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St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Found In Mosquito Sample In Thibodaux, Louisiana.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune (7/30, Clark) reports mosquitoes testing positive for St. Louis encephalitis have been found in Thibodaux, Louisiana, health officials say. The state already has seen six confirmed human cases of West Nile virus this year,...

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Researchers Track Impact, Cost Of 2013 NYC Measles Outbreak.

HealthDay (7/30, Thompson) reports new research “details how a measles outbreak tore through two Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2013, ignited by an unvaccinated teen who brought the highly contagious disease home from a trip to London....

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CMS Approves Reinsurance Program For Maine.

Congressional Quarterly (7/30, McIntire, Subscription Publication) reports that on Monday, CMS “approved Maine’s application to set up a reinsurance program for its individual health insurance market, a day after approving a similar program in Wisconsin....

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CMS Approves Wisconsin Plan To Lower ACA Premiums.

The Hill (7/30, Hellmann) reports that the Trump Administration has approved Wisconsin’s request to implement a plan to reduce the cost of ACA premiums. On Sunday, CMS “announced its approval of a $200 million state program that will reimburse insurers f...

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Pandemic Preparedness Simulation Reveals Global Health Vulnerabilities.

Fox News (7/30, Judelson) reports Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security researchers have developed the “Clade X” simulation drill, “a mock weaponized disease outbreak meant to test the response of political and medical experts in the U.S.” A trial of...

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Frail People With HIV Have Greater Risk Of Mortality And Additional Comorbidity, Study Suggests.

MedPage Today (7/27, Susman) reported on a presentation at the International AIDS Conference finding that people with HIV who “registered as frail on a simple test,” had “a higher risk of mortality and of developing an additional comorbidity.” Specifical...

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Paclitaxel Found More Effective Than Other Agents In Achieving PFS For Patients With HIV And Advanced Kaposi’s Sarcoma.

MedPage Today (7/29, Susman) reported on a study presented at the 22nd International AIDS Society finding that “people infected with HIV and diagnosed with advanced Kaposi’s sarcoma were more likely to achieve long-term progression-free survival on a che...

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CDC’s Decision On Funding Of AID Atlanta Reported In Context Of Recent Report On Underdiagnosis Of Black Men In The South.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/27, Staples) reported that the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and AID Atlanta have been going “any place black gay men are known to congregate” in order to “reach those most at-risk of HIV-infections,” and the Centers for...

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Test-And-Treat Strategy Found More Effective Than Following National Guidelines.

MedPage Today (7/27, Susman) reports on a study presented at a press briefing at the International AIDS Conference finding that in Africa, those “communities that embraced a ‘test-and-treat’ strategy for multiple diseases achieved greater reductions in H...

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People With HIV Found To Have Twice The Risk Of Liver Steatosis.

MedPage Today (7/27, Walker) reported on a study presented at the International AIDS Conference that found “a two-fold higher risk of liver steatosis in people living with HIV compared with uninfected control individuals.” The study included HIV-infected...

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Researchers Find Immune-Resistant Mutations In HIV In Saskatchewan, Canada.

Newsweek (7/27, Spear) reported on a study (pdf) published in AIDS finding that of 70 mutations of HIV found in Saskatchewan, Canada, “more than 98 percent...had at least one major immune-resistant mutation.” Newsweek added, “The virus disproportionately...

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People Born With HIV Found To Have Greater Risk Of Death Or Malignancy Than Others.

MedPage Today (7/27, Susman) reported on a study presented at the International AIDS Conference finding that “young people born with HIV are at much greater risk of death and developing malignancies than other youth born without the virus.” The study inc...

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Majority Of States Reporting West Nile Virus Cases This Year.

Newsweek (7/26, Gander) reports that across the nation, “dozens of serious cases of the potentially deadly West Nile virus have been reported,” with 36 states so far saying they have confirmed infections in people, mosquitoes, or birds this year. Accordi...

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Blood Test May Identify Need For CT Scan In Patients With Possible Traumatic Brain Injury, Study Suggests.

Medscape (7/26, Yasgur, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found that a blood test that measures “ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)” can “accurately identify the need for computed tomography...

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Namibia May Be First African Country To Achieve UNAIDS Goal Of Having At Least 73% Of HIV-Positive Patients With Suppressed Viral Loads, Researchers Say.

MedPage Today (7/26, Susman) reports researchers found that Namibia may “be the first country in Africa to achieve the UNAIDS goal of having at least 73% of HIV-infected people” with “viral loads suppressed to less than 1,000 copies/mL.” The findings wer...

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Patients Have Limited Access To Novel Drug That Eliminates Malaria In One Dose.

NPR (7/26, Doucleff) reports the FDA on Friday “approved a drug to cure a type of malaria that’s been hard to stop” – Plasmodium vivax – which “can hide out in a person’s liver for months and cause multiple rounds of malaria – even after being treated.”...

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International AIDS Society Issues Consensus Statement Criticizing Laws That Criminalize HIV Around The World.

MedPage Today (7/26, Susman) reports the International AIDS Society released an Expert Consensus Statement at its conference criticizing laws around the world that criminalize HIV infection as unfair and counter-productive. Linda Gail-Bekker, MBChB, the...

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New York Launches $5 Million Effort Targeting Hepatitis C.

The AP (7/27) reports New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) will announce Friday the formation of the state Hepatitis C Elimination Task Force to advise on “strategy to eliminate the viral infection being exacerbated by the ongoing opioid epidemic.” The $5 mill...

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Chinese Vaccine Scandal Could Damage Government’s Legitimacy.

A Washington Post (7/26, Tan) analysis says the outrage sparked by China’s latest vaccine scandal “could seriously damage the government’s legitimacy, experts say.” Pundits and media outlets have described “the incident as the worst public-health scandal...

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Iowa State University To Establish Research Center Focusing On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.

The AP (7/26) reports that Iowa State University will establish and lead a new center focusing on research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The institute will “serve as a national resource for coordinating and focusing research, education and effective...

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St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Found In Mosquito Sample In Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Researchers Track Impact, Cost Of 2013 NYC Measles Outbreak.

CMS Approves Reinsurance Program For Maine.

CMS Approves Wisconsin Plan To Lower ACA Premiums.

Pandemic Preparedness Simulation Reveals Global Health Vulnerabilities.

Frail People With HIV Have Greater Risk Of Mortality And Additional Comorbidity, Study Suggests.

Paclitaxel Found More Effective Than Other Agents In Achieving PFS For Patients With HIV And Advanced Kaposi’s Sarcoma.

CDC’s Decision On Funding Of AID Atlanta Reported In Context Of Recent Report On Underdiagnosis Of Black Men In The South.

Test-And-Treat Strategy Found More Effective Than Following National Guidelines.

People With HIV Found To Have Twice The Risk Of Liver Steatosis.

Researchers Find Immune-Resistant Mutations In HIV In Saskatchewan, Canada.

People Born With HIV Found To Have Greater Risk Of Death Or Malignancy Than Others.

Majority Of States Reporting West Nile Virus Cases This Year.

Blood Test May Identify Need For CT Scan In Patients With Possible Traumatic Brain Injury, Study Suggests.

Namibia May Be First African Country To Achieve UNAIDS Goal Of Having At Least 73% Of HIV-Positive Patients With Suppressed Viral Loads, Researchers Say.

Patients Have Limited Access To Novel Drug That Eliminates Malaria In One Dose.

International AIDS Society Issues Consensus Statement Criticizing Laws That Criminalize HIV Around The World.

New York Launches $5 Million Effort Targeting Hepatitis C.

Chinese Vaccine Scandal Could Damage Government’s Legitimacy.

Iowa State University To Establish Research Center Focusing On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.