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News Scan for Jun 26, 2020

… News Scan for Jun 26, 2020 Bullet points Ebola emergency step-down Polio in 4 countries Body WHO declares end to DRC Ebola public health emergency The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) 10th Ebola outbreak—declared over by national health officials …

News Scan for Oct 20, 2015

… News Scan for Oct 20, 2015 Bullet points UK Ebola nurse improves CDC food outbreak tool Body Hospital upgrades nurse Ebola survivor's condition to serious but stable The … is hospitalized with neurologic complications following an Ebola infection has been upgraded from critical to serious …

News Scan for Feb 15, 2016

… points Hawaii declares emergency New chikungunya cases Ebola vaccine test in monkeys European Medical Corps formed … cases of the disease in the Americas. Feb 12 PAHO update   Ebola vaccine looks promising in monkey study An experimental Ebola virus vaccine based on a cytomegalovirus (CMV) provided …

News Scan for Jun 09, 2016

… News Scan for Jun 09, 2016 Bullet points Ebola-free status (again) Saudi MERS case Modern and ancient … anthrax in China Body WHO declares West Africa free of Ebola transmission Today the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Liberia free of Ebola transmission—meaning the last patient in the country …

News Scan for Sep 11, 2019

… News Scan for Sep 11, 2019 Bullet points More Ebola in the DRC HPV herd protection Fluoroquinolones and leaky heart valves Body DRC Ebola total grows by 7 more cases, to 3,091 Seven more confirmed Ebola infections were reported today in the Democratic …

News Scan for Oct 17, 2019

… News Scan for Oct 17, 2019 Bullet points More DRC Ebola MERS in Saudi Arabia Zika infection in France Lack of on-site STI antibiotics Body Officials note 1 new Ebola case but troubling developments in hot spot Today the … Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed one new case of Ebola in the ongoing outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri …

News Scan for Jul 09, 2019

… News Scan for Jul 09, 2019 Bullet points What fuels Ebola in DRC Pet treat Salmonella recall Global E coli burden … director-general, others warn of DRC instability fueling Ebola In an interview with The Guardian , World Health … of the Congo (DRC) is preventing an end to the current Ebola outbreak. "The root cause of the problem is lack of …

News Scan for Apr 04, 2014

… News Scan for Apr 04, 2014 Bullet points Ebola toll rises in Guinea Measles in Africa Sampling for bioterrorism Body Guinea reports more Ebola illnesses, three deaths Guinea has reported 10 more suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), along with three more deaths. …

News Scan for Apr 12, 2016

… News Scan for Apr 12, 2016 Bullet points Long-term Ebola complications Chikungunya in blood donors Avian flu in … Mexico Body Neurologic and optical symptoms persist in Ebola survivors New studies of Ebola's long-term effects in survivors found evidence of …

News Scan for May 18, 2016

… News Scan for May 18, 2016 Bullet points Ebola recurrence Turtles and Salmonella CDC disease tool upgrade Body Study: Fatal cases of Ebola after complete recovery rare Late death from Ebola disease in survivors of earlier episodes is very rare, …

WHA OKs new WHO health emergencies program

… biggest changes in WHO history. Infectious disease topics Ebola Pandemic Influenza Public Health Viral Hemorrhagic … stemming from the world's slow response to West Africa's Ebola outbreak and signifying one of the biggest changes in … program at next year's WHA. Reforms in the wake of Ebola response The WHO first unveiled the plan at its …
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WHO Ebola response

News Scan for Sep 01, 2016

… 2009 H1N1 risk for health workers Malaria in a time of Ebola Hepatitis cases rise Body Study: Risk of H1N1 during … handout of malaria drugs may have cut fever cases during Ebola The mass distribution of malaria drugs in Monrovia, … may have reduced malaria cases during the country's Ebola epidemic, even though uptake of the drugs was fairly …

News Scan for Jul 02, 2018

… 02, 2018 Bullet points H3N2v in Indiana MSF announces DRC Ebola activity transition Meningitis in the UK Body First … statement CDC H3N2 fact page   MSF announces handover of Ebola activities to DRC and its partners Doctors Without … in Equateur Province, said in a press release, "This Ebola outbreak is not officially over, but we are very …

News Scan for Jan 17, 2020

… News Scan for Jan 17, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola cases More polio in 7 countries Millennials forgo flu vaccine US animal import database Body One new Ebola case reported in DRC According to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard, officials in the Democratic Republic of the …

News Scan for Apr 13, 2020

… News Scan for Apr 13, 2020 Bullet points More Ebola in DRC Heartland virus cases Yellow fever in South Sudan Body DRC reports another new Ebola death The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a second new Ebola case, which involves an 11-month-old girl who was …

Panel suggests separate WHO subgroup for outbreaks

… outbreaks and emergencies. Infectious disease topics Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Public Health Body An expert … reforms are needed in light of gaps revealed by the Ebola outbreak recently released its initial findings, which … Jul 21 with David Nabarro, MD, the United Nations' special Ebola representative, as its chair. In the lead-up to its …
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News Scan for Dec 14, 2017

… News Scan for Dec 14, 2017 Bullet points Long-lasting Ebola antibodies Meningitis C in Nigeria Bangladesh diphtheria outbreak Body Ebola survivors have antibodies—even neutralizing ones—40 … years on Survivors of the first reported outbreak of Ebola still harbor detectable antibodies to the virus 40 …

News Scan for Feb 28, 2020

… News Scan for Feb 28, 2020 Bullet points No new DRC Ebola cases US candidemia burden Body WHO marks week with no new Ebola cases in DRC No new cases of Ebola were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

News Scan for Jan 07, 2020

… News Scan for Jan 07, 2020 Bullet points Ebola in DRC Bacterial infections in drug users Body Ebola case count hits 3,391 in DRC After some fluctuations, … the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard shows a case count of 3,391 today, with a …

News Scan for Jul 17, 2015

… points Prolonged hospital MERS spread Call for better WHO Ebola response Body Study indicates 5-month hospital … Health Organization's (WHO's) response to West Africa's Ebola epidemic failed to adequately address the problems in … not analyze why previous funding calls went unheeded, how Ebola might present unique challenges, or why IHR …

News Scan for Apr 11, 2014

… News Scan for Apr 11, 2014 Bullet points MSF Ebola site resumes Ionizing radiation for seafood Body MSF resumes treatment center work at Ebola protest site Doctors without Borders (Medecins Sans … Fronteires, or MSF) said it resumed treating patients with Ebola infections at a center in the Guinea city of Macenta …

News Scan for Jul 17, 2020

… News Scan for Jul 17, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola case Polio in 4 countries Body Another case added to DRC Equateur Ebola outbreak total One more Ebola case has been reported in the Democratic Republic of …

News Scan for Jul 19, 2018

… protection FDA mulls sole-source drug supply Evaluating Ebola vaccine Ebola medical treatments HPV vaccine in boys, men Body UK … drug shortages "   Use of vaccine may have shortened DRC's Ebola outbreak, experts say The Ebola outbreak in the …

News Scan for May 03, 2016

… News Scan for May 03, 2016 Bullet points MERS case in Qatar Ebola countdown restarts Body MERS case reported in Qatar … Qatari case   Last patient in West Africa's recent Ebola cluster ends treatment Liberia's final Ebola patient was recently discharged from a treatment center …

News Scan for Jun 20, 2018

… News Scan for Jun 20, 2018 Bullet points New suspected Ebola cases Modified malaria mosquitoes Body Ebola in DRC: 5 more suspected cases in Iboko The Democratic … health ministry reported five more suspected cases of Ebola in Iboko health zone, as lab testing ruled out seven …

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