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Editorial: Combat Anti-Vaccination Tactics In California By Closing Medical Exemption “Loopholes.”

In an editorial, the Sacramento (CA) Bee (7/23) says California’s Senate Bill 277 that ended the “so-called ‘personal belief’ exemption that let misinformed parents send their children to school without vaccinations against lethal diseases” has raised “d...

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Ebola Antibodies May Offer Protection Against The Virus, Research Suggests.

HealthDay (7/20, Preidt) reports, “Two types of antibodies from the blood of Ebola survivors protected animals against strains of the virus that cause deadly infections in people,” according to researchers who “analyzed blood samples from 17 Ebola surviv...

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Multiple Sclerosis Patients With Specific Genetic Variant May Be At Higher Risk For Liver Toxicity When Treated With Interferon-Beta, Study Suggests.

Medscape (7/20, McNamara, Subscription Publication) reported researchers found that “patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who carry a specific genetic variant identified through genome-wide testing are at significantly elevated risk for liver toxicity w...

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Second Screening For Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism In Infants Caught 20% Of Cases That Could Not Have Been Identified By Only One Screening, Study Finds.

MedPage Today (7/20, Walker) reported, “A second screening for primary congenital hypothyroidism in infants, a disorder that can cause permanent cognitive impairment in children, caught 20% of cases that could not have been identified by only one screeni...

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Polymorphism Can Identify Patients With Breast Cancer At Higher Risk For Developing High-Grade Radiation-Induced Fibrosis, Analysis Indicates.

MedPage Today (7/20, Ingram) reported that an analysis indicated “a polymorphism can identify breast cancer patients who are at higher risk for developing high-grade radiation-induced fibrosis.” Researchers found that “in women with a C-509T variant alle...

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Researchers Explore New Immunotherapy To Treat Autoimmune Diseases.

STAT (7/20, Farber) reported scientists are exploring “a spin-off” of CAR-T cancer therapies: “using similar immune cells to treat autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and prevent rejection of transplanted organs.” Scientists are “now engineering...

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Spiking HIV Infection Rates Worldwide Jeopardize Health Goals, UN Report Says.

On its website, ABC News (7/21, Bracho-Sanchez) reported the United Nations issued a new analysis titled “Miles to Go” which found that HIV infection rates “are on the rise in 50 countries with more than 1.8 million people becoming infected in 2017, a fa...

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Chinese Premier Announces Crackdown On Vaccine Makers Following Violation.

Bloomberg News (7/22, Wei, Einhorn) reports Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has ordered that the government will probe the country’s vaccine industry following news that biologics manufacturer Changsheng Bio-Technology Co. “was found to have fabricated produc...

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Cincinnati Health Department Tackles Hepatitis A Resurgence.

The AP (7/21) reported the Cincinnati, Ohio, “Health Department is working to prevent the spread of hepatitis A after” officials confirmed “the first cases of hepatitis A since 2014.” Authorities have “identified five cases so far and are investigating s...

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Texas Strictly Regulates Which Patients Get Hepatitis C Treatment.

In a 2,000-word story, the San Antonio Express-News (7/20, Morris) reported Texas is among the states “concerned with cost [that] have limited which Medicaid patients are eligible for the pricey drugs that cure hepatitis C...only to roll back some of tho...

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Editorial: Drug Makers’ Exodus From Antibiotics Space Is Cause For Concern.

In an editorial, the Minneapolis Star Tribune (7/20) warned that the US is on the precipice of facing a scarcity of drugs amid “the steady exit by large pharmaceutical companies from antibiotic research and development.” Noting the recent departure of No...

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Universal Flu Vaccine Research Makes Progress, But Goal Remains Distant, Fauci Says.

CQ Roll Call (DC) (7/19, Williams) reports that on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the NIH, said that despite international progress toward the development of a universal flu va...

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Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length May Help Identify Patients With COPD At Increased Risk For Accelerated Disease Progression, Poor Outcomes, Research Suggests.

MedPage Today (7/19, Boyles) reports that an analysis suggests “shorter leukocyte telomere length may represent a clinically translatable biomarker for identifying COPD patients at increased risk for accelerated disease progression and poor outcomes.” Ad...

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Gut Bacteriophages May Trigger Parkinson’s Disease In Some Patients, Study Suggests.

Medscape (7/19, Anderson, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found that gut bacteriophages may trigger the development of Parkinson’s disease in some patients, according to a study published online in Scientific Reports. George Tetz, MD, PhD,...

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Ebola Again Eludes Drug Testing As DRC Outbreak Nears Its End.

Bloomberg News (7/19, Fourcade, Kresge) reports the “last suspected case” of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo “tested negative on June 12, the World Health Organization said by email this week,” and if “no new patient emerges by July 25, the out...

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CDC Study Seeks More HIV Testing Outreach To Gay Black Men In The South.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/19, Hart) reports the CDC released a study Thursday that “raised an alarm about black men in the South and HIV.” Data indicate black men are “not being diagnosed enough in traditional health care sites” and “represent...

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New Commission Urges Increased Action On HIV/AIDS Prevention.

NPR (7/19, Brink) says a report by a new Lancet Commission led by the International AIDS Society, published in the Lancet, urges action on HIV/AIDS after finding that “efforts to prevent the spread of HIV have stalled, in part, because international fund...

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Kentucky Health Officials Urge Hepatitis A Vaccinations In Nation’s Worst Outbreak.

The AP (7/19) reports that amid “the largest hepatitis A outbreak in Kentucky’s history” state officials are cautioning residents of counties “where cases have been confirmed to get vaccinated.” The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellne...

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HHS Forced To Reallocate $17 Million From HIV/AIDS To Cover Immigration Policy Costs.

Newsweek (7/19, Touchberry) reports that amid the “controversy over the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy,” an HHS agency has “spent $17 million on the immigration crisis that was originally meant for an HIV and AIDS program.” According to t...

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US Soldier Asks Judge To Bar Trump Administration From Firing HIV-Positive Service Members.

Bloomberg News (7/19, Larson) reports that a US soldier asked a federal judge to bar the Trump Administration from firing HIV-positive service members from the military under a new “Deploy or Get Out!” policy intended to improve readiness. According to t...

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Editorial: Combat Anti-Vaccination Tactics In California By Closing Medical Exemption “Loopholes.”

Ebola Antibodies May Offer Protection Against The Virus, Research Suggests.

Multiple Sclerosis Patients With Specific Genetic Variant May Be At Higher Risk For Liver Toxicity When Treated With Interferon-Beta, Study Suggests.

Second Screening For Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism In Infants Caught 20% Of Cases That Could Not Have Been Identified By Only One Screening, Study Finds.

Polymorphism Can Identify Patients With Breast Cancer At Higher Risk For Developing High-Grade Radiation-Induced Fibrosis, Analysis Indicates.

Researchers Explore New Immunotherapy To Treat Autoimmune Diseases.

Spiking HIV Infection Rates Worldwide Jeopardize Health Goals, UN Report Says.

Chinese Premier Announces Crackdown On Vaccine Makers Following Violation.

Cincinnati Health Department Tackles Hepatitis A Resurgence.

Texas Strictly Regulates Which Patients Get Hepatitis C Treatment.

Editorial: Drug Makers’ Exodus From Antibiotics Space Is Cause For Concern.

Universal Flu Vaccine Research Makes Progress, But Goal Remains Distant, Fauci Says.

Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length May Help Identify Patients With COPD At Increased Risk For Accelerated Disease Progression, Poor Outcomes, Research Suggests.

Gut Bacteriophages May Trigger Parkinson’s Disease In Some Patients, Study Suggests.

Ebola Again Eludes Drug Testing As DRC Outbreak Nears Its End.

CDC Study Seeks More HIV Testing Outreach To Gay Black Men In The South.

New Commission Urges Increased Action On HIV/AIDS Prevention.

Kentucky Health Officials Urge Hepatitis A Vaccinations In Nation’s Worst Outbreak.

HHS Forced To Reallocate $17 Million From HIV/AIDS To Cover Immigration Policy Costs.

US Soldier Asks Judge To Bar Trump Administration From Firing HIV-Positive Service Members.