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Prion Disease Transmission Probed in NIH Study
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110192.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A substantial species barrier prevents chronic wasting disease (CWD), a cervid prion disease with unknown zoonotic potential, from being transmitted to humans, new NIH data suggested. Healthy human cerebral organoids exposed...


Tick Season Has Arrived. Here Are Tips for Protection.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110185.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever. Another mild winter and other favorable factors likely means the 2024 tick population will be equal to last year...


South Park Takes on Wegovy; Decapitated Doc's Killer Sentenced; Deadliest Superbugs
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110174.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A new special of the TV show "South Park" will take on the rising use of weight-loss drugs. (People) Nearly 900,000 Yogi Echinacea Immune Support teabags are being...


Texas Team's Wastewater Surveillance Can Pick Up Concerning H5N1 Mutations
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110169.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- While the CDC's recently launched wastewater dashboard reports levels of influenza A, a team in Texas is getting far more granular in its wastewater monitoring. The team at the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI...


Want to Stay Safe From Bird Flu? Cook Meat at Recommended Temperature, USDA Says
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110168.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has good news for meat eaters: cooking ground beef at the currently recommended temperatures would likely kill any avian flu virus if it should ever get into the meat supply. "The USDA...


Clade I Mpox Surge in the Congo Raises Concerns About Global Spread
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110166.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The increasing number of suspected clade I mpox virus cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) poses a global threat for potential spread, the CDC said. From Jan. 1, 2023 to April 14, 2024, multiple outbreaks of clade...


HPV Vaccination Program in England Was Effective Across Socioeconomic Groups
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110152.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- England's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program has remained highly effective in reducing cases of cervical cancer and grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN3) across socioeconomic deprivation groups, according...


PICU Use for Bronchiolitis Tied to 'Striking' Rise in Noninvasive Breathing Support
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110151.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The growing role of pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) for managing bronchiolitis in infants and young toddlers over the last decade was associated with increased use of noninvasive respiratory support, but without a corresponding...


HHS Suspends Federal Funding for Group Tied to Wuhan Lab
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110145.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- HHS temporarily suspended and is proposing to stop all federal funding for EcoHealth Alliance, a research organization that worked on bat coronaviruses in conjunction with China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. "This is to provide...


There's Bird Flu in U.S. Dairy Cows. Raw Milk Drinkers Aren't Deterred.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110140.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products -- and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows. Since March 25, when the bird flu virus was...


FDA Approves New Self-Collection Option for HPV Testing
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110136.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved a new self-collection test to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) and identify women at risk for cervical cancer, maker Roche announced on Wednesday. "HPV self-collection offers an accessible screening option...


COVID Still Deadlier Than the Flu -- But the Gap Is Narrowing
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110126.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were more likely to die than those hospitalized with influenza during the fall and winter of 2023-2024, according to an analysis of Veterans Affairs data. Among over 11,000 patients hospitalized...


Doctor Fined for Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110124.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Washington state physician Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, was fined $5,000 by the state's medical board for prescribing ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lin, who practices at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Washington...


Superbugs Pose a Deadly Threat to Cystic Fibrosis Patients
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110117.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- "What is my life?! Sometimes my life is so awful it's surreal." -- March 2014 entry in the book Diary of a Dying Girl by Mallory Smith. Daily battles with sticky secretions, steatorrhea, and constipation. Respiratory treatments...


Avalanche Kills Doc; U.S. 'Out of Date' on Youth Gender Care? Scariest Beach Germs
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110108.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Idaho emergency medicine physician Terrence "Terry" O'Connor, MD, died in an avalanche while skiing. (NBC News) KP.2 is now the dominant COVID-19 variant, and some...


Antibiotic for Treating Sepsis Linked to Increased Mortality
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110096.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In adults hospitalized with suspected sepsis, piperacillin-tazobactam was associated with a higher mortality rate and increased duration in organ dysfunction compared with cefepime, according to a retrospective cohort study...


Pig-Kidney Recipient Dies; Colon Cancers Surge in Teens; CRISPR Fails to Cure HIV
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110094.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Richard Slayman, the first patient ever to receive a gene-edited pig kidney, died about 2 months after the procedure; the hospital said there's no indication the...


Farm-to-Hospital Meals Can Help Protect Patients and the Climate
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110083.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- While the media has been hyper-focused on how to address the recent avian influenza A (H5N1) outbreak in cattle, the situation also speaks to a larger story about industrialized food systems that prioritize production efficiency...


Low Risk for New-Onset Thyroid Diseases After mRNA Vaccines
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110087.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- The chance of new-onset thyroid disease after administration of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines was rare, but still noteworthy, according to a meta-analysis. There were 77 cases of thyroid-related autoimmune diseases...


Avian Flu Update: U.S. Announces More Than $175 Million to Track, Contain H5N1
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110084.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Biden administration is making more than $175 million in funds available on a variety of fronts to try to halt the spread of avian influenza into cows and humans, administration officials said Friday. "The risk to the public...


Nations Struggle to Draft 'Pandemic Treaty' to Avoid Mistakes Made During COVID
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/110xxx/110068.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- After the coronavirus pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies, and killed millions, leaders at the World Health Organization (WHO) and worldwide vowed to do better in the future. Years later, countries...