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Knox County, Tennessee Confirms West Nile In Mosquito Populations.

The Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel (8/21) reports Knox County, Tennessee’s health department has confirmed that “two pools of Culex mosquitoes – one in South Knoxville, one in West – have tested positive” for West Nile virus. The department plans to spray...

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Researchers Uncover Clues To How The “Other Malaria” Expanded Beyond Africa.

Science Magazine (8/21, Vogel) reports the “other malaria,” Plasmodium vivax, “is rare in Africa” but sickens about 75 million people each year in Asia and the Americas. According to new research, “genetic evidence shows how the parasite might have gotte...

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Europe’s Measles Cases Reach Highest Level In Two Decades.

The New York Times (8/20, Pérez-Peña) reports measles cases in Europe “have soared this year, reaching their highest level in two decades across the continent as vaccination rates fall short,” the World Health Organization revealed Monday. The Times says...

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Viral Suppression Rates In HIV Patients In US Rose Nearly Threefold From 1997 To 2015, Study Suggests.

MedPage Today (8/20, Walker) reports viral suppression of HIV in people in the US living with the virus who received clinical care “rose from 32% in 1997 to 86% in 2015,” according to new research in the Annals of Internal Medicine. However, “odds of imp...

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DRC’s Ebola Case Count Jumps To 91 As Virus Spreads.

CIDRAP (8/20, Soucheray) reports that as the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 10th Ebola outbreak rages on, the nation’s eastern border has seen a growing number of cases – 91, comprised of 64 confirmed and 21 probable. The piece says that so far, ther...

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Op-Ed Examines Ease With Which Measles Can Be Transmitted.

Judy Stone authors a contributor piece for Forbes (8/20) discussing the rising rates of measles outbreaks worldwide, writing that in 2000, “we said that measles had been eliminated in the U.S.” However, in 2016 “there were 86 cases, and in 2017, 118 case...

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HPV Infection Prevalence Linked To Smoking, Sexual Activity With Numerous Partners, Study Suggests.

CIDRAP (8/20, Roos) reports researchers at the University of Sheffield recently concluded in a study in the BMJ that “the prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in the local population was lower than expected and that sexual behavior and s...

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WHO Changes Drug-Resistant TB Treatment Recommendations.

CIDRAP (8/20, Dall) reports the World Health Organization has published new changes to “the recommended treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) that prioritize newer medications and oral regimens over injectable drugs.” In its rapid commu...

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CMS Awards $8.6 Million To Help States Improve ACA Marketplaces.

The Washington Examiner (8/20, Leonard) reports that the Trump Administration is awarding “$8.6 million in leftover funds...to states to help develop their Obamacare markets.” The article says CMS “awarded the grants to 30 states and the District of Colu...

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California Legislature Passes Bill Banning Short-Term Health Insurance Plans.

The San Francisco Chronicle (8/20, Ho) reports the California Legislature “passed a bill banning the sale of short-term health insurance plans – a type of insurance the Trump administration is seeking to expand.” The bill was approved by the Senate Monda...

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Novel Natural Pesticides Appear To Be Effective At Repelling Mosquitoes, Study Indicates.

HealthDay (8/20, Preidt) reports a “new class of natural-based mosquito repellents appears to be effective” and “poses less environmental risk, according to research presented Aug. 20 at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, in Boston.” Pr...

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Op-Ed: Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Could Prevent Disease Spread.

In a contributor piece for The Conversation (US) (8/20), Jason Rasgon, Professor of Entomology and Disease Epidemiology at Pennsylvania State University, discusses how genetically-modified mosquitoes can be used to prevent disease. As a researcher who ha...

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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Monitoring Efforts Hindered By Militia Violence.

Reuters (8/17, Nebehay) reported that as an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spreads, militia violence “has prevented aid workers from reaching some potential cases...the World Health Organization said on Friday.” So far, more than 2,00...

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Malaria Protein May Offer Novel Method To Detect Cancer, Study Suggests.

Newsweek (8/17, Interrante) reported a new study published in Nature Communications suggests that a malaria protein called VAR2CSA “has the unique ability to detect early-stage cancer in blood.” Study author Ali Salanti said, “You can use this method to...

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Advances In Genomics, Molecular Biology Help Make Case To Stop Calling Some Low-Risk Tumors “Cancer,” Authors Of Review Say.

MedPage Today (8/17, Bankhead) reported that “recent advances in genomics and molecular biology have helped make a case to stop calling certain low-risk tumors ‘cancer,’ authors of a review of the issue concluded.” MedPage Today added, “Multiple studies...

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Researchers Find Possible Genetic Link Between Mood Disorders, Body’s Internal Clock.

HealthDay (8/17, Preidt) reported on a possible “genetic link between mood disorders and the body’s internal clock.” After analyzing “data from 71,500 people in the United Kingdom,” investigators “identified two areas of the genome...that may contain var...

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Whole-Genome Analysis May Offer Much More Rapid, Cost-Effective Clinical Diagnosis Of Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Research Suggests.

Medscape (8/17, McNamara, Subscription Publication) reported, “Whole-genome analysis (WGA) may offer much more rapid and cost-effective clinical diagnosis of” infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE), research indicated. The findings of the 14-infant st...

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Researchers Identify Two More Cancer Susceptibility Genes That Increase Risk Of Breast, Ovarian Cancers.

MedPage Today (8/19, Jenkins) reports that “two more cancer susceptibility genes that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers have been identified, while many known associations have been confirmed and others challenged, according to” investigato...

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Boston University’s Biosafety Level 4 Lab Begins Research On Ebola Virus.

The Boston Globe (8/19, Freyer) reports the Biosafety Level 4 laboratory at Boston University is beginning its work on studying the Ebola virus after a “prolonged approval process ended in December,” when the Boston Public Health Commission cleared the f...

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CDC Releases Graphic Novel Educating Teens About Pig Flu That Impacts Humans.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (8/17, Poole) reported the CDC recently released a graphic novel “which aims to help young people understand the potential health risk of human influenza viruses that usually circulate in swine.” The e-book, called “The J...

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Knox County, Tennessee Confirms West Nile In Mosquito Populations.

Researchers Uncover Clues To How The “Other Malaria” Expanded Beyond Africa.

Europe’s Measles Cases Reach Highest Level In Two Decades.

Viral Suppression Rates In HIV Patients In US Rose Nearly Threefold From 1997 To 2015, Study Suggests.

DRC’s Ebola Case Count Jumps To 91 As Virus Spreads.

Op-Ed Examines Ease With Which Measles Can Be Transmitted.

HPV Infection Prevalence Linked To Smoking, Sexual Activity With Numerous Partners, Study Suggests.

WHO Changes Drug-Resistant TB Treatment Recommendations.

CMS Awards $8.6 Million To Help States Improve ACA Marketplaces.

California Legislature Passes Bill Banning Short-Term Health Insurance Plans.

Novel Natural Pesticides Appear To Be Effective At Repelling Mosquitoes, Study Indicates.

Op-Ed: Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Could Prevent Disease Spread.

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Monitoring Efforts Hindered By Militia Violence.

Malaria Protein May Offer Novel Method To Detect Cancer, Study Suggests.

Advances In Genomics, Molecular Biology Help Make Case To Stop Calling Some Low-Risk Tumors “Cancer,” Authors Of Review Say.

Researchers Find Possible Genetic Link Between Mood Disorders, Body’s Internal Clock.

Whole-Genome Analysis May Offer Much More Rapid, Cost-Effective Clinical Diagnosis Of Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Research Suggests.

Researchers Identify Two More Cancer Susceptibility Genes That Increase Risk Of Breast, Ovarian Cancers.

Boston University’s Biosafety Level 4 Lab Begins Research On Ebola Virus.

CDC Releases Graphic Novel Educating Teens About Pig Flu That Impacts Humans.