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Adolescents Bearing The Brunt Of The Global AIDS Epidemic, Report Finds.

Reuters (7/25, Kelland) reports that adolescents, especially “girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming infected with HIV every hour, according to a report by the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF.”...

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Genetic Polymorphisms Linked To Higher Risk Of Gout And Lower Coffee Consumption Predominantly Influence Gout Directly Rather Than The Effects Mediated By Coffee Intake, Researchers Say.

Healio (7/25, Laday) reports that even though “coffee drinking has been previously associated with a decreased risk for gout, researchers found that genetic polymorphisms linked to higher risk of gout and lower coffee consumption predominantly influence...

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Advances In Fetal Gene Therapies In Animal Models Have Raised The Real Possibility That Clinical Trials May Be Soon At Hand.

STAT (7/25, Joseph) reports that “advances in fetal gene therapies in animal models have raised the real possibility that clinical trials may be soon at hand.” But, “any human trial of a fetal gene therapy would require regulatory and ethical approval –...

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Parasite Found In Cat Feces May Reduce Fear In Humans, Study Suggests.

USA Today (7/25, Hafner) reports a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that a parasite found in cat feces may alter human minds to make them less fearful. People at “entrepreneurial events” who carried the parasite Toxopla...

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Rates Of STDs Have Increased In Washington, DC, As More Infections Are Caught With Better Screening.

The Washington Times (7/25, Kelly) reports, “Rates of sexually transmitted diseases in Washington, D.C., have increased, but the city’s health department said this is a good thing, with more infections caught with better screening” strategies. The “lates...

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Health Officials Already Preparing For Congo’s Next Ebola Outbreak.

Reuters (7/25, Lazareva) reports the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared the end of “its ninth outbreak of the lethal Ebola virus since 1976, but health experts are already plotting ways to beat the next flare-up.” Health leaders are preparing to e...

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Spiking Malaria Cases In Cambodia Poses Risk To Other Nations.

Nature (7/25, Maxmen) reports that amid drug resistance and a shortage of medications, “a wave of malaria” striking regions in Cambodia are sparking worry among health leaders and experts. The region had seen years of a decline in infection rates, but no...

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Scope Of HIV Outbreak In Two Massachusetts Cities Wider Than Thought.

The Boston Globe (7/25, Freyer) reports the HIV outbreak among injection drug users in Massachusetts cities Lawrence and Lowell “has spread to many more people than originally thought, resulting from the early arrival of fentanyl in northeastern Massachu...

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GlaxoSmithKline Invests $300 Million In 23andMe.

In what NBC News (7/25, Fox) calls “the biggest partnership yet” for the “increasingly popular home genetic testing market,” GlaxoSmithKline invested $300 million in 23andMe and reached a four-year deal “that gives Glaxo exclusive rights to collaborate w...

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PEPFAR Slated For Cuts By The Trump Administration.

The NPR (7/25, Beaubien) “Goats and Soda” blog reports that at the 22nd Annual International AIDS Conference, “several studies are looking at the U.S. government’s largest foreign HIV program: the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.” T...

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Louisiana Floats “Netflix Model” To Combat Hepatitis C.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune (7/25, O'Donoghue) reports the Louisiana Department of Health is considering a new strategy to increase access to hepatitis C medication. Louisiana’s Health Secretary Rebekah Gee wants to start up what she calls a “Netflix...

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Fifteen Executives Arrested In Chinese Vaccine Scandal.

The AP (7/25) reports Chinese state media say 15 people have been detained in “a growing scandal over the faking of records by a rabies vaccine maker.” The company “has been accused of fabricating production and inspection records following a surprise vi...

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DEET A Safe, Effective Way To Protect Against Potentially Disease-Carrying Insects, Experts Say.

TIME (7/25, Heid) explores various studies that tie the insect repellent DEET to “health concerns.” TIME reports that “both the CDC and EPA have repeatedly examined DEET and deemed it safe for consumers – even when combined with sunscreen.” While “expert...

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Few Young Women Are Tested For Sexually Transmitted Infections That Cause PID, Study Suggests.

Newsweek (7/24, Andrew) reports, “Few young women are tested for the sexually transmitted infections that cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID),” research indicated. The study revealed that “across 48 pediatric hospitals and more than 10,000 PID patien...

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Treatment Regimen Based On Dolutegravir Suppresses HIV To Undetectable Levels Better Than Therapy Based On Efavirenz, Study Indicates.

MedPage Today (7/24, Susman) reports that “a real-world study that included more than 100,000 people living with HIV infection appears to confirm that a treatment regimen based on the integrase inhibitor dolutegravir (Ticivay) suppresses the virus to und...

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HIV Transmission Through Sex Nearly Impossible If Virus Is Completely Suppressed, Researcher Says.

MedPage Today (7/24, Smith) reports that “for gay men whose HIV is completely suppressed by treatment, it is almost impossible to transmit the virus through sex, a researcher said” at the International AIDS Conference. Alison Rodger, MD, “said data from...

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AIDS Activists Want NIH To Take Steps To Circumvent Truvada Patent.

Ed Silverman writes in his “Pharmalot” column for STAT (7/24) that AIDS activists are “approached the National Institutes of Health to discuss two options for sidestepping” Gilead Sciences’ patent for the expensive HIV prevention drug Truvada. One method...

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Chinese Government Launches Investigation Of Alleged Corruption At Vaccine Maker.

The Wall Street Journal (7/24, Chen, Wang, Subscription Publication) reports a Chinese government agency has launched a corruption investigation of Changsheng Biotechnology Co. for allegedly selling over 250,000 substandard vaccines. The article adds tha...

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Completion Of Sepsis Care Protocol Within One Hour May Reduce Risk Of Death In Children, Researchers Say.

HealthDay (7/24, Preidt) reports that completion of “updated New York state sepsis diagnosis protocols” within “one hour” of sepsis recognition may reduce “the risk of death by 40 percent” in youngsters with sepsis. HealthDay adds, “Completion of the gui...

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Scientists Puzzled By Rise In Number Of Tick Bite-Related Meat Allergies.

In a 5,000-word feature, the New York Times (7/24, Velasquez-Manoff) reports meat allergy is “upending longstanding assumptions about how allergies work” as more cases of infections transmitted by ticks and other vectors become known. The Times says the...

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Adolescents Bearing The Brunt Of The Global AIDS Epidemic, Report Finds.

Genetic Polymorphisms Linked To Higher Risk Of Gout And Lower Coffee Consumption Predominantly Influence Gout Directly Rather Than The Effects Mediated By Coffee Intake, Researchers Say.

Advances In Fetal Gene Therapies In Animal Models Have Raised The Real Possibility That Clinical Trials May Be Soon At Hand.

Parasite Found In Cat Feces May Reduce Fear In Humans, Study Suggests.

Rates Of STDs Have Increased In Washington, DC, As More Infections Are Caught With Better Screening.

Health Officials Already Preparing For Congo’s Next Ebola Outbreak.

Spiking Malaria Cases In Cambodia Poses Risk To Other Nations.

Scope Of HIV Outbreak In Two Massachusetts Cities Wider Than Thought.

GlaxoSmithKline Invests $300 Million In 23andMe.

PEPFAR Slated For Cuts By The Trump Administration.

Louisiana Floats “Netflix Model” To Combat Hepatitis C.

Fifteen Executives Arrested In Chinese Vaccine Scandal.

DEET A Safe, Effective Way To Protect Against Potentially Disease-Carrying Insects, Experts Say.

Few Young Women Are Tested For Sexually Transmitted Infections That Cause PID, Study Suggests.

Treatment Regimen Based On Dolutegravir Suppresses HIV To Undetectable Levels Better Than Therapy Based On Efavirenz, Study Indicates.

HIV Transmission Through Sex Nearly Impossible If Virus Is Completely Suppressed, Researcher Says.

AIDS Activists Want NIH To Take Steps To Circumvent Truvada Patent.

Chinese Government Launches Investigation Of Alleged Corruption At Vaccine Maker.

Completion Of Sepsis Care Protocol Within One Hour May Reduce Risk Of Death In Children, Researchers Say.

Scientists Puzzled By Rise In Number Of Tick Bite-Related Meat Allergies.