Brucellosis

VIRGINIA — A new analysis of CDC data shows which states are most affected by the rising rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. The CDC's latest report released on the topic found that nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017, which marked the fourth consecutive year of sharp increases in the three sexually transmitted diseases, according to the report. The analysis by Health Testing Centers notes that when the CDC began collecting STD data in 1941, there were only 679,028 cases of syphilis and gonorrhea. Today, that figure includes cases of chlamydia, which had the most dramatic increase since the 1980s, the analysis says. Here's a look at how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have affected the Commonwealth: Chlamydia Virginia ranks 25th for the rate of chlamydia cases in 2017. According to the analysis, there were 42,374 chlamydia cases in Virginia in 2017, with a rate of 503.7 cases per 100,000 residents. ...

[embedded content] #5 More European Countries Reported Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea in 2017 More countries in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) reported antibiotic-resistant isolates of  Neisseria gonorrhoeae  in 2017, according to a  new surveillance report  from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Gonorrhea treatment  often includes dual therapy with azithromycin and ceftriaxone. However, resistance among gonococcal isolates to azithromycin recently led health officials in the United Kingdom to cease recommending the dual therapy with azithromycin, replacing it with increased doses of ceftriaxone, the use of ciprofloxacin in certain cases, and adding extra-genital testing in cases of known or suspected antimicrobial resistance. The new ECDC report details surveillance data on antibiotic resistance patterns among gonorrhea isolates collected in Europe and reports that azithromycin resistance threatens t...

By Janice Neumann March 30 at 10:00 AM Jen Durgin’s dad once ordered a pair of $20 hearing aids through the mail but gave up on the devices when they did not work well without getting them adjusted by an audiologist. Durgin, who has two deaf children, tried to persuade her dad to see an audiologist for testing and fitting, but to no avail. “I think he just views hearing loss as a normal part of aging,” said Durgin about her 77-year-old father, who lives in New England. “For someone who never went to the doctor as a child and almost never as an adult, he just doesn’t view it as necessary.” People who use prescription hearing aids or over-the-counter personal sound amplification products (PSAPs) often shy away from getting them adjusted when they don’t work well. They may struggle with the technology, hate the stigma of being old and hard of hearing or have trouble affording the extra cost, which is typically included with prescribed hearing aids but not PSAPs. Hearing los...

An LGBT rights group filed a lawsuit against Arizona this week over the state's prevention on HIV and AIDS education that “promotes a homosexual life-style.” Equality Arizona and an unnamed student argue in court that the state's 1991 law discriminates against LGBT students and puts their health at risk. "By classifying on the basis of 'homosexuality,' the challenged statute...discriminates against non-heterosexual students on the basis of sexual orientation and places them in an expressly disfavored class," the lawsuit  filed in federal court Thursday states. ADVERTISEMENT It argues that forbidding medical information that is "critical for the health and safety of LGBTQ students" while not putting equal restrictions on education for heterosexual students "deprives LGBTQ students of equal educational opportunities and exacerbates the heightened health risks LGBTQ students already face, including the risk of HIV." The Associated Pres...

Yesterday marked the final day of Dining by Design 2019. For  DIFFA —the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS—Dining by Design is the most visible fundraiser of the year, drawing thousands from its co-location with the AD Design Show. Accomplished interior designers join forces with industry-leading brands to create stunning dining vignettes that host five days of benefits, fundraisers, and visits by the general public. Several of this year's participating designers used their installations to de-stigmatize and increase the visibility of communities most impacted by HIV/AIDS. For Adam Rolston and Drew Stuart, partners at INC Architecture & Design , this meant acknowledging the the LGBTQIA+ community through an abstract expressionist interpretation of the Pride flag's rainbow. Dining by Design Installation by INC Architecture & Design. Photography by Alan Berry. "Our work is always about this more immersive and perhaps cerebral ...

Updated: 6:06 p.m. March 30, 2019 SLINGER, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Washington County Humane Society says it has had to euthanize a dog it received from South Korea afte rit tested positive for Brucellosis.  The 27 other dogs in the shelter's care were put in a quarantine. The Washington County Humane Society hopes to resume dog adoptions soon. ------ Posted: 5:47 p.m. March 28, 2019 WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Two of the 26 dogs that came from South Korea in February have tested positive for Canine Brucellosis. Those dogs and any dogs who have come in contact with them have been segregated and are being tested.  Some of the dogs that have already been given to families have been placed in quarantine as well, HAWS says. In total, approximately 100 dogs are likely to require quarantine. Canine brucellosis is a reproductive disease in dogs caused by Brucella canis bacterium, mainly transmitted during breeding or birth. The infection is found worldwide but is rare in pet dog...

WAUKESHA — The Humane Animal Welfare Society has voluntarily separated 24 dogs from the rest of its population due to a case of Canine Brucellosis found in Wisconsin. None of the dogs at HAWS have tested positive for the disease, and it is just for precautionary reasons, according to a news release. “HAWS is enacting this separation protocol as a measure of high precaution in response to a low risk situation," HAWS Executive Director Lynn Olenik said in the release. Canine Brucellosis is transmitted through breeding and can infect humans, although it is unlikely. The disease can cause infertility in male and female dogs and is most common with mature dogs. For more information on the disease, click here. The unaffected dogs and all other animals are still up for adoption at HAWS now. https://ift.tt/2FMmLUg

TOKYO -- Japanese drug developers are preparing novel vaccines for the market, designed to combat the spread of dengue fever, cholera and malaria by using the latest in biopharmaceutical technology. Takeda Pharmaceutical will apply for approval of its dengue fever vaccine next year, hoping to launch the product in 2020. The company will supply the vaccine in Latin American and Asian countries where many of the 3.9 billion people at risk of contracting the disease live. Other drug companies look to market vaccines made from genetically modified plants. Astellas Pharma last year began clinical tests of an oral cholera vaccine derived from rice. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma aims to commercialize technology that quickly produces a flu vaccine from tobacco leaves. Nobelpharma is developing a malaria vaccine with Osaka University, aiming to commercialize the inoculation in the late 2020s. The vaccine is expected to repel the spread of a disease that infects more th...

MARYLAND — A new analysis of CDC data shows which states are most affected by the rising rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. The CDC's latest report released on the topic found that nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017, which marked the fourth consecutive year of sharp increases in the three sexually transmitted diseases, according to the report. The analysis by Health Testing Centers notes that when the CDC began collecting STD data in 1941, there were only 679,028 cases of syphilis and gonorrhea. Today, that figure includes cases of chlamydia, which had the most dramatic increase since the 1980s, the analysis says. Here's a look at how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have affected Maryland: Chlamydia Maryland ranks 15th for the rate of chlamydia cases in 2017. According to the analysis, there were 33,416 chlamydia cases in Maryland in 2017, with a rate of 555.4 cases per 100,000 residents. Gonorrhe...

You wouldn’t know it from watching the news or listening to lawmakers, but AIDS isn’t a disease of the past, it’s a crisis of now. Roughly 2,500 people die from AIDS every single day. Every minute, three more people are infected with HIV. It doesn’t have to be this way. That’s why I traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to talk to Idaho lawmakers about the importance of maintaining America’s leadership in the global fight against AIDS. During my trip, I met with the office of Sen. Jim Risch to discuss why we must maintain funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, one of our best tools to fight AIDS, ahead of its October replenishment. For nearly two decades, the U.S. has led the global push to eliminate AIDS in a bipartisan manner. Members of both parties in Congress have reached across the aisle and worked hand in hand with Republican and Democratic presidential administrations to advance the global fight against AIDS. FLASH SALE! Unlimited digit...

Testing for tuberculosis is fairly straightforward in most cases, but existing tests don’t work for everyone because they require something not everyone, especially kids and people with HIV/AIDS, can do: cough up fluid from their lungs. A Stanford team is developing a device that searches for signs of tuberculosis in blood and urine samples. (Image credit: Wavebreakmedia / Getty Images) To solve that problem, a team led by Niaz Banaei , an associate professor of pathology and of medicine, and Juan Santiago , a professor of mechanical engineering, have built a prototype device that searches for signs of tuberculosis in blood and urine samples, sidestepping the need to cough on command. What’s more, the device has no moving parts and requires very little electricity to run, meaning it could eventually be used in the developing world where most new tuberculosis cases occur. With over 3 million tuberculosis cases going undiagnosed each year, the device could have “big advantages at th...

WAUKESHA — The Humane Animal Welfare Society has voluntarily separated 24 dogs from the rest of its population due to a case of Canine Brucellosis found in Wisconsin. None of the dogs at HAWS have tested positive for the disease, and it is just for precautionary reasons, according to a news release. “HAWS is enacting this separation protocol as a measure of high precaution in response to a low risk situation," HAWS Executive Director Lynn Olenik said in the release. Canine Brucellosis is transmitted through breeding and can infect humans, although it is unlikely. The disease can cause infertility in male and female dogs and is most common with mature dogs. For more information on the disease, click here. The unaffected dogs and all other animals are still up for adoption at HAWS now. https://ift.tt/2FMmLUg

WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Two of the 26 dogs that came from South Korea in February have tested positive for Canine Brucellosis. Those dogs and any dogs who have come in contact with them have been segregated and are being tested.  Some of the dogs that have already been given to families have been placed in quarantine as well, HAWS says. In total, approximately 100 dogs are likely to require quarantine. Canine brucellosis is a reproductive disease in dogs caused by Brucella canis bacterium, mainly transmitted during breeding or birth. The infection is found worldwide but is rare in pet dogs in the United States. Animal to human transmission of this disease is very rare. The Wisconsin Humane Society is providing assistance by taking in dogs that would otherwise go to the affected shelters, in order to reduce the need for additional quarantine. Stay wit CBS 58 News for more information on this developing story.  Share this article: https://ift.tt/2OySxXz

SAGE GROUSE-ENERGY LEASES BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Conservation groups are asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on energy companies that were meant to protect a struggling Western bird species. Attorneys for Western Watersheds Project, Prairie Hills Audubon Society and two other groups made the request Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho. At issue are federal land use plans for greater sage grouse first enacted in 2015 under President Barack Obama. The Interior Department revised those plans this month as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to promote oil and gas drilling and other activities. The ground-dwelling sage grouse's territory includes portions of 11 Western states. The same groups behind Wednesday's court filing had sued in 2016 over the Obama-era plans, claiming they did not do enough. COAL MINE JOBS CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming coal mining lost 153 jobs last year with just over 5,530 workers e...

Based on comments received regarding a proposed rule, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week it will partially withdraw the proposal. Among other changes, the proposed rule would have consolidated regulations governing bovine tuberculosis and those governing brucellosis. Specifically, APHIS has announced withdrawal of portions of the proposed rule that would have affected provisions governing domestic brucellosis and tuberculosis programs. Those provisions were included in the proposed rule published December 16, 2015 (18 FR 78462). APHIS solicited comments for 90 days ending on March 15, 2016, and extended the deadline for comments until May 16, 2016. The agency received a total of 164 comments by that date, from captive cervid producers, cervid breeders' associations, cattle industry groups, State agriculture departments, State game and fish departments, veterinarians, representatives of foreign governments, and private citizens. The comme...

Debates are intensifying at the Montana Legislature over the state’s management of North America’s largest land mammal: the American bison. Some argue bison are a critical cultural, spiritual and historical resource. Others argue bison pose a threat to the health and well-being of cattle. Now, legislators are considering a number of bills that would decide where bison are allowed to graze, and which government entity gets to make that decision. Rep. Tyson Runningwolf, D-Browning is carrying one of those bills. It would allow bison to be transferred from Yellowstone to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. “Our beautiful state is embroiled in a management conundrum,” Runningwolf said when he presented his bill in committee last week. Bison populations were decimated in the early 1800s as Europeans moved west, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Native Americans had been hunting bison for centuries. Their hides and meat were staple resources for tribes, which became scarce ...

A change in protocol for the treatment of severe malaria has been announced by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency announced today that as of April 1, 2019, artesunate will become the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the United States. The new guidance was based upon the decision by the manufacturer of the antimalarial drug quindine, the only US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved intravenous (IV) antimalarial, to discontinue production of the drug. IV artesunate is the first-line World Health Organization-recommended treatment for severe malaria. According to the CDC, clinical studies have shown that IV artesunate is safe and well-tolerated. Additionally, it is reported that the drug can be administered to infants and children, as well as pregnant women during the second and third trimesters and during lactation. The announcement further indicates that “in the first trimester of pregnancy, the benefits of IV artesunate treatment out...

LIVERPOOL - OXFORD, 25 March 2019 A global team of researchers, led by a research team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), are calling for a review of drug-based strategies used to prevent malaria infections in pregnant women, in areas where there is widespread resistance to existing antimalarial medicines. Professor Feiko ter Kuile, an expert in malaria in pregnancy, recently worked with a multi-disciplinary team including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) and Duke University to complete the most comprehensive study to date of the impact of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) drug resistance on the effectiveness of intermittent preventative treatment (IPTp). Published today in Lancet Infectious Diseases , the results demonstrate that the clinical effectiveness of SP in protection of pregnant women against malaria is compromised in certain areas. The experts call for further urgent investigation int...

Syphilis cases are on the rise in Tarrant County even as chlamydia and gonorrhea are on the decline, a new report shows. Tarrant County ranked No. 2 among the nation’s counties in the percentage increase of syphilis cases from 2016 to 2017, according to a recent Health Testing Centers analysis of the 2017 STD Surveillance Report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “I would have expected Tarrant County to be more middle of the road,” said Dr. Nikhil K. Bhayani, an infectious disease specialist with Texas Health Resources . “This is pretty spread out.” But, he noted, “it’s a diverse county.” FLASH SALE! Unlimited digital access for $3.99 per month Don't miss this great deal. Offer ends on March 31st! #ReadLocal Across the country, nearly 2.3 million cases of the three STDs were diagnosed in 2017, according to the new report. “We are sliding backward,” Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB P...

BELMONT — April is Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness Month. Sexually transmitted diseases, now identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to rise each year. For the fourth year in a row, diagnoses of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis all increased sharply. There have been more than 200,000 cases than last year to be exact. This is not taking into account the many cases that continue to go undiagnosed and unreported. It is also important to consider several additional STIs such as human papillomavirus (HPV), herpes virus, and trichomoniasis which are not routinely reported. This year, Allegany County Department of Health has chosen the CDC’s campaign GYT: Get Yourself Tested. The GYT campaign is an empowering social movement to encourage young people to get tested and treated, as needed, for STIs and HIV. Although many STIs can have serious consequences if untreated, many people don't have symp...

Syphilis cases are on the rise in Tarrant County even as chlamydia and gonorrhea are on the decline, a new report shows. Tarrant County ranked No. 2 among the nation’s counties in the percentage increase of syphilis cases from 2016 to 2017, according to a recent Health Testing Centers analysis of the 2017 STD Surveillance Report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “I would have expected Tarrant County to be more middle of the road,” said Dr. Nikhil K. Bhayani, an infectious disease specialist with Texas Health Resources . “This is pretty spread out.” But, he noted, “it’s a diverse county.” FLASH SALE! Unlimited digital access for $3.99 per month Don't miss this great deal. Offer ends on March 31st! #ReadLocal Across the country, nearly 2.3 million cases of the three STDs were diagnosed in 2017, according to the new report. “We are sliding backward,” Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB P...

Over the past four years at Ithaca College, the number of students who have gone to the Hammond Health Center to test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has doubled, while the number of students testing positive has stayed relatively consistent. Ellyn Selin-Sellers, interim medical director of the Center for Counseling, Health and Wellness, said 51.7 percent more students were tested for g onorrhea in the 2017–18 academic year compared to the 2014–15 academic year ,  and the percentage of students testing positive for gonorrhea remained at 1 percent from 2014–15 to 2017–18. Gonorrhea is a bacterial infection that can infect both men and women and most often affects the urethra, rectum or throat. For chlamydia, the number of students who tested positive went from 8 percent during the 2014–15 academic year to 6 percent during the 2017–18 academic year. Selin-Sellers said 50.2 percent more students were tested for c hlamydia in 2017–18 compared to 2014–15. Ch...