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There have been 126 more cases of illness added to an investigation into a Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled ground beef products from TBS Tolleson Inc.

CDC: Increase Seen in Salmonella Illnesses From Ground Beef

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246 people now sickened; 59 people have been hospitalized; no deaths reported to date
Data from patient- and family-reported error narratives indicate that problems related to patient-physician interactions are major contributors to diagnostic errors

Patient Experiences Shed Light on Diagnostic Errors

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Problems related to patient-physician interactions contribute to diagnostic errors
Combined treatment with glecaprevir and pibrentasvir is highly effective in treating chronic hepatitis C virus genotype-1 infections that failed to respond to direct-acting antiviral therapy

Option Found for Retreatment of Chronic Hep C Infection

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Glecaprevir + pibrentasvir effective for those who previously failed direct-acting antiviral treatment
Rising drug spending in the United States is being fueled by expensive name-brand prescription medicines

Name-Brand Medications Driving Spike in U.S. Drug Spending

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Greatest costs for Humira, Remicade, Enbrel, Novolog, and Neulasta
Investigations of hepatitis A outbreaks in four states in 2017 suggested a shift toward increasing person-to-person transmission of hepatitis A

2017 Hepatitis A Outbreaks Tied to Drug Use, Homelessness

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57 percent of patients with outbreak-associated hepatitis A reported drug use, homelessness, or both
Cases of a mysterious polio-like illness continue to mount in the United States

CDC Probe Continues as Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis Rise

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252 patients currently under investigation for AFM, an increase of 33 patients since last week
By collecting data on suicides by medical students

AMA to Collect Data on Suicide Among Doctors-in-Training

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Administration hopes to identify the systemic factors that contribute to this problem
The number of Americans with tickborne diseases reached a record high of nearly 60

CDC: Record Number of Tickborne Disease Cases in U.S. Last Year

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Most of those cases were Lyme disease
The antiviral agent fluoxetine is well tolerated but is not effective for patients with proven or presumptive enterovirus D68-associated acute flaccid myelitis

No Efficacy Signal for Fluoxetine in EV-D68 Acute Flaccid Myelitis

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Summative limb strength score decreased from initial examination to last follow-up with fluoxetine
The current Ebola outbreak in Congo is the worst in the country's recorded history

Ebola Outbreak Worst in Congo’s History

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Deaths include 163 confirmed Ebola cases, 35 probable cases