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    MedPage Today (8/9, Bassett) writes, “In rare cases, symptomatic human adenovirus infection may trigger a life-threatening prothrombotic anti-platelet factor 4 disorder resembling vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, according to a report b...
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  • Bolstering HBV Birth Dose Vaccine Introduction, Verifying Progress In Eliminating Mother-To-Child Transmission Among Strategies To Help Achieve HBV Virus Control, Report Suggests

    Healio (8/9, Burba) reports, “Bolstering the introduction of hepatitis B birth dose vaccines and verifying progress in eliminating mother-to-child transmission are among strategies critical to achieving hepatitis B virus control in Africa, WHO and CDC res...
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  • COVID-19 Hospitalizations In US Rising, But Only Slightly, Data Show

    The AP (8/8, Johnson, Neergaard, Stobbe) reports, “COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers.” During “the week ending July 29, COVID-19 hospital admissions we...
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  • Alteration In Gut Microbiome Diversity Appears To Occur In Patients With Three Different Inflammatory Conditions, Suggesting Common Pathology, Research Indicates

    MedPage Today (8/8, Bankhead) reports, “An alteration in gut microbiome diversity occurred in patients with three different inflammatory conditions, suggesting a common pathology,” researchers concluded in a study that conducted “prospective rRNA sequenci...
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  • Azithromycin May Benefit Children With Acute Watery Diarrhea, Research Suggests

    Infectious Disease Advisor (8/8, Chan) reports, “According to findings...azithromycin treatment may be beneficial among children with acute watery diarrhea with a likely or possible bacterial etiology.” The results of the placebo-controlled, double-blinde...
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  • Abundance Of Prevotella, Gardnerella May Contribute To Recurrence Of Bacterial Vaginosis, Research Suggests

    Infectious Disease Advisor (8/8, Chan) reports, “Results of a study...suggest that the presence of Prevotella species before and Gardnerella species immediately after first-line treatment for bacterial vaginosis may increase the risk for recurrence.” The...
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  • Over 40% Of Infection-Related Deaths In Americas Tied To Antimicrobial Resistance In 2019, Study Indicates

    Healio (8/8, Feller, Stulpin) reports, “More than two out of every five infection-related deaths in the Americas in 2019 were associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance, according to a...study.” Results indicate that “deaths attributable to antimi...
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  • Bangladesh Struggling To Contain Dengue Outbreak

    The Washington Post (8/6, Li) reports that “Bangladesh’s worst dengue fever outbreak on record has killed more than 300 people this year.” According to the Bangladeshi government’s latest figures, “the mosquito-borne disease has...infected nearly 63,700 p...
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  • mRNA-1273 COVID-19 Vaccine Tied To Lower Risk Of Adverse Events, Study Suggests

    Pharmacy Times (8/4, Gallagher) reported, “The mRNA-1273 (Moderna)...COVID-19 vaccine has been associated with a lower risk of adverse events compared to BioNTech and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, BNT162b2, potentially due to its improved protection against...
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  • Appeals Court Upholds Connecticut Law Ending Religious Vaccine Exemptions For Children

    Reuters (8/4, Stempel) reported, “A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to a Connecticut law that ended the state’s decades-old religious exemptions from immunization requirements for children in schools, colleges and day care.” T...
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  • COVID-19 Hospital Admissions, Positive Tests Rising Slightly During Summer

    CNN (8/4, Musa) reported that CDC data indicate “a slight increase in hospital admissions, emergency department visits, and positive Covid-19 tests – although not nearly as high as in past summers.” Summer seasonal “travel, unrelenting heat that drives pe...
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  • Biofilms In Sink Drains, Plumbing In Hospitals Pose Risk For MDRO Spread, Report Says

    Healio (8/4, Feller) reported, “Biofilms that form in sink drains and plumbing [in hospitals] can host multidrug resistant organisms, but cross-department efforts to sanitize them can limit their spread, according to a study.” The findings were published...
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  • Over 90% Of Children In Ohio Measles Outbreak Unvaccinated, Report Says

    The Hill (8/4, Nazzaro) wrote a report “from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 90 percent of the children infected in last year’s measles outbreak in Ohio were unvaccinated.” The report “looked at the 85 total confirmed c...
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  • CDC Advisory Panel Recommends Use Of Nirsevimab To Prevent RSV In Infants, Toddlers

    Reuters (8/3, Dey, Sunny) reports the CDC “said its advisory panel on Thursday recommended use of Sanofi and partner AstraZeneca’s antibody therapy to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants and toddlers.” The Advisory Committee on Immunizati...
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  • NfL Protein Levels Can Be Used To Assess Neurodegeneration In Pediatric Patients With Neurological Disease, Including MS, Investigators Say

    Multiple Sclerosis News Today (8/3, Bryson) reports, “Neurofilament light chain (NfL) protein levels can be used to assess neurodegeneration in children and adolescents with neurological disease, including multiple sclerosis (MS), even when they are not e...
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  • Clostridioides Difficile Infection Linked To Increased Risk Of All-Cause, Cause-Specific Mortality, Study Finds

    Pharmacy Times (8/3, Gallagher) reports “clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) was associated with an increased risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality, with the morality risk being highest during a first episode of CDI, according to the results...
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  • Researchers Confirm Dosing, Efficacy Of HIV Drug Combination In Pediatric Patients

    Healio (8/3, Weldon) reports, “Researchers confirmed the dosing of an ART combination designed to treat children with HIV and found that it was safe, well tolerated and efficacious through 24 weeks, according to [study] results.” For the study, “children...
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  • Disease Warning Network Service Could Be In Trouble

    STAT (8/3, Branswell, Subscription Publication) reports “the early warning disease network that alerted the world to the original SARS outbreak and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be in peril.” Among the issues is that “a number of the senio...
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  • United States Creates New Agency To Improve Health Emergency Preparedness

    NPR (8/3, Pfeiffer) reports “the United States government is creating a new agency to focus on global health and pandemic prevention.” The novel agency, “the Bureau of Global Health, Security and Diplomacy, housed within the Department of State, is design...
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  • NIH Announces Next NIAID Director

    CNN (8/2, Tinker, Tirrell, Goodman) reports, “Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo will be the next director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday.” She “is expected to begin her role in the fal...
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