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(HealthDay)—There has been an age shift in positivity for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among women, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine . Harvey W. Kaufman, M.D., from Quest Diagnostics in Secaucus, New Jersey, and colleagues assessed trends in positivity over time using all Chlamydia trachomatis / Neisseria gonorrhoeae cotesting laboratory results from women and girls tested at Quest Diagnostics between 2010 and 2017 (aged 12 to 30 years; 17,794,680 patients). The researchers observed a declining trend in Chlamydia trachomatis positivity from 2010 to 2017 for the youngest age group (12 to 17 years; 17 percent decline) but increasing trends for women aged 18 to 24 years (21 percent increase) and 25 to 30 years (50 percent increase). Similarly, Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity trended downward from 2010 to 2017 for the youngest age group (12 to 17 years; 14 percent decline) but trended upward for wom...

Indonesia received a shipment of 500 ventilators from the U.S. Agency for International Development, Aug. 30, 2020. The Air Mobility Command transported them from Travis Air Force Base, California, to Jakarta, Indonesia. USAID also contracted with Korean Airlines to airlift 250 ventilators from the United States to Indonesia last week. On July 21, 100 ventilators were delivered to Indonesia. A final shipment of 150 is expected to be delivered sometime in September, which will bring the total to 1,000. Ventilators are an important clinical component in the treatment of many COVID-19 patients. "The Department of Defense is pleased to support the delivery of ventilators to our close partners in Indonesia," said Reed Werner, deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia.  The U.S. government's contribution of more than $12 million in COVID-19 assistance to Indonesia in addition to the 1,000 ventilators is testament to the strength of the relations...

Newswise — Baltimore, MD, August 31, 2018— Robert C. Gallo, MD , the Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine, Co-founder and Director of the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), and Man E. Charurat, PhD, MHS , Professor of Medicine, Director of the Division of Epidemiology & Prevention and CIHEB Global Director at the IHV, announced today that Shenghan Lai, MD, MPH and Hong Lai, PhD, MPH , in addition to three staff members, and two more to add, have joined the Institute of Human Virology. The faculty began their positions on April 1 with Professor and Associate Professor academic appointments in the UMSOM’s Department of Epidemiology & Public Health. Dr. Shenghan Lai was most recently Professor of Pathology, Radiology Epidemiology and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (JHM).  He began his research in HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in the late 1980s. His rese...

(Shutterstock) CASPER, Wyo. — Hunters who successfully harvest elk in certain Wyoming hunt areas are asked to help the Wyoming Game and Fish Department with their brucellosis surveillance efforts. Hunters who help collect blood samples have the chance to win outdoor gear prizes. Hunters who harvest elk in the following surveillance hunt areas are eligible for the raffle: Game and Fish Cody Region Wildlife Disease Biologist Eric Maichak says that brucellosis is a bacterial disease that is “widespread and common in elk and bison in the Greater Yellowstone area.”  Article continues below... “Cow elk, bison, or cattle exposed to large numbers of bacteria in aborted materials may in turn abort and further transmit the disease,” Maichak adds. “Brucellosis has been shown to slightly reduce pregnancy rates but not limit population size of elk.”  “Hunting seasons are designed to end before the risk of disease transmission is elevated after early February. We encour...

Dr. Donald Yorlets, 66, admitted that he conspired with two unnamed exporters to avoid disease testing requirements by falsely representing he tested every cow. HARRISBURG, Pa. — A 66-year-old New Oxford veterinarian has pleaded guilty in U.S. Middle District Court to defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $38,000 in lab expenses by submitting false blood samples for bovine disease and issuing false Certificates of Veterinary Inspection for the animals, according to U.S. Attorney David J. Freed. Dr. Donald Yorlets, 66, committed the acts of fraud between 2016 and 2019, Freed said. He pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson. Yorlets has been a Pennsylvania licensed veterinarian since 1981, according to Freed. Freed said federal law requires that each cow transported in interstate or international commerce be first tested for various bovine diseases, such as Bovine Tuberculosis, Brucellosis, Bovine Leucosis and Bovine Viral ...

(HealthDay)—There has been an age shift in positivity for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among women, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine . Harvey W. Kaufman, M.D., from Quest Diagnostics in Secaucus, New Jersey, and colleagues assessed trends in positivity over time using all Chlamydia trachomatis / Neisseria gonorrhoeae cotesting laboratory results from women and girls tested at Quest Diagnostics between 2010 and 2017 (aged 12 to 30 years; 17,794,680 patients). The researchers observed a declining trend in Chlamydia trachomatis positivity from 2010 to 2017 for the youngest age group (12 to 17 years; 17 percent decline) but increasing trends for women aged 18 to 24 years (21 percent increase) and 25 to 30 years (50 percent increase). Similarly, Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity trended downward from 2010 to 2017 for the youngest age group (12 to 17 years; 14 percent decline) but trended upward for wom...

A solution of clothianidin and another insecticide is sprayed on the walls of a home in Rwanda. © BAYER By Munyaradzi Makoni Aug. 31, 2020 , 12:20 PM An insecticide about to be widely deployed inside African homes to combat malaria-carrying mosquitoes is already losing its punch. Two years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green light for clothianidin, long used in agriculture to kill crop pests, to be added to the current mainstays of indoor mosquito control, which are losing their effectiveness as the insects develop resistance. Since then, many African countries have been laying plans to spray the walls of homes with the pesticide—it would represent the first new class of chemicals adopted for such use in decades—and looking anxiously for evidence of pre-existing resistance. Now, scientists at Cameroon’s Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) have found it. They recently sampled mosquitoes from rural and urban areas around Yaoundé, the cap...

An international team of scientists led by investigators at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the NIH has created the first cell atlas of mosquito immune cells to understand how the insects fight malaria, as well as other mosquito-borne infections. The mosquito host is essential for the malaria parasite to complete its lifecycle, so any disruption would dramatically reduce the transmission of one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Findings from the new study—published recently in Science through an article titled “ Mosquito cellular immunity at single-cell resolution “—discussed the discovery of new types of mosquito immune cells, including a rare cell type that could be involved in limiting malaria infection. The authors also identified molecular pathways implicated in controlling the malaria parasite. “We have carried out the first-ever large-scale survey of the mosquito immune system, and using single-cell sequencing technology, we found immune cell types and cell states that ha...

[NAIROBI] Implementing currently available tools for fighting malaria reduces the disease’s existing cases by 85 per cent but it is not enough to interrupt its transmission, a study says.   With the 2019 World Malaria Report estimating the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region to be having 93 per cent of the 228 million cases of malaria globally in 2018, eliminating the disease in Africa is a priority of the WHO and partners including governments.   The WHO encourages the use of tools such as insecticide-treated mosquito nets, indoor spraying with residual insecticides and antimalarial drugs administration. “The Magude project revealed that an intensive implementation of currently available tools recommended by the WHO can achieve major reductions in malaria transmission.” Beatriz Galatas, Barcelona Institute for Global Health However, the study that was conducted in in Southern Mozambique found that while malaria burden reduced with efforts such as building...

CLOSE A woman's swollen finger was actually a sign of tuberculosis. Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge has more. The claim: Respiratory disease tuberculosis is deadlier than COVID-19 but has not received the same public health measures or warnings   COVID-19 may be the latest, and most relevant, respiratory disease but the unprecedented concern is misleading, suggests a viral Facebook meme.   "10 million people contracted Tuberculosis last year. 1.5 million people DIED," the image declares. "Did you even know? Were you scared for your life?" The meme goes on to claim that preventative COVID-19 measures, such as mask-wearing, social distancing and closing down public spaces and businesses, have not been prioritized for tuberculosis despite its ongoing deadliness. Other memes posit a similar argument by comparing the deaths per day worldwide of tuberculosis versus COVID-19, allegedly a little over 3,000 to a mere 56. USA TODAY a...

Featured Articles New tuberculosis tests pave way for cow vaccination programs 31 August 2020 Skin tests that can distinguish between cattle that are infected with tuberculosis (TB) and those that have been vaccinated against the disease have been created by an international team of scientists. The traditional TB tuberculin skin test shows a positive result for cows that have the disease as well as those that have been vaccinated against the disease. By distinguishing between these two groups, the new tests will facilitate the implementation of vaccination programs that could considerably reduce the transmission of this infectious bacterial disease from cattle to cattle and humans. "TB kills more people globally than any other infectious disease. In fact, three people die every minute from the disease," said Vivek Kapur, professor of microbiology and infectious diseases and Huck Distinguished Chair in Global Health, Penn State. "What is less widely known is that c...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Due to the coronavirus pandemic, APLA Health has mounted its first-ever online only, digital AIDS Walk Los Angeles. ABC7 is a Grand Sponsor of the event, and broadcasted a special presentation of "Localish LA" focused on AIDS Walk L.A., Saturday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. on ABC7, abc7.com/live and the ABC7 Los Angeles app. Since 1985, hundreds of thousands of walkers and supporters have raised nearly $90 million in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County. This year, sponsors, individuals and teams are encouraged to "Get With the Programs." Digital participants will choose their "walk" from APLA Health's three primary service categories - Care, Support, and Education. Through their fundraising efforts, participants will see firsthand how they support the vital work of APLA Health. They will receive and distribute content directly tied to their "walk," and will be able to inspire their network to learn more abo...

In what may trigger a crisis in the coming months, the Union Health Ministry has announced 26% drop in tuberculosis notifications between January and June 2020 as compared to the previous year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown that ensued. This is likely to increase the number of tuberculosis cases and death in a big way – a public health worry, flagged by several studies in the last few months.    Follow latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here At a meeting of the Group of Ministers on Covid-19, headed by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday, the ministers were briefed on how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the revised national tuberculosis control programme and how the ministry now planned to overcome the challenge. While concurring with the concerns expressed by the ministry, the experts point out that the numbers may be even higher. “Compared to the last year, there is a 40% decline in tuberculosis notification between January and May. The b...

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An international study reveals how future climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa over the next century. Malaria is a climate sensitive disease; it thrives where it is warm and wet enough to provide surface water suitable for breeding by the mosquitoes that transmit it. For more than two decades now, scientists have suggested that climate change may alter the distribution and length of transmission seasons due to new patterns of temperature and rainfall. The burden of this disease falls primarily on Africa. In 2018, out of an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide, 93% were in the African continent. Detailed mapping of malaria transmission is vital for the distribution of public health resources and targeted control measures. In the past, rainfall and temperature observations have been used in malaria climatic suitability models to estimate the distribution and duration of annual transmission, including future projections. advertisement But factor...

A person at Morse High School was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and may have exposed students and staff according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). HHSA is working with San Diego Unified School District officials to notify those who were potentially exposed and provide TB testing. The dates of exposure are from February 28, 2020, to March 13, 2020. Morse High School is currently participating in social distancing protocols and onsite TB screening will not be available. Students who were identified as being potentially exposed to TB can get tested with their primary care provider. Students who do not have a medical provider should contact the HHSA TB Control Program at (619) 692-8621 to arrange to arrange an appointment for a free test. School teachers and staff will be provided testing by the San Diego Unified School District. TB is transmitted from person to person through indoor air during prolonged contact with an infectious person. Most...

While the world is still wrestling with the Covid-19 pandemic, a Chinese public health expert has warned of a spike in cases of the world’s most deadly infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB), as patients start seeking medical help again. Huang Fei, a researcher with the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday at a seminar hosted by a Peking University research center that the number of registrations of TB patients in China may suddenly increase in the short term. Many TB patients have been avoiding hospitals as medical resources were diverted for Covid-19 treatments or due to fears about contracting the coronavirus. According to Huang, the number of visits to TB clinics in the first three months of 2020 plunged by 260,000 from a peak of 800,000 in the previous quarter. He said there could be several reasons for the decline, including lockdowns and travel restrictions, TB medical resources being redeployed to treat Covid-19, and fewer patients seeing doctors ...

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists have created the first cell atlas of mosquito immune cells, to understand how mosquitoes fight malaria and other infections. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Umeå University, Sweden and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S., discovered new types of mosquito immune cells, including a rare cell type that could be involved in limiting malaria infection. They also identified molecular pathways implicated in controlling the malaria parasite. Published today in Science , the findings offer opportunities for uncovering novel ways to prevent mosquitoes from spreading the malaria parasite to humans and break the chain of malaria transmission. The atlas will also be a valuable resource for researchers trying to understand and control other mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue or Zika. Malaria is a life-threatening disease that affects more than 200 million people worldwide and caused an estimated 405,000 deaths in 2018 alone...