Health

Two Nipah Cases in West Bengal Spur Airport Screening Across Asia

India says a two-case Nipah cluster is contained, but airports from Bangkok to Hong Kong revived thermal screening and health forms amid COVID-era jitters.

#nipah, #india, #airportscreening, #publichealth, #outbreak

Measles outbreak in South Carolina’s Upstate reaches 789 cases, largest U.S. surge since 2000

A fast-growing measles outbreak centered in Spartanburg County has sickened 789 people, mostly unvaccinated children, prompting quarantines and national concern.

#measles, #vaccines, #southcarolina, #publichealth, #outbreak

Ethiopia Declares First Marburg Outbreak Over After Rapid Response and Vaccine Trial

Ethiopia ends its first Marburg outbreak after 14 confirmed cases. Contact tracing, safe burials and trials of experimental vaccine and therapies aided control.

#ethiopia, #marburg, #outbreak, #who, #vaccines

U.S. Completes Withdrawal From WHO, Ending 78-Year Membership

The U.S. says it has finished leaving the World Health Organization, raising legal and funding questions and warnings about weakened global disease response.

#who, #publichealth, #pandemic, #globalhealth, #uspolicy

New FDA-Approved Nasal Spray Aims to Let PSVT Patients Treat Rapid Heart Rhythm at Home

Milestone’s CARDAMYST, an etripamil nasal spray, is hitting U.S. pharmacies, offering some PSVT patients a fast, self-administered alternative to ER care.

#health, #cardiology, #fda, #pharmaceuticals, #arrhythmia

Judge to Consider $12.9 Million Anthem Settlement Over Denied Residential Mental Health Coverage

A federal judge in Brooklyn will weigh a $12.9 million deal to resolve claims Anthem used overly strict rules to deny residential mental health care.

#mentalhealth, #insurance, #classaction, #erisa, #parity

AI Trained on Smartphone Signals Forecasts Anxiety, Depression in College Students, Study Finds

Preprint using five years of Dartmouth smartphone data finds transformer models can predict week-ahead anxiety and depression—raising privacy questions.

#mentalhealth, #ai, #smartphones, #privacy, #college

SAMHSA Abruptly Ends, Then Restores, Nearly $2 Billion in Mental Health and Addiction Grants

A late-night federal email terminated thousands of SAMHSA grants, sparking panic among providers. The agency reversed course within 24 hours.

#mentalhealth, #addiction, #samhsa, #opioidcrisis, #federalgrants

Medical Groups Ask Judge to Block CDC’s Overhaul of Childhood Vaccine Schedule

Doctors’ groups seek an injunction after CDC shifted several childhood shots from routine status, sparking confusion, legal claims and a Feb. 13 hearing.

#vaccines, #cdc, #pediatrics, #publichealth, #court

Trump administration briefly moved to cancel nearly $2 billion in SAMHSA mental health grants before reversing course

Late-night termination emails rattled clinics nationwide before HHS reversed a plan to end nearly $2 billion in SAMHSA grants, raising stability concerns.

#mentalhealth, #samhsa, #hhs, #grants, #addiction

After One Baby’s Custom CRISPR Rescue, a Startup Bets on Made-to-Order Gene Editing

A one-off CRISPR therapy saved a baby with a lethal mutation. Now a Doudna-backed startup and a new FDA pathway aim to scale bespoke gene medicines.

#crispr, #geneediting, #rarediseases, #fda, #biotech

Flu Hospitalizations Surge as Drifted H3N2 Variant Spreads, Raising Questions on Vaccine Match

CDC estimates 15M flu illnesses and 180K hospitalizations so far, driven by a drifted H3N2 strain as debate grows over childhood shots.

#flu, #influenza, #vaccines, #cdc, #publichealth

CRISPR-Edited ‘Off-the-Shelf’ CAR-T Cells Show Early Promise Against Recurrent Glioblastoma in Small China Trial

In a five-patient phase 1 study, intrathecal CRISPR-edited donor CAR-T cells appeared safe and shrank recurrent high-grade gliomas.

#glioblastoma, #cart, #crispr, #immunotherapy, #clinicaltrials

South Carolina measles outbreak tops 300 cases, spreads beyond state lines

A 310-case measles outbreak centered in Spartanburg County is driving school quarantines, testing vaccine rules, and seeding cases in nearby states.

#measles, #vaccines, #southcarolina, #publichealth, #outbreak

Anthem to Pay $12.9 Million to Settle Claims It Wrongly Denied Residential Mental Health Care

Nearly 19,000 members could get payments under a $12.875 million Anthem settlement over alleged overly strict rules denying residential treatment.

#mentalhealth, #insurance, #classaction, #erisa, #parity