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People Unable To Receive New Shingles Vaccine Due To Nationwide Shortage.

The Washington Post (7/24, Cimons) reports there has been a nationwide shortage of GlaxoSmithKline’s new shingles vaccine Shingrix. The article reports that many patients received the first of two shots, and have not been able to receive the second shot...

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Pepperidge Farm Recalling Four Kinds Of Goldfish Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination.

ABC World News Tonight (7/24, story 10, 0:15, Muir) reported in its broadcast, “Pepperidge Farm [is] recalling four kinds of Goldfish because of a possible risk of salmonella.” NBC Nightly News (7/24, story 10, 0:20, Holt) said in its broadcast that “the...

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Prince Harry, Elton John Announce AIDS Initiative At International AIDS Conference.

USA Today (7/24, McDermott) reports Prince Harry, “like his mother Princess Diana before him,” is contributing to AIDS awareness efforts by joining “Sir Elton John on the second day of the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam Tuesday morning, where...

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DRC Announces End Of Ebola Outbreak.

The New York Times (7/24, McNeil) reports the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, which began in April, “was declared officially over on Tuesday in what appeared to be twin triumphs for a new vaccine and rapid response.” The outbreak – “the fi...

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Secukinumab May Prevent Immune Cells From Producing Molecule Linked To Neurodegeneration In Parkinson’s Disease Patients, Study Suggests.

Parkinson’s News Today (7/24, Lopes) reports researchers found that Th17 immune cells “may be a key a promoter of neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease by producing the pro-inflammatory molecule interleukin-17 (IL-17),” and that Cosentyx (secukinumab)...

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BRAF V600E Mutations Associated With Worse Survival In Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Research Indicates.

HemOnc Today (7/24, Homer) reports that researchers found that “harboring a BRAF V600E mutation appeared associated with a poorer prognosis and greater risk for recurrence after curative-intent resection compared with KRAS mutations among patients with c...

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Researchers Identify Enzyme That May Regulate Production Of Myelin In Brain And Spinal Cord.

Multiple Sclerosis News Today (7/24, Melão) reports researchers found that the PRMT5 enzyme may regulate “the number of myelin-producing cells in the brain and spinal cord,” which could “open new ways of treating diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), ch...

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Researchers Pinpoint Nearly 1,300 Genetic Variants That May Be Linked To Educational Attainment.

HealthDay (7/24, Preidt) reports that researchers “have pinpointed nearly 1,300 genetic variants that appear to be associated with how far someone may go in school.” The findings were published in Nature Genetics.

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South Africa AIDS Deaths Drop For 12th Consecutive Year.

Bloomberg News (7/24, Monteiro) reports the number of deaths related to AIDS in South Africa “has declined for every year since peaking at 293,166 in 2006,” according to the South African government. The drop is attributed to “improved access to antiretr...

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APOE Status Tied To Late-Onset Epilepsy, Study Suggests.

MedPage Today (7/23, George) reports researchers found that “apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 allele status and several potentially modifiable midlife vascular and lifestyle factors were tied to late-onset epilepsy.” The findings were published in JAMA Neurolo...

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FOXC1 Gene Plays “Significant Role” In Pancreatic Cancer Growth And Metastatic Potential, Preclinical Research Indicates.

The Cancer Network (7/23, Furlow) reports that “preclinical research” indicates “the FOXC1 gene plays a ‘significant role’ in pancreatic cancer growth and metastatic potential.” The findings were published in Oncogenesis.

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FDA Approves Drug Treatment For Malaria.

ABC News (7/23, Bracho-Sanchez) reports the FDA approved Krintafel (tafenoquine) for the treatment of malaria following a Priority Review this past Friday. The single-dose medication was developed by GSK Pharmaceuticals and Medicines for Malaria Venture...

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Case Study Examines Reappearance Of Ebola In Survivor’s Family After Year Of Dormancy.

The Washington Post (7/23, Sun) reports that new research examines the case of a 33-year-old Liberian woman who survived Ebola infection and then a year later “apparently infected her husband and two of their sons,” one of whom died. The study, published...

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Smart Pill Improves Adherence To HIV Prevention Drug Regimen, Study Indicates.

STAT (7/24, Chen) reports that researchers at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam presented data showing that digital pills “not only recorded exactly when patients were taking the medication but also delivered the drug as effectively as...

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Incarceration Does Not Improve HIV Transmission Rates Tied To Illicit Drug Use, Experts Say.

MedPage Today (7/23, Susman) reports that in the former Soviet Union, users of illicit drugs “account for 51% of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the region, but researchers said here that nonpunitive ‘harm reduction’ would be far...

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Venezuela’s HIV Patients Try Self-Medicating With Home Remedies.

The Miami Herald (7/23, Wyss, Weddle) reports many HIV patients in Venezuela, “a country where everything from chicken to aspirin is in short supply,” are trying self-medicating with home remedies to treat their conditions. The piece says patients attemp...

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AIDS Drugs May Help Prevent New Infections, Research Indicates.

The AP (7/24, Marchione) reports new research discussed Tuesday at the International AIDS conference in Amsterdam “shows more promise for using AIDS treatment drugs as a prevention tool, to help keep uninfected people from catching HIV during sex with a...

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GlaxoSmithKline’s Two-Drug HIV Treatment As Effective As Standard Triple Therapy.

Reuters (7/24, Hirschler) reports GlaxoSmithKline experimental combination of dolutegravir and lamivudine to treat HIV “works as well as standard triple therapy, even in people with relatively high levels of the virus that causes AIDS, clinical study res...

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MSF Accuses ViiV Of Delaying Pediatric Access To Key AIDS Drug.

Reuters (7/23, Kelland) reports Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday “accused specialist HIV drugmaker ViiV Healthcare of delaying access for children with the AIDS virus to a critical medicine called dolutegravir.” MSF said in a statement that ViiV...

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Experts Worry HPV Vaccinations May Not Be Reaching Enough Men.

On its website, CNN (7/23, Rech) reports that many men around the world are not aware that cancer-linked human papillomavirus poses a “threat” to them. While there is a vaccine for HPV, “who gets it is a question of debate around the globe, particularly...

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People Unable To Receive New Shingles Vaccine Due To Nationwide Shortage.

Pepperidge Farm Recalling Four Kinds Of Goldfish Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination.

Prince Harry, Elton John Announce AIDS Initiative At International AIDS Conference.

DRC Announces End Of Ebola Outbreak.

Secukinumab May Prevent Immune Cells From Producing Molecule Linked To Neurodegeneration In Parkinson’s Disease Patients, Study Suggests.

BRAF V600E Mutations Associated With Worse Survival In Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Research Indicates.

Researchers Identify Enzyme That May Regulate Production Of Myelin In Brain And Spinal Cord.

Researchers Pinpoint Nearly 1,300 Genetic Variants That May Be Linked To Educational Attainment.

South Africa AIDS Deaths Drop For 12th Consecutive Year.

APOE Status Tied To Late-Onset Epilepsy, Study Suggests.

FOXC1 Gene Plays “Significant Role” In Pancreatic Cancer Growth And Metastatic Potential, Preclinical Research Indicates.

FDA Approves Drug Treatment For Malaria.

Case Study Examines Reappearance Of Ebola In Survivor’s Family After Year Of Dormancy.

Smart Pill Improves Adherence To HIV Prevention Drug Regimen, Study Indicates.

Incarceration Does Not Improve HIV Transmission Rates Tied To Illicit Drug Use, Experts Say.

Venezuela’s HIV Patients Try Self-Medicating With Home Remedies.

AIDS Drugs May Help Prevent New Infections, Research Indicates.

GlaxoSmithKline’s Two-Drug HIV Treatment As Effective As Standard Triple Therapy.

MSF Accuses ViiV Of Delaying Pediatric Access To Key AIDS Drug.

Experts Worry HPV Vaccinations May Not Be Reaching Enough Men.