 25” has been diagnosed with donovanosis, a “rare sexually transmitted disease that causes flesh-eating ulcers on patients’ g...

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HCV Infection Rates Among People Who Inject Drugs Varies By Country, Study Suggests.

MD Magazine (8/22, Warren) reports “nearly 40% (39.2%) of recent injection drug users are living with” hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to an “international research study designed to estimate the global, regional, and national prevalence” of...

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WHO Researcher Discusses Europe’s Spiking Measles Rates.

NPR (8/22) shares the transcript of a recent radio interview with vaccine and preventable disease researcher Dr. Siddhartha Datta of the World Health Organization, who discussed Europe’s measles cases. Dr. Datta explained that “2016 was a record low of t...

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Louisiana, Mississippi Lead The Nation In Human West Nile Virus Cases This Year.

The AP (8/22) reports Louisiana and Mississippi have the most human West Nile virus cases out of any state this year, prompting state health departments to warn “residents to take precautions against mosquitoes.” CDC data show that as of August 21, “Loui...

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CDC To Support West Virginia In Managing Hepatitis A Outbreak.

The Beckley (WV) Register-Herald (8/22, Holdren) reports the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will assist West Virginia with managing its ongoing hepatitis A outbreak at the request of the state Bureau for Public Health. The CDC “will statio...

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Ebola Outbreak In DRC Continues As Health Workers Become Infected.

CIDRAP (8/21, Soucheray) reports the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu district is still growing “amid new healthcare worker infections and concerns that regional violence is making surveillance and detection challenging for...

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Specific Gene Variation Tied To COPD May Also Be Linked To Autoimmune Disorders, Study Suggests.

COPD News Today (8/21, Lopes) reports researchers found that “a specific gene variation associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is also linked with autoimmune disorders.” The findings were published in the American Journal of Respira...

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Newer HIV Therapies Improved Viral Suppression Rates But Racial Gaps Persist, Study Suggests.

HealthDay (8/21, Preidt) reports that between 1997 and 2015, viral suppression rates of nearly 32,000 adults with HIV “rose from 32 percent to 86 percent” as treatment options improved, according to a study (8/21) in the journal Annals of Internal Medici...

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CDC Clarifies That US Not Experiencing Measles Outbreak.

The Connecticut Post (8/22, Cuda) reports the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote a letter to state health departments last week indicating that the US is not experiencing a nationwide measles outbreak as infection rates have risen to 107...

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Massachusetts Raises Risk Level For West Nile To Moderate.

The Boston Globe (8/21, Fernandez) reports that Tuesday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health raised the state’s risk level for West Nile virus from low to moderate, marking the “second time that public health officials have raised the risk leve...

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Michigan Resident Dies Of West Nile Virus.

Utah Confirms First Human West Nile Death Of The Year.

Massachusetts Confirms Measles Case.

Measles Case Confirmed At Texas High School.

FDA Adds Four Tropical Diseases To Priority Review Voucher Program.

GAO Says HHS Must Take Steps To Improve ACA Enrollment.

Senate Passes $854 Billion Bill To Fund Health, Education, Military Spending.

Congo Approves Four Experimental Treatments For Ebola As Outbreak Continues.

Spread Of Cancer Could Be Halted By Deactivating Recycling In Metastatic Cells, Study Suggests.

UN Says Possible Third Wave Of Yemen’s Cholera Epidemic Could Occur.

Rare Flesh-Eating STD Reported In England.

HCV Infection Rates Among People Who Inject Drugs Varies By Country, Study Suggests.

WHO Researcher Discusses Europe’s Spiking Measles Rates.

Louisiana, Mississippi Lead The Nation In Human West Nile Virus Cases This Year.

CDC To Support West Virginia In Managing Hepatitis A Outbreak.

Ebola Outbreak In DRC Continues As Health Workers Become Infected.

Specific Gene Variation Tied To COPD May Also Be Linked To Autoimmune Disorders, Study Suggests.

Newer HIV Therapies Improved Viral Suppression Rates But Racial Gaps Persist, Study Suggests.

CDC Clarifies That US Not Experiencing Measles Outbreak.

Massachusetts Raises Risk Level For West Nile To Moderate.