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This week’s Public Health News Watch focuses on recent claims in the media that the budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration will have a negative impact on healthcare outcomes and patient safety.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers provide insight on how HCV evades the human immune response and why developing an HCV vaccine has been difficult.

Guidelines for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine include recommendations on which populations of individuals should receive either the 2-dose or 3-dose regimen.

A new study shows a significant reduction in rates of pneumococcal bacteremia in young children since the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

Contagion® takes a closer look at how Staphylococcus aureus infections continue to plague professional sports players.

As emerging infectious diseases and resistant bugs become a growing issue, the need for stronger disinfectants becomes even more vital.

Today is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD), a day dedicated to promoting awareness of the impact that HIV/AIDS has on Native communities, particularly American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

Researchers recently examined whether or not some virus families are better able to jump across species boundaries and emerge in new hosts than others.

A new study finds that patients with heart failure, obesity, are at increased risk of failing oral antibiotic therapy for skin and soft tissue infections.

In case you missed them, our top 5 articles for the week of March 12, 2017 are highlighted here.

According to the team’s research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, H. pylori uses a unique biosynthetic pathway to synthesize vitamin K2, which is essential to many vital chemical reactions that keep the organism alive.

The first international Open Science Prize has been awarded to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Basel researchers for a software tool that is capable of tracking viral disease outbreaks.

CDC researchers found that not only is the proportion of US food that is imported is increasing, but the number of food-borne disease outbreaks associated with imported foods is also increasing.

A study suggests that heavy drinkers receiving treatment injections for their condition may be more susceptible to acquiring an antibiotic-resistant infection with Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens, which can be fatal.

CDC researchers examine STD services and confidentiality issues among individuals between 15 and 25 years of age and find that not spending time alone with a healthcare provider, without a parent in the room, may limit use of STD services for some youths.

Adherence with HIV therapy regimens remains difficult for some patients. Nurse-delivered interventions can increase adherence, reduce disease costs, and extend the lifespan in an HIV-infected population.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, residents in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties have been at an increased risk of contracting Zika virus, since June 15, 2016.

Research conducted by Duke University biomedical Engineers finds that an avirulent strain of Salmonella typhimurium may be able to deliver life-saving treatments directly to the cells in glioblastoma tumors.

Researchers posit that increased direct-acting antiviral (DAA) coverage can work to completely eradicate hepatitis c virus (HCV) in some populations of HIV-positive coinfected patients.

The United States has likely seen its flu season peak, although health officials around the country are issuing reminders that new illnesses and flu-related deaths may continue for several weeks.

On March 5, 2017, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) in Atlanta, Georgia, researchers from Rush University presented findings on the efficacy of a new guideline, which aimed to detect whether self-reported beta-lactam allergies were, in essence, unpleasant side-effects to the drugs.

This week’s public health news watch focuses on the President Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Gottlieb, MD, as the next commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration.

Studies show that there are about 69 factors that affect gut bacteria directly, including alcohol consumption and chocolate preference

As healthcare-associated infections continue to be life-threatening, Clorox Healthcare continues to provide bacteria- and virus-killing products that aim to reduce the risk of infection.

It has been reported that the new healthcare reform bill could eviscerate the US Department of Health and Human Service’s Prevention and Public Health Fund, which, among other things, funds roughly 12% of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s budget.

Researchers remind us that the Zika virus infection does not only cause complications in developing fetuses, after reports identified that nine patients from Venezuela presented with cardiovascular complications linked with the mosquito-borne infection.

Hepatitis C virus is the world’s most prevalent blood-borne viral infection for which a vaccine does not exist. To eliminate HCV infection on a global scale, experts argue that vaccine development needs to become a public health priority.

The past few weeks have been busy with avian influenza activity from Tennessee to China.

Dental plaque may be a culprit in the development of pneumonia, but better oral health can mitigate that risk both in ventilated hospital patients and in healthy individuals.

On March 5, 2017, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), Gary Huang, MD, PhD, explained his research team's findings regarding self-reported allergy to drugs containing β-lactams.