In positive developments, Nigeria clears all remaining contacts, and the country’s index patient goes home from the hospital.
Kenya has logged 9 cases, including 2 deaths, since October.
The humanitarian organization MSF says anecdotal evidence suggests the vaccine may offer cross-protection against the Bundibugyo virus.
Also, the UK evacuates an infected health worker, and Kenya prepares to release all remaining quarantined contacts next week.
The Ebola case-fatality rate in the DR Congo is now over 50%.
The multistate Salmonella Telelkebir outbreak has sickened 28 people in 13 states.
Beginning November 3, international travelers to the US must attest they have not been in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently.
The gap between the diseases we fear and the actual dangers we face is significant. This Halloween, CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm outlines the public health threats that worry him most.
New Mexico opened a cattle crossing with Mexico this week, amidst new infections of the parasitic fly.
The second patient to die in Kenya was a close relative of the index patient.
