Despite longer waiting list times, graft and recipient survival maintained and waiting list mortality unchanged
U.S. Prepares for Sudan Ebolavirus Potential Arrival
The U.S. CDC's Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity call on October 12, 2022, offered an emergency update on Uganda's ongoing Sudan Ebolavirus (SUDV) outbreak.
Led by Trevor Shoemaker, Ph.D., MPH, and Mary Choi, MD, MPH, this CDC presentation call reviewed the SUDV outbreak in Mubende District, which was declared on September 20, 2022.
Since then, Uganda's Ministry of Health has confirmed nineteen people have died from SUDV, indicating a case fatality rate of about 40%.
Before 2022, there were seven SUDV outbreaks, with 792 cases and 426 related deaths.
U.S. NIH Launches Second Monkeypox Treatment Study
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced yesterday that a clinical trial evaluating the antiviral drug TPOXX (tecovirimat) had begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The phase 2 clinical trial evaluates TPOXX's safety and ability to mitigate monkeypox symptoms and prevent serious outcomes, including death.
AAP: Rates of In-Hospital Breastfeeding Dropped During Pandemic
Declines seen in rates of both exclusive breastfeeding and any breastfeeding in a normal nursery at a single medical center
Misrepresentation, Nonadherence to COVID-19 Public Health Measures Common
Four in 10 U.S. adults report at least one of nine types of misrepresentation
Polio Eradication Within Reach in the Eastern Mediterranean
The World Health Organization (WHO in the Eastern Mediterranean representative Dr. Hamid Jafari, Director of the Polio Eradication Programme, delivered an update to the Member States on October 10, 2022, regarding efforts to halt transmission of both wild and variant polioviruses.
While noting that 20 of the Region's 22 countries have achieved the standards for polio eradication certification, he urged the Member States to continue to intensify surveillance due to an increased risk of poliovirus spreading.
Can Airport Screening Identify Escaping Ebola?
Historic outbreaks of the Ebola virus are typically isolated and usually affect a few hundred people at a time. However, with innovative vaccines and antibody treatments available, recent Ebola outbreaks have been limited and less fatal.
However, the current Sudan Ebolovius (SUDV) outbreak in the Republic of Uganda does not have access to U.S. FDA-approved vaccines or treatments.
And recent data from the Uganda Ministry of Health posted on Twitter indicates the SUDV case fatality rate exceeds 40%.
Minorities With Dementia Show Lower Incidence of Amyloid PET Positivity
Authors say findings have implications for treating dementia unrelated to amyloid plaques
FDA Approves New Bivalent COVID-19 Booster for Use in Children
Moderna vaccine is authorized for children down to 6 years old, while Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is approved for children as young as 5 years
New York's Poliovirus Emergency Extended and Expanded
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced the Continuing the Declaration of a Statewide Disaster Emergency until November 8, 2022, due to the ongoing spread of poliovirus in the State of New York.
On October 9, 2022, New York (N.Y.) Executive Order 21.1 revealed that genetically related poliovirus had been detected in wastewater samples collected from Kings, Nassau, Orange, Queens, Rockland, and Sullivan counties in April, May, June, July, August, and September 2022.