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    The New York Times (10/10, Anthes) reports, “Scientists have used the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR to create chickens that have some resistance to avian influenza, according to a new study that was published in the journal Nature Communications...
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  • More UCH-L1 Found In Men Than Women With TBI, Research Suggests

    Healio (10/10, Herpen) reports, “In those with traumatic brain injury” (TBI), “patterns of two blood-based biomarkers were similar between the sexes, with significantly higher concentrations of one in male patients compared with female patients,” research...
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  • Maternal Pertussis Vaccination Tied To Reduced Risk For Infection Among Infants Through Eight Months Of Age, Study Indicates

    HealthDay (10/10, Gotkine) reports, “Maternal pertussis vaccination is associated with a reduced risk for infection among infants through eight months of age,” researchers concluded after having “conducted a population-based cohort study of 279,418 mother...
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  • Survey Finds Moderate To High Adherence To Antifungal Drug Monitoring

    Healio (10/10, Stulpin) reports, “A recent survey showed moderate to high adherence for antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring...though there was room for improvement, specifically when using certain antifungals as prophylaxis.” Among the survey responden...
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  • Researchers Find Evidence Of “Long Cold” Syndrome Following Infection With Variety Of Common Respiratory Viruses

    NBC News (10/6, Carroll) reported, “The coronavirus isn’t the only pathogen that can cause symptoms that last months, or even years, after an initial infection is overcome, a...study published Friday in The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine suggests.” According...
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  • Pre-ART Ratio Of CD4+ To CD8+, Use Of INSTI-Based ART Regimens Are Best Predictors Of Immune Recovery Among Patients With HIV Who Initiate ART During Acute Stage Of Infection, Research Suggests

    Infectious Disease Advisor (10/6, Nye) reported research suggests “the pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) ratio of CD4+ to CD8+ and the use of integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI)-based ART regimens are the best predictors of immune recovery among pa...
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  • WHO Chief Scientist Says Dengue Fever Will Become Major Threat In New Parts Of Africa, Southern Europe, Southern US

    Reuters (10/6, Rigby) reported “dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures create the conditions for the mosquitoes car...
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  • Study Suggests Enhanced Infection Prevention, Control Efforts During Pandemic Lowered Rates Of Hospital Infections At Cancer Center

    Healio (10/9, Feller) reports “enhanced infection prevention and control efforts during COVID-19 reduced the rates of some hospital infections at a comprehensive cancer center, including Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant infections, accordi...
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  • Older Adults Comprised Around 63% Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations This Year, CDC Report Finds

    ABC News (10/5, Kekatos) reports, “Older adults have made up the majority of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths this year and few received an updated booster, new federal data show.” Older adults “made up 62.9% of all COVID-19-ass...
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  • Among Older Adults, RSV Hospitalizations More Severe Than COVID-19 Hospitalizations, CDC Data Show

    Healio (10/5, Feller) reports, “Fewer old adults are hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus than COVID-19 or influenza, but those who are experience more serious outcomes than patients hospitalized with the other two illnesses, new CDC data show.”...
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  • Zimbabwe Records 100 Suspected Deaths, 5,000 Potential Cases Of Cholera In The Past Month

    The AP (10/5, Mutsaka) reports, “Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late last month, prompting the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the disease, including limiting number...
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  • Vaccination Led To Global Reduction In Congenital Rubella Syndrome Incidence Between 2010 And 2019, Study Finds

    Infectious Disease Advisor (10/5, Wei) reports, “The introduction of rubella-containing vaccination led to a global reduction in the incidence of congenital rubella syndrome between 2010 and 2019.” This, “according to results of a study published in the I...
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  • Around 4M Americans Received Updated COVID-19 Vaccines In September

    Reuters (10/4, Aboulenein, Erman) reports, “Around 4 million Americans received the updated COVID-19 shots in September, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), even as some people have found it difficult to book vaccination a...
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  • Mpox Virus May Be Mitigated In Part With Nanomedicine, Study Finds

    Infectious Disease Advisor (10/4, Barowski) reports, “The global resurgence of mpox...virus may be mitigated in part with nanomedicine, according to study results published in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease.” According to the article, “Iron oxide-...
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  • Moderna Says Combination COVID-19/Flu Vaccine Effective In Early-Stage Study

    Reuters (10/4, Wingrove) reports, “Moderna on Wednesday said its combination vaccine to protect against both COVID-19 and influenza generated a strong immune response compared to individual shots for the viruses in an early-stage study.” The company “said...
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  • Mexican Authorities Declare Country Free Of H5N1 Avian Influenza

    Reuters (10/4, Cortes Fernandez) reports, “Mexican authorities declared the country free of H5N1 avian influenza almost a year after starting a bird vaccination campaign in high-risk areas to prevent its spread, according to an agreement published in the...
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  • CDC Proposes Using Doxycycline As “Morning-After Pill” Against STDs

    The AP (10/2, Stobbe) reports, “U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases.” The CDC on Monday released a new g...
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  • FDA Says Free COVID-19 Tests May Show Past-Due Expiration Dates

    The Hill (10/2, Martichoux) reports, “The United States Postal Service might have a special delivery for you today. The agency started delivering free at-home COVID-19 test kits in mailboxes and at doorsteps Monday.” Each order of tests “contains...an inf...
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  • Pakistan Launches New Polio Vaccination Campaign

    The AP (10/2) reports, “Pakistan launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5 amid signs the country was close to eradicating the disease.” The effort is “taking pla...
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  • Dengue Fever Outbreak Has Caused 1,000 Deaths In Bangladesh This Year, Official Data Show

    Reuters (10/2, Paul) reports, “The death toll from Bangladesh’s worst dengue outbreak on record has topped 1,000 this year, official data showed, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated...
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