Reuters Health News Summary

Following is a summary of current health news briefs. London HIV patient becomes world's second AIDS cure hope

An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, his doctors said. Almost three years after receiving bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection - and more than 18 months after coming off antiretroviral drugs - highly sensitive tests still show no trace of the man's previous HIV infection. Eli Lilly seeks to quell drug price anger with cheaper insulin

Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced plans on Monday to sell a half-price version of its popular insulin injection Humalog, as it fends off criticism about rising drug prices in the United States. Major drugmakers including Lilly, a leading producer of insulin, have come under fire from patients and lawmakers over the rising cost of the life-saving medication used to treat diabetes. Vietnam calls for 'drastic measures' to fight African swine fever

Vietnam's prime minister has called for "drastic measures" to fight the spread of African swine fever in the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on Tuesday. The highly contagious disease, which is incurable in pigs but harmless to humans, has spread rapidly across neighboring China since August, and has been found in seven areas in Vietnam, the state-run Vietnam News Service reported. China urges crack down on concealing African swine fever: agriculture ministry

China needs to step up its prevention and control of African swine fever, said the agriculture ministry in a statement on Monday, as the disease continues to spread across the world's top pork-producing nation. Authorities should combat illegal activities such as concealing outbreaks, selling and arbitrarily disposing of sick and dead pigs, and feeding kitchen waste to pigs, said the ministry following a meeting with 18 other ministries. Kids with eczema may sleep poorly

Kids with eczema - even mild eczema - may be more likely to have poor quality sleep than children who don't have this common skin disorder, a UK study suggests. Eczema, also called atopic dermatitis, can lead to scaly, itchy rashes that keep kids up at night. But researchers don't have a clear picture of how eczema affects kids' ability to fall asleep, how often they awaken during the night, or how many total hours of rest they get. U.S. seeks to cut dialysis costs with more home care versus clinics

The Trump administration is working on a new payment approach for treating kidney disease that favors lower cost care at home and transplants, a change that would upend a dialysis industry that provides care in thousands of clinics nationwide. The goal is to reduce the $114 billion paid by the U.S. government each year to treat chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, a top area of spending. New wireless monitors will let parents cuddle fragile newborns

A new wireless system for monitoring the vital signs of the most fragile newborns - those born prematurely or with debilitating diseases - could make it easier for parents to have skin to skin contact with their babies, a preliminary study suggests. Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) typically have a large number of sensors attached to their skin, with wires emanating from them. The new system, which was tested in a study reported in Science, accomplishes monitoring through two ultrathin wireless sensors that transmit the baby's vital signs to a base where the information can be processed in real time. Measles vaccine doesn't cause autism, even in high-risk kids

The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine isn't associated with an increased risk of autism even among kids who are at high risk because they have a sibling with the disorder, a Danish study suggests. Concerns about a potential link between the MMR vaccine and autism have persisted for two decades, since a controversial and ultimately retracted 1998 paper claimed there was a direct connection. Even though subsequent studies haven't tied inoculation to autism, fear about the risk has weighed on parents so much in several communities across Europe and the U.S. that vaccination rates have been too low to prevent a spate of measles outbreaks. Exclusive: U.S. to issue meat company guidelines as recalls mount - official

The U.S. government plans to issue new guidelines for food companies as early as this week after an increase in recalls of meat and poultry products possibly containing metal, plastic and other foreign materials, a food-safety official said on Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will advise foodmakers to start internal investigations when they receive customer complaints and to notify the government within 24 hours if contaminated products are in the marketplace, Carmen Rottenberg, administrator of the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, said in an interview. China to stabilize livestock supplies amid disease outbreak: state planner

China's state planner pledged on Tuesday to resolutely control African swine fever, an incurable pig disease sweeping through the country's hog herd, while adding it will stabilize supplies of pigs and poultry. At the opening of the annual meeting of parliament, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) also said in its work report it will accelerate establishing support policies for agriculture in line with international rules.

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