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Warning signs for the current smallpox outbreak may have been ignored. (STAT)
The CDC issued a travel warning for smallpox smallpox encouraging “improved precautions” after cases were reported in North America, Europe and Australia.
Roche announced that it has developed three PCR test kits to detect monkeypox virus.
The United States has a new dominant COVID-19 strain – BA.2.12.1 – a highly contagious underline of the omicron BA.2 subvariant that now accounts for 57.9% of all cases, according to CDC estimates .
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, as well as Lt. Gov. Denny Heck, both tested positive for COVID-19, as did U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). (Seattle Times, The Hill)
As of Thursday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial number of U.S. COVIDs was 83,697,199 cases and 1,004,558 deaths, up from 218,146 and 913, respectively, compared to that time Wednesday morning.
The Biden Administration, projecting that COVID infections will continue to spread during the summer travel season, announced additional steps to make nirmatrelvir / ritonavir (Paxlovid) more accessible. (ABC News)
The White House also reported the launch of the first test site to treat COVID with federal support.
According to an investigation report, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and other senior government leaders are to blame for the parties full of alcoholic beverages that violated the country’s COVID-19 blocking rules. (NPR)
A mouse study suggested that maraviroc (Selzentry), an FDA-approved drug used to treat HIV, may reverse middle-aged memory loss. (Nature)
The University of California system will pay nearly $ 700 million to women who say they have been sexually abused by a UCLA gynecologist over several decades. (AP)
The parents of a 4-year-old girl talked about their mysterious case of pediatric hepatitis that required a liver transplant, one of 180 similar cases being investigated in the US (Today)
Teva Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary nationwide withdrawal of a batch of anagrelide capsules, which are used to treat thrombocythemia secondary to myeloproliferative neoplasms, due to the failure of the dissolution test during routine stability tests.
Servier announced that ivosidenib (Tibsovo) was approved by the FDA in combination with azacitidine for certain patients with newly diagnosed IDH1 mutated acute myeloid leukemia.
A report by the American Medical Association shows that payers are not following the pre-authorization reforms agreed in 2018. (Fierce Healthcare)
The mass shooting in Buffalo earlier this month is a reminder that millions of Americans do not have easy access to grocery stores. (NPR)
COVID-era misinformation is leading a wave of parents to reject ordinary childhood vaccinations. (New York News)
The FDA issued a guide explaining the rules for states that want to import certain prescription drugs from Canada.
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Mike Bassett is a writer who focuses on oncology and hematology. It is headquartered in Massachusetts.