Ebola News

• Third Ebola Patient Dies in Northwest Democratic Republic of Congo The third Ebola patient in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo has died, the World Health Organization said on Friday, the latest fatality in an outbreak first reported last month.
  Reuters Health Information, May 06, 2022
• Third Ebola Case Confirmed in Northwest Congo, WHO Says Health authorities have confirmed a third Ebola case in the city of Mbandaka in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2022
• Climate Change May Drive Spread of Viruses Among Mammals As different species come into contact with each other for the first time, about 4,000 viruses will move from one species to another.
  WebMD Health News, May 02, 2022
• Congo Starts Ebola Vaccinations to Stem Outbreak in Northwest, WHO Says The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off Ebola vaccinations to stem an outbreak in the northwest city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, April 27, 2022
• Second Ebola Patient Dies in Northwestern Congo, WHO Says A second Ebola patient has died in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, days into a fresh outbreak of the deadly disease.
  Reuters Health Information, April 26, 2022
• New Ebola Outbreak Declared in Democratic Republic of Congo The case was confirmed in a 31-year-old man, who began showing symptoms on April 5 and went to a local health facility after being sick at home for more than a week. He died last Thursday.
  WebMD Health News, April 25, 2022
• Moderna Plots Vaccines Against 15 Pathogens Moderna said on Monday it plans to develop and begin testing vaccines targeting 15 of the world's most worrisome pathogens by 2025.
  Reuters Health Information, March 08, 2022
• How the World Health Organization Might Face Future Pandemics Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics will begin at the World Health Organization, with a target date of May 2024 for a treaty to be adopted by the UN health agency's member countries.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2022
• 'In the Presence of Kindness': Humanitarian Paul Farmer Dies Farmer spent his adult life focused on global health. He died Monday in Rwanda at age 62.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2022
• New Nanosensor Assay Detects Viruses Like SARS-CoV-2 and Ebola Will "Nano2RED" prove to be better than old standbys ELISA and PCR?
  Medscape Medical News, February 14, 2022
• Testes May 'Serve as Viral Sanctuary' for SARS-CoV-2: Small Study Questions arise as to whether COVID-19 could be spread by semen. If larger studies support the conclusions, the findings could have implications for reproductive health.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2022
• ACIP Recommends Universal HBV Vaccination for Adults Under 60 Will the universal recommendation help reinvigorate stalling declines in hepatitis B infections over the past decade?
  Medscape Medical News, November 04, 2021
• Babies Are Dying of Syphilis. It's 100% Preventable. The United States' inability to curb a treatable sexually transmitted disease shows the failures of a cash-strapped public health system. Increasingly, newborns are paying the price.
  ProPublica, November 01, 2021
• Three New Ebola Cases Confirmed in Eastern Congo Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total to five in the last 10 days, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, October 18, 2021
• Second Ebola Case Confirmed in Eastern Congo, Health Official Says A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo, a health official said on Thursday, a week after a young boy died of the disease.
  Reuters Health Information, October 14, 2021
• New Ebola Case Confirmed in Eastern Congo: Lab Report A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an internal report on Friday from the national biomedical laboratory, 5 months after the end of the most recent Ebola flare-up.
  Reuters Health Information, October 08, 2021
• 10 Lessons Learned From the Pandemic, and a Way Forward: Report A new report claims better federal government coordination is needed, along with an improved public health infrastructure, more tests, and better data on critical supplies.
  Medscape Medical News, September 20, 2021
• Guinea Declares End of Marburg Virus Outbreak An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Guinea is officially over, health authorities said on Thursday, less than six weeks since West Africa's first ever case of the disease was detected.
  Reuters Health Information, September 16, 2021
• Ivory Coast Ebola Patient Recovers, Beginning Countdown to End of Outbreak A woman in Ivory Coast who earlier this month tested positive for the Ebola virus has recovered, allowing the country to begin a 42-day countdown to declaring an end to the outbreak, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 25, 2021
• Humanitarians Push to Vaccinate in Conflict Zones Pandemic ceasefires offer an opportunity to expand vaccination efforts, experts say. But negotiation is tricky.
  Undark, August 25, 2021