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Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Cases Spread In Several States.

CBS News (8/1) reports on its website that physicians are seeing outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In addition, “two Major League Baseball players in New York City have also been diagnosed wit...

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Shorter Course Of Rifampin As Safe And Effective As Longer Course Of Isoniazid At Preventing Active Tuberculosis In Two Phase 3 Trials.

Medscape (8/1, Frellick, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found in two phase 3 trials that four months of rifampin may be as safe and effective as nine months of isoniazid at preventing active tuberculosis in patients with latent tuberculosi...

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Recall Ordered For Salads, Wraps Sold At Trader Joe’s, Walgreens, Other Stores Over Potential Cyclospora Contamination.

The Chicago Tribune (8/1, Channick) reports the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a recall for salads and wraps sold by Trader Joe’s, Walgreens and Kroger over potential cyclospora contamination. The products were dist...

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Chicken Sickens Most Number Of People, CDC Data Show.

CBS News (8/1, Kristof) reports a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that although fish and dairy caused more outbreaks, “chicken sickened the most people,” while pork and seeded vegetables “ranked second and third most...

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Genetically Modified Rice May Provide A Way To Produce HIV-Neutralizing Proteins, Researchers Say.

Newsweek (7/31, Interrante) reports on a paper (7/24) published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describing a “technique to genetically modify a strain of rice to produce HIV-neutralizing proteins.” The HIV-neutralizing prote...

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Few Countries Nearing UNAIDS Goal Of Ending Transmission Of AIDS.

Science Magazine (7/31, Cohen) reports that according to officials speaking at the International AIDS Conference last week, the UNAIDS goal of ending transmission of AIDS by 2030 is “badly off track.” The reason is that funding “has flatlined, and many c...

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Clinton Health Access Initiative Strikes Agreement With Hologic To Reduce Cost Of HIV Viral Load Tests.

The NPR (7/31, Beaubien) “Goats and Soda” blog reports that in order to reach the goal of “wiping out HIV transmission by the year 2030,” there must be “a cheaper way to monitor the health of millions of HIV patients.” To do that, the Clinton Health Acce...

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Lyme Disease Has Reached Every US State, Study Indicates.

HealthDay (7/31, Preidt) reports there has been a “sharp spike in Lyme disease cases” across the US, with the disease spreading to all 50 states, according to new research by Quest Diagnostics. Dr. Harvey Kaufman, senior medical director for Quest Diagno...

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Brooklyn’s 2013 Measles Outbreak Cost City Nearly $400,000, Study Indicates.

The New York Post (7/31, Feis) reports the 2013 measles outbreak that struck two Brooklyn neighborhoods – “infecting 58 people, all of them unvaccinated against the disease” – displays the significant costs that such an outbreak can have on metropolitan...

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Tennessee Sees Rise In Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Cases.

The Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel (7/31, Wright) reports that while a number of hand, foot, and mouth disease cases are cropping up in Tennessee, “according to the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, the number of cases is actually lower than the same tim...

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Pennsylvania Man Contracts West Nile Virus.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (7/31, Carr) reports an elderly Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, man “is the county’s first probable case of West Nile Virus,” according to the Allegheny County Health Department. In a release, the department said, “A male in his e...

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Texas Health Department Reports Galveston County West Nile Virus Case Was Negative.

The Houston Chronicle (7/31, Powell) reports a woman from Galveston County, Texas, who was “diagnosed with the first human case of West Nile Virus” in the county for the year “is now considered negative, according to the Department of State Health Servic...

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CMS Unveils New SNF Payment System.

Congressional Quarterly (7/31, Clason, Williams, Subscription Publication) reports CMS revealed Tuesday that it has “established a payment system for skilled nursing facilities that reimburses providers based on evaluations on the quality of care offered...

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Denver, Colorado Officials Confirm Negative Ebola Results In Man Who Traveled To Congo.

The Denver Post (7/30, Seaman) reports health officials in Denver, Colorado, on Monday revealed that a man who became “ill after a recent trip to eastern Congo has been removed from isolation after tests came back negative for the deadly Ebola virus.” De...

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Tick-Related Meat Allergies Could Be Tied To Unexplained Anaphylaxis, Study Suggests.

Reuters (7/30, Carroll) reports allergies to “alpha-gal, a complex sugar found in red meat,” that are related to tick bites “might be at the root of some unexplained severe, life-threatening allergic reactions,” according to a new study in Annals of Alle...

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Research Project Will Assess Danger Level Of Ticks In Alaska.

The AP (7/29) reports that for the first time, researchers will “examine ticks found in Alaska to see if they carry the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, tularemia or other illnesses.” Micah Hahn, assistant professor of environmental health at the Unive...

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Foundation For Innovative New Diagnostics Selects Chembio Diagnostics To Develop Rapid HCV Test.

Newsday (NY) (7/30) reports the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) has selected Chembio Diagnostics and two other companies “to develop a rapid test for the hepatitis C.” FIND “executives said Chembio and two other businesses will develop h...

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Once-Daily Regimen Of Dolutegravir Plus Lamivudine May Suppress HIV Viral Load In People New To Treatment For Up To A Year, Study Suggests.

Medscape (7/30, Boerner, Subscription Publication) reports, “A once-a-day regimen of dolutegravir (Tivicay, GlaxoSmithKline) plus lamivudine suppresses HIV viral load in people new to treatment for up to a year,” researchers concluded. At the Internation...

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Wockhardt Builds $40 Million Plant In Dubai To Produce New Drugs To Fight Superbugs.

Fierce Pharma (7/30, Palmer) reports Wockhardt “has built a $40 million manufacturing facility in Dubai to produce” new drugs to fight superbugs. The plant is “a 10,000-square-meter (107,639-square-foot) facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai,” and...

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Mississippi Counts Three New West Nile Virus Cases.

The AP (7/30) reports the Mississippi State Department of Health announced Monday that there are three new West Nile virus cases in the state, bringing the year’s total to seven. The newest cases occurred in Hinds and Itawamba Counties. Last year, the st...

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Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Cases Spread In Several States.

Shorter Course Of Rifampin As Safe And Effective As Longer Course Of Isoniazid At Preventing Active Tuberculosis In Two Phase 3 Trials.

Recall Ordered For Salads, Wraps Sold At Trader Joe’s, Walgreens, Other Stores Over Potential Cyclospora Contamination.

Chicken Sickens Most Number Of People, CDC Data Show.

Genetically Modified Rice May Provide A Way To Produce HIV-Neutralizing Proteins, Researchers Say.

Few Countries Nearing UNAIDS Goal Of Ending Transmission Of AIDS.

Clinton Health Access Initiative Strikes Agreement With Hologic To Reduce Cost Of HIV Viral Load Tests.

Lyme Disease Has Reached Every US State, Study Indicates.

Brooklyn’s 2013 Measles Outbreak Cost City Nearly $400,000, Study Indicates.

Tennessee Sees Rise In Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease Cases.

Pennsylvania Man Contracts West Nile Virus.

Texas Health Department Reports Galveston County West Nile Virus Case Was Negative.

CMS Unveils New SNF Payment System.

Denver, Colorado Officials Confirm Negative Ebola Results In Man Who Traveled To Congo.

Tick-Related Meat Allergies Could Be Tied To Unexplained Anaphylaxis, Study Suggests.

Research Project Will Assess Danger Level Of Ticks In Alaska.

Foundation For Innovative New Diagnostics Selects Chembio Diagnostics To Develop Rapid HCV Test.

Once-Daily Regimen Of Dolutegravir Plus Lamivudine May Suppress HIV Viral Load In People New To Treatment For Up To A Year, Study Suggests.

Wockhardt Builds $40 Million Plant In Dubai To Produce New Drugs To Fight Superbugs.

Mississippi Counts Three New West Nile Virus Cases.