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WPost: Report Raises Concerns About D.C.’s Effort To Combat HIV.

In an editorial, the Washington Post (8/9, Board) praises Washington D.C.’s success at lowering its HIV Rate after health officials “deployed a multipronged strategy against the virus,” but adds that the Annual Epidemiology & Surveillance Report “from th...

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Brazil Chastises Venezuela Over Measles Outbreak Spreading Across Border.

Reuters (8/9, Boadle) reports Brazil issued a complaint Thursday that Venezuela has not taken enough steps to halt the spread of a measles outbreak “that has been sparked by an exodus of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse.” Brazil’s Health Minister Gi...

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Stomach Infections More Contagious And More Potent When The Virus Particles Cluster Together, Research Indicates.

The NPR (8/9, Schreiber) “Goats and Soda” blog reports, “New research published...in Cell Host & Microbe found that stomach infections, like norovirus and rotavirus, are more contagious and more potent when the virus particles cluster together.” Accordin...

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Measles Considered Endemic To Americas, Data Suggest.

Fortune (8/9, Laursen) reports new data from the Pan American Health Organization show that measles “is still killing almost 90,000 people a year according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and may be endemic again in the Americas.” Venezuela’s yea...

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Congo Deploying Experimental Vaccine In Ebola Outbreak.

The Washington Examiner (8/9, Leonard) reports medical teams are using the experimental rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine “to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” The vaccine also “helped to end the spread of Ebola in another part...

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Nasal Spray Recalled Over Bacterial Contamination.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (8/9, Pirani) reports the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced a voluntary recall of a CVS-brand nasal decongestant spray after Florida-based manufacturer Product Quest Manufacturing “identified contaminati...

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Catch-Up HPV Vaccination Still Effective Until Girls Turn 20, If They Receive All Three Doses, Study Indicates.

AFP-Relaxnews (8/8) reports that research indicates “that if girls miss the recommended HPV vaccine at age 11 to 12, the catch-up is still effective until they turn 20, if they receive all three doses.” The findings were published in The Lancet Child & A...

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Scientists Use Infrared Light Beams To Probe Cells To Improve Disease Diagnosis.

Science Magazine (8/8, Leslie) reports a team of researchers “has found that by scanning cells with an intense beam of infrared radiation produced by a synchrotron, a type of particle accelerator, they can capture a biochemical signature that reveals cel...

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Study Describes Genetic Instability In Cancer Cell Lines Used In Research.

STAT Plus (8/8, Chen, Subscription Publication) reports that a study has found that cancer cells used in experiments can undergo changes in Petri dishes such that they “can evolve to have dramatically different responses to drugs.” The researchers began...

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Researchers Raise Concerns Over Study That Suggests Crispr Can Be Used To Repair Disease-Causing Gene Mutation.

The Wall Street Journal (8/8, Marcus, Subscription Publication) reports that a paper published in the journal Nature on Wednesday raised questions about a high-profile study which found the gene-editing tool Crispr could be used to repair a disease-causi...

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Congo’s Ebola Vaccination Campaign Targets Outbreak In War-Torn Area.

The Washington Post (8/8, Bearak) reports that as the Democratic Republic of Congo faces its “10th Ebola outbreak since the 1970s,” health officials worry “it might be the hardest to contain” because it is “centered on a thickly populated stretch of Cong...

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Babies In Malawi Vulnerable To Antibiotic-Resistant Infections.

In a 3,000-word story in partnership with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, CNN (8/8, Davies) reports many babies in Malawi are at risk of dying from disease because of antibiotic resistance or a lack of antibiotics needed to treat the “superbug” t...

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Arkansas Health Officials Caution About Possible Hepatitis A Exposure At Restaurants.

The AP (8/8) reports Arkansas officials are warning residents of the city of Fort Smith about a potential hepatitis A exposure “after a restaurant employee there tested positive for the virus.” The warning comes one day after officials cautioned Paragoul...

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Nigeria Approves $150M World Bank Loan To Combat Polio.

Reuters (8/8, Onuah) reports Nigeria has approved a 20-year, “$150 million loan from the World Bank to help eradicate polio and scale up immunization, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Wednesday.” The loan “comes with a 1.25 percent interest rate and...

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Italy’s Parliament Votes To Overturn Vaccination Law.

TIME (8/8, Nugent, Ducharme) reports Italy’s parliament “shocked the scientific community” Tuesday when it voted to lift a legal requirement on parents to ensure that their children are vaccinated before pre-school. The measure was supported by the count...

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Approximately One In Seven Babies Exposed To Zika Before Birth Appear To Have Ongoing Health Issues, Study Suggests.

The Washington Post (8/7, Cha) reports a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Tuesday found that “about 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika during pregnancy appear to have significant, ongoing health issues.” The CDC came to this conclusio...

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As Lyme Disease Spreads, Experts Herald Development Of New Detection Methods, Vaccines.

CNBC (8/7) reports that as ticks capable of spreading Lyme disease wreak “havoc in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and north-central states, as well as the West Coast, particularly in northern California...there are glimmers of hope, experts say,” as sci...

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Broad-Based Genomic Testing May Have No Effect On Overall Survival Among Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Study Suggests.

MedPage Today (8/7, Bankhead) reports researchers found “broad-based genomic testing had little influence on treatment decisions, and no effect on overall survival, among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated in the community.” The fin...

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Men Less Likely Than Women To Undergo Screening For Genetic Mutations That May Increase Cancer Risk.

The Wall Street Journal (8/7, Marcus, Subscription Publication) reports that researchers are concerned that men are much less likely than women to undergo screening for genetic mutations that may indicate an increased risk of cancer.

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Experimental Ebola Vaccine Can Be Used In Congo’s Newest Outbreak, WHO Says.

The New York Times (8/7, Sugiyama) reports health officials have confirmed that the most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo “involves the Zaire strain of the virus” – the same strain in the prior outbreak, which an “experimental va...

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WPost: Report Raises Concerns About D.C.’s Effort To Combat HIV.

Brazil Chastises Venezuela Over Measles Outbreak Spreading Across Border.

Stomach Infections More Contagious And More Potent When The Virus Particles Cluster Together, Research Indicates.

Measles Considered Endemic To Americas, Data Suggest.

Congo Deploying Experimental Vaccine In Ebola Outbreak.

Nasal Spray Recalled Over Bacterial Contamination.

Catch-Up HPV Vaccination Still Effective Until Girls Turn 20, If They Receive All Three Doses, Study Indicates.

Scientists Use Infrared Light Beams To Probe Cells To Improve Disease Diagnosis.

Study Describes Genetic Instability In Cancer Cell Lines Used In Research.

Researchers Raise Concerns Over Study That Suggests Crispr Can Be Used To Repair Disease-Causing Gene Mutation.

Congo’s Ebola Vaccination Campaign Targets Outbreak In War-Torn Area.

Babies In Malawi Vulnerable To Antibiotic-Resistant Infections.

Arkansas Health Officials Caution About Possible Hepatitis A Exposure At Restaurants.

Nigeria Approves $150M World Bank Loan To Combat Polio.

Italy’s Parliament Votes To Overturn Vaccination Law.

Approximately One In Seven Babies Exposed To Zika Before Birth Appear To Have Ongoing Health Issues, Study Suggests.

As Lyme Disease Spreads, Experts Herald Development Of New Detection Methods, Vaccines.

Broad-Based Genomic Testing May Have No Effect On Overall Survival Among Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Study Suggests.

Men Less Likely Than Women To Undergo Screening For Genetic Mutations That May Increase Cancer Risk.

Experimental Ebola Vaccine Can Be Used In Congo’s Newest Outbreak, WHO Says.