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Nashville Health Officials Confirm Seven More Hepatitis A Cases.

The Tennessean (7/5, Pair) reports the Metro Public Health Department has “confirmed 41 cases of hepatitis A in Nashville since December, seven more cases since last week.” A series of “hepatitis A outbreaks have occurred since early 2017 in multiple sta...

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Researchers Examine Whether 2009 Flu Vaccine Contributed To Narcolepsy Cases.

STAT (7/5, Branswell) reports scientists are investigating whether some of the vaccines used during the 2009 influenza pandemic “trigger[ed] an increase in narcolepsy cases.” STAT says a study “still in the publication pipeline...did not find evidence th...

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John’s Hopkins Buildings Evacuated Due To Tuberculosis Exposure.

NBC Nightly News (7/5, story 6, 0:20, Snow) reported, “Some terrifying moments” took place Thursday “at the John’s Hopkins hospital campus in Baltimore” where two research buildings were “evacuated after what a spokeswoman calls a small sample of frozen...

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Maryland’s Mosquito Population Three Times Normal Size This Summer.

The Washington Post (7/5, Dance) reports that Maryland’s mosquito population is three times its normal size this summer “because of recent storms and flooding that have given them an abundance of water to breed in.” Although there are “no reports this ye...

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Cases Of Red Meat Allergy From Tick Bites Rising, Experts Say.

The Washington Times (7/5, Kelly) reports health experts are cautioning “about an increase in cases of a rare red-meat allergy caused by a tick bite,” called Alpha-Gal allergy. An estimated 5,000 people have been diagnosed with the allergy, “caused by a...

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Italy To Take Word Of Parents On Children’s Vaccination Status.

The New York Times (7/5, Pianigiani) reports that on July 5, “Giulia Grillo, Italy’s health minister and a prominent member of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement,” announced that “Italian parents will no longer have to provide state-run schools wi...

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HPV Test More Sensitive Than The Pap Smear, Study Indicates.

The Washington Post (7/3, McGinley) reported that research indicates “a test for HPV detects precancerous changes of the cervix earlier and more accurately than the Pap smear.” This “randomized, controlled study...showed that the human papillomavirus tes...

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Surgeons’ Attitude Toward Genetic Screening Linked To Whether Breast Cancer Patients Undergo The Tests, Study Suggests.

Reuters (7/3, Rapaport) reported that research suggests “many breast cancer patients may miss out on genetic tests that could help pinpoint the ideal treatment regimen at least in part because their surgeons are uncomfortable discussing the pros and cons...

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Novel Blood Test Could Spur Treatment Of Sepsis To Curb High Death Rates.

STAT (7/3, Weintraub) reported that with more than 250,000 deaths due to sepsis in the US annually, health professionals and scientists are worried that the lack of public knowledge, as well as some hospitals’ failure “to notice the warning signs when a...

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Brazil’s Measles Outbreak Worsens After Cases Imported From Venezuela.

The AP (7/3) reported that Brazil’s measles outbreak “is growing...after cases were imported from neighboring Venezuela where health services have collapsed.” So far, more than 460 cases “have been confirmed in two Brazilian border states, the Health Min...

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Bacterial Disease Deaths In Puerto Rico Reached “Epidemic” Levels After Hurricane Maria, Experts Say.

The Hill (7/3, Birnbaum) said medical experts who analyzed previously unreleased data for CNN found that after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico saw such “a spike in deaths” from a bacterial disease that it should have been labeled an “epidemic.” A CNN report...

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Anti-LGBT Hostility Threatens Indonesia’s HIV Battle, Activists Say.

Reuters (7/4, Kapoor) reports that rising government and public hostility toward the LGBT community in Indonesia “is threatening the battle against AIDS in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.” Human Rights Watch said this week that hostility tow...

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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Declared “Contained” As Scientists Note Improvements Since 2014 Scare.

The Washington Times (7/4, A1, Howell) reports the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has “largely been contained,” according to the World Health Organization, news which has made “scientists optimistic that a mix of conventional disease-fight...

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Doctors Without Borders To Exit Congo As Ebola Outbreak Diminishes.

The Hill (7/2, Wilson) reports Doctors Without Borders has announced it will remove itself from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it has been combating an outbreak of the Ebola virus, later this month, “a sign that public health officials belie...

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Researchers Suggest Using Medications Approved For Animals To Combat Fleas And Ticks In Humans.

TIME (7/2, Sifferlin) reports on a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finding that some “medicines already used for pets to protect against fleas and ticks could offer similar protection for humans.” Mentioned are “iso...

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Texas Health Officials Investigating Cyclospora Infection Cases.

The Houston Chronicle (7/2, Morris) reports that Texas health officials “are investigating whether a single source caused the 56 cases of parasitic illness from Cyclospora reported in the state since May.” The Department of State Health Services “said Mo...

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Monkey Study Indicates Zika May Result In Higher Rate Of Miscarriage And Stillbirth Than Previously Thought.

HealthDay (7/2, Preidt) reports on a monkey study published in Nature Medicine finding that “the risk of miscarriage and birth defects due to Zika virus infection during pregnancy may be much higher than thought,” as 26 percent of monkey pregnancies in w...

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Physicians Say New York City’s Affordable Childhood Vaccination Program Will Improve Patient Safety.

Crain’s New York Business (7/2, LaMantia) reports the New York City Health Department announced last week that “programs in place to defray the cost of flu shots make it feasible for all children ages 6 months old to 5 years old to be vaccinated by Dec....

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Out-Of-Pocket Costs Put HIV Prevention Drug “Out Of Reach.”

Kaiser Health News (7/3, Luthra, Gorman) reports that public health officials “are expanding efforts to get the HIV prevention pill into the hands of those at risk, in a nationwide effort to curb infections.” But the officials “are hitting roadblocks – t...

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Program Found Successful At Reducing Rates Of Gonorrhea And Chlamydia Among Young MSM.

NBC News (7/2) reports on a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine regarding the program “Keep It Up!” and finding that it “reduced the sexually transmitted infection rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia by 40 percent among young gay...

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Nashville Health Officials Confirm Seven More Hepatitis A Cases.

Researchers Examine Whether 2009 Flu Vaccine Contributed To Narcolepsy Cases.

John’s Hopkins Buildings Evacuated Due To Tuberculosis Exposure.

Maryland’s Mosquito Population Three Times Normal Size This Summer.

Cases Of Red Meat Allergy From Tick Bites Rising, Experts Say.

Italy To Take Word Of Parents On Children’s Vaccination Status.

HPV Test More Sensitive Than The Pap Smear, Study Indicates.

Surgeons’ Attitude Toward Genetic Screening Linked To Whether Breast Cancer Patients Undergo The Tests, Study Suggests.

Novel Blood Test Could Spur Treatment Of Sepsis To Curb High Death Rates.

Brazil’s Measles Outbreak Worsens After Cases Imported From Venezuela.

Bacterial Disease Deaths In Puerto Rico Reached “Epidemic” Levels After Hurricane Maria, Experts Say.

Anti-LGBT Hostility Threatens Indonesia’s HIV Battle, Activists Say.

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Declared “Contained” As Scientists Note Improvements Since 2014 Scare.

Doctors Without Borders To Exit Congo As Ebola Outbreak Diminishes.

Researchers Suggest Using Medications Approved For Animals To Combat Fleas And Ticks In Humans.

Texas Health Officials Investigating Cyclospora Infection Cases.

Monkey Study Indicates Zika May Result In Higher Rate Of Miscarriage And Stillbirth Than Previously Thought.

Physicians Say New York City’s Affordable Childhood Vaccination Program Will Improve Patient Safety.

Out-Of-Pocket Costs Put HIV Prevention Drug “Out Of Reach.”

Program Found Successful At Reducing Rates Of Gonorrhea And Chlamydia Among Young MSM.