Three Cases of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Identified Among Ohio Food Processing Workers
Three workers at Ohio food plants have drug-resistant tuberculosis. What does this mean?
A field investigation report describes a case series of 3 workers at two Ohio food processing facilities diagnosed with multidrug-resistant …
Three Ohio food plant workers have drug-resistant tuberculosis, a hard-to-treat infection that requires more investigation to understand the…
Updated clinical guidance issued for suspected e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury
Health officials update guidance for doctors treating vaping-related lung injuries
A guidance document provides updated clinical recommendations for health care professionals evaluating and caring for patients with suspecte…
CDC health officials updated guidance for doctors treating patients with lung injuries linked to vaping products.
Nivolumab with chemotherapy and bevacizumab shows improved 4-year survival in advanced nonsquamous NSCLC
Nivolumab combination shows long-term survival benefit in advanced lung cancer trial
A Phase III randomized controlled trial of 550 patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC found nivolumab with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and be…
Adding nivolumab to standard lung cancer treatment helped patients live longer, with 34.7% surviving four years compared to 22.1% on placebo…
Residential Ammonia Gas Release Leads to Emergency Visits and Hospitalizations
Residential ammonia gas leak leads to hospital visits and respiratory cases
A case report describes an accidental residential-area anhydrous ammonia gas release affecting an unspecified number of people.
An accidental ammonia gas leak in a residential area caused multiple emergency visits, hospitalizations, and serious respiratory failure in …
Utah EVALI case series describes patient characteristics and vaping practices
What did Utah's vaping lung injury patients have in common?
An observational case series described 83 Utah residents with confirmed or probable EVALI.
A Utah report details the vaping habits of 83 residents who suffered serious lung injuries, offering a crucial snapshot of the people caught…
US survey finds higher COPD prevalence in nonmetropolitan versus metropolitan areas
Why is COPD twice as common in rural America compared to cities?
A 2019 US observational survey of adults aged ≥18 years found the percentage with diagnosed COPD was higher in nonmetropolitan (8%) than met…
In 2019, adults living in nonmetropolitan areas were twice as likely to have diagnosed COPD compared to those in metropolitan areas.
U.S. tuberculosis incidence data reported for 2021 in observational analysis
What happened to tuberculosis rates in the US during the pandemic?
An observational report described tuberculosis incidence in the United States population for 2021.
A new report checks tuberculosis cases across the entire United States population for the year 2021.
Progress toward tuberculosis elimination in the United States has slowed
Why is progress against tuberculosis slowing down in the United States?
A report on tuberculosis elimination in the United States indicates that progress has slowed.
Progress toward eliminating tuberculosis in the United States has slowed, signaling that current efforts are no longer moving fast enough to…
215 possible severe pulmonary disease cases associated with e-cigarette use across 25 states
What's behind 215 possible cases of severe lung disease linked to vaping?
A surveillance report identified 215 possible cases of severe pulmonary disease associated with electronic cigarette use across 25 states.
Health officials report 215 possible cases of severe lung disease across 25 states linked to electronic cigarette use.
Interim guidance issued for evaluating patients with suspected vaping-associated lung injury
What should doctors do when vaping might be hurting someone's lungs?
A guidance document provides interim recommendations for healthcare providers evaluating and caring for patients with suspected e-cigarette,…
New CDC guidance helps doctors care for patients with suspected vaping lung injuries while experts continue to learn more about the cause an…
Global report assesses progress toward tuberculosis incidence reduction targets
Global health report examines progress toward tuberculosis reduction targets
A worldwide epidemiological report evaluated progress toward global tuberculosis incidence reduction targets.
A global health report tracks worldwide progress toward reducing tuberculosis cases and meeting international reduction targets.
Field investigation report describes pneumonic plague case(s) in Wyoming in 2021
What happened when pneumonic plague appeared in Wyoming?
A field investigation report describes a case or cases of pneumonic plague in Wyoming in 2021.
A 2021 case of pneumonic plague in Wyoming reminds us this ancient lung infection still circulates in western wildlife and can occasionally …