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Cyclospora Outbreak Continues In Texas.

The San Antonio Express-News (8/7, Scherer) reports health officials in Texas “are continuing to investigate what’s causing an outbreak of a [cyclospora] that has hit at least 45 Texas counties this year.” Health services department spokesperson Lara Ant...

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Australian State Confirms First Case Of “Superbug” Candida Fungus.

The AP (8/7, McGuirk) reports the Australian state of Victoria on Tuesday confirmed “its first case of a superbug in a hospital patient who likely picked up the drug-resistant fungus in Britain.” Victoria Deputy Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said tha...

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Large Cattle Farm Linked To This Spring’s Romaine Lettuce E. Coli Outbreak.

USA Today (8/7, Meyer) reports that the Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether E. coli found in canal water used by romaine lettuce growers linked to a large outbreak in the spring came from a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) i...

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China Orders Recall Of Defective Vaccines.

The AP (8/8) reports investigators in China have launched a recall of defective vaccines produced by Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd after they found the drugmaker had mixed expired fluids in its vaccines and “falsified records.” The vaccines were...

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Invasive Asian Tick Species Located In Eight States.

ABC World News Tonight (8/7, story 7, 0:15, Muir) reported on a “new tick warning” indicating that “the Asian or long-horn tick [is] now spreading to eight states.” It is the “first new tick species in the US in 50 years, infecting mostly dogs, livestock...

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Laws About Nondisclosure Of HIV Status Need To Account For Updates In Transmission Risk, Statement Says.

Medscape (8/7, Boerner, Subscription Publication) reports that a “consensus statement” at the International AIDS Conference 2018 says that “prosecutions for the nondisclosure of HIV status need to take into account updates in the understanding of transmi...

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Congo’s Health Ministry Braces For Ebola Outbreak With Vaccination Campaign.

The AP (8/6, Maliro) reports the Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry plans to commence “Ebola vaccinations Wednesday in the eastern city of Beni and neighboring Mangina village where the outbreak was announced last week” in a campaign that “wi...

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Researchers Find Genes That May Increase Risk For Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

ABC News (8/6, Guinness) reports Mayo Clinic researchers have identified specific genes that are linked with an “increased risk for developing triple-negative breast cancer,” according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute....

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Use Of Capillary Action Technique In Fine-Needle Biopsy Of Routine Thyroid Nodules May Reduce Rates Of Nondiagnostic Cytopathology Compared With Aspiration, Research Indicates.

Medscape (8/6, Melville, Subscription Publication) reports, “Use of the capillary action technique (nonaspiration) in fine-needle biopsy of routine thyroid nodules significantly reduces rates of nondiagnostic cytopathology compared with aspiration, and t...

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Australian Research Stops Spread Of Dengue, Could Have Applications Elsewhere.

Contributor Zeinab Mohammed Salih writes for U.S. News & World Report (8/6) that new research from Australia’s Monash University showed last week that the northeastn city of Townsville was “free of dengue” after scientists released “mosquitoes carrying W...

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West Nile Virus Cases Reported Across US.

Newsweek (8/6, Spear) reports there have been a number of confirmed human cases of West Nile virus across the country this month, “with cases reported in Massachusetts, Virginia and Iowa.” Local health authorities are issuing warnings “on how to stay saf...

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Patients Who Were Given Kidneys Infected With Hepatitis C Now Cured Of The Virus, Researchers Say.

The AP (8/6, Mega) reports that “some patients in desperate need of a kidney transplant participated in a bold experiment where they received organs infected with hepatitis C,” and “the gamble paid off.” Researchers found that the “new organs are working...

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Brazil Launches Measles Vaccination Campaign To Quell Outbreak.

The AP (8/6, Christofaro) reports that on Monday, health authorities in Brazil began a vaccination campaign “to stem an outbreak of measles being brought by Venezuelans, many famished and sick, who have fled their homeland amid economic and political tur...

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Montana County Lacks Needle Exchange Program As HIV Cases Spike.

The Helena (MT) Independent Record (8/6, Loranger) reports Lewis and Clark County, Montana, has experienced a “spike in rates of HIV infection among injection drug users,” but has not established a needle exchange program despite the appropriation of fun...

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New Antibiotic For Bacterial Pneumonia And Skin Infections Not Inferior To Current Treatments, FDA Staff Reviewers Say.

Reuters (8/6, Mathias) reports, “Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new antibiotic” omadacycline “for bacterial pneumonia and skin infections is not inferior to current treatments, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers said on Monday.” The drug w...

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Invasive Tick Species From Asia Spreading Across Eastern US.

The New York Times (8/6, McNeil) reports, “For the first time in 50 years, a new tick species has arrived in the United States – one that in its Asian home range carries fearsome diseases.” Haemaphysalis longicornis, the Asian long-horned tick, “is sprea...

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WHO Hopes To Use Experimental Vaccine In Congo’s New Ebola Outbreak.

The AP (8/3, Maliro) reported the World Health Organization is working to determine which Ebola strain has broken out in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo to determine whether an experimental vaccine can be used. Authorities say...

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Lower Levels Of Plasmalogens May Be Tied To Alzheimer’s Disease, Research Suggests.

Medscape (8/3, Anderson, Subscription Publication) reported researchers found that “reduced levels of plasmalogens” may be linked to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers suspect “that faulty metabolism of these lipids in the liver r...

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Patients With Barrett’s High-Grade Dysplasia Or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Who Are HPV Positive May Have More Favorable Prognosis Than Their HPV-Negative Counterparts, Research Indicates.

Medscape (8/3, Brooks, Subscription Publication) reported that research indicates “patients with Barrett’s high-grade dysplasia (HGD) or esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) who are human papillomavirus (HPV) positive have a more favorable prognosis than thei...

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Yemen May Be Poised For Another Cholera Epidemic, WHO Warns.

Reuters (8/3, Miles, Paul) reported Yemen could be nearing the outbreak of a new cholera epidemic “with a heightened death rate due to widespread malnutrition, and the United Nations is hoping for a ceasefire in the north to allow for vaccinations, the W...

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Cyclospora Outbreak Continues In Texas.

Australian State Confirms First Case Of “Superbug” Candida Fungus.

Large Cattle Farm Linked To This Spring’s Romaine Lettuce E. Coli Outbreak.

China Orders Recall Of Defective Vaccines.

Invasive Asian Tick Species Located In Eight States.

Laws About Nondisclosure Of HIV Status Need To Account For Updates In Transmission Risk, Statement Says.

Congo’s Health Ministry Braces For Ebola Outbreak With Vaccination Campaign.

Researchers Find Genes That May Increase Risk For Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Use Of Capillary Action Technique In Fine-Needle Biopsy Of Routine Thyroid Nodules May Reduce Rates Of Nondiagnostic Cytopathology Compared With Aspiration, Research Indicates.

Australian Research Stops Spread Of Dengue, Could Have Applications Elsewhere.

West Nile Virus Cases Reported Across US.

Patients Who Were Given Kidneys Infected With Hepatitis C Now Cured Of The Virus, Researchers Say.

Brazil Launches Measles Vaccination Campaign To Quell Outbreak.

Montana County Lacks Needle Exchange Program As HIV Cases Spike.

New Antibiotic For Bacterial Pneumonia And Skin Infections Not Inferior To Current Treatments, FDA Staff Reviewers Say.

Invasive Tick Species From Asia Spreading Across Eastern US.

WHO Hopes To Use Experimental Vaccine In Congo’s New Ebola Outbreak.

Lower Levels Of Plasmalogens May Be Tied To Alzheimer’s Disease, Research Suggests.

Patients With Barrett’s High-Grade Dysplasia Or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Who Are HPV Positive May Have More Favorable Prognosis Than Their HPV-Negative Counterparts, Research Indicates.

Yemen May Be Poised For Another Cholera Epidemic, WHO Warns.