Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases News

Activists Fueling Concerns About Vaccine Safety Research by Neil Johnson, PhD, has suggested that the anti-vaccination movement, despite its small size, may be better at spreading its message to vaccine-hesitant people than pro-vaccine advocates.
WebMD Health News, March 16, 2021
Ebola Survivor May Have Started Latest Outbreak -- 5 Years Later A genetic analysis found that the current outbreak likely started with a survivor of the 2014-2016 outbreak, whose testes harbored dormant virus. The news has potentially serious public health implications.
Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
Year of COVID: Everything We Thought We Knew Was Wrong A year ago, the World Health Organization declared that a new, fast-spreading coronavirus had caused a pandemic. Here's a look at how the US underestimated COVID, and what the missteps cost us.
Medscape Medical News, March 11, 2021
Novartis's Bid to Repurpose Inflammation Drug Ilaris Takes Another Hit Novartis's uphill struggle to re-purpose its inflammation drug Ilaris took another hit when the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday that the medicine failed to boost overall survival in lung cancer patients in a late-stage trial.
Reuters Health Information, March 09, 2021
CROI 2021 Are Long-Acting Injectables the Future of TB Treatment? Long-acting injectable drug formulations represent a promising new strategy for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis in women and children.
Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2021
Smithsonian Acquires Vial Used for First US COVID Vaccination "These now-historic artifacts document not only this remarkable scientific progress, but represent the hope offered to millions living through the cascading crises brought on by COVID-19."
WebMD Health News, March 10, 2021
CROI 2021 Pediatric TB – More Work Needed, Especially With HIV Coinfection "Children living with HIV contribute disproportionately to pediatric TB mortality rates, accounting for 16% of child TB deaths, and many cases are underdiagnosed and underreported."
Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2021
How Wikipedia Fought COVID Misinformation Some illustrious medical publications were foiled by dubious data in the pandemic publishing flurry. How did the online encyclopedia avoid these pitfalls?
Medscape Medical News, March 10, 2021
As Peru Battles COVID-19, Tuberculosis Finds New Footing The resulting lack of diagnostic testing and inconsistent treatment is masking a rising tuberculosis caseload, doctors fear.
Undark, March 09, 2021
FDA Warns Against Using Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19 The agency says the guidance follows multiple reports of hospitalizations after self-medication with ivermectin, which hasn't been approved for COVID-19 prevention or treatment.
Medscape Medical News, March 08, 2021
WHO Sees Ebola Risk as 'Very High' for Guinea's Neighbours World Health Organization officials said on Friday the risk of an Ebola outbreak spreading from Guinea to its neighbours was 'very high' and that some neighbouring countries were not prepared for outbreaks or for future vaccination campaigns.
Reuters Health Information, March 05, 2021
Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 Shot 81% Effective, Data Shows Bharat Biotech's vaccine showed 81% efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in an interim analysis of a late-stage trial in India, a major boost for the shot shunned by some for lack of data.
Reuters Health Information, March 03, 2021
Why COVID-19 May Be More Deadly Than Flu, Other Coronaviruses Investigators identify why hyperactivation of the immune system can wreak more damage than influenza and other coronaviruses in some people with SARS-CoV-2.
Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
CDC Adopts Rules for DRC, Guinea Travelers Over Ebola Concerns The CDC has issued new public health requirements for US visitors who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or Guinea to address Ebola concerns.
Reuters Health Information, March 02, 2021
Three New Ebola Cases Confirmed in Congo, Two in Guinea Three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing to 11 the number of cases since authorities declared a resurgence of the virus last month.
Reuters Health Information, March 01, 2021
Bedaquiline and Delamanid Safe Together Against Rifampicin-Resistant TB New research suggests concerns over the concurrent use of bedaquiline and delamanid in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis were unwarranted.
Reuters Health Information, February 26, 2021
AstraZeneca, Sputnik Vaccines Face Hurdles With Annual COVID Shots Vaccines from AstraZeneca, Gamaleya Institute and J&J fight the coronavirus with another virus, leaving scientists concerned the shots may lose potency if annual inoculations become necessary.
Reuters Health Information, February 26, 2021
Google-Backed Database Tracks Details on COVID Cases Worldwide Google supplied funds and expertise to build the repository; it's unclear how the international database will be financed in the long term.
Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
An X-ray Like a Christmas Tree: One Refugee's Mysterious Case The case, published in The Lancet in 2019, illustrates the challenges of refugee healthcare, even among those who are resettled in a high-resource country.
Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
Zika Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in Phase 1 Trial A Zika virus vaccine candidate prompted antibody responses in 80% of individuals who received two doses in a phase 1 study.
Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021

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