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News Scan for Sep 30, 2020

… Sep 30, 2020 Bullet points COVID-19 in cats, dogs New DRC Ebola case, allegations Body Cats and dogs susceptible to … animal model for COVID research.  Sep 29 PNAS study   Ebola infects 1 more in DRC as WHO probes sexual abuse reports In new Ebola developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …

News Scan for Apr 06, 2021

… 2021 Bullet points CARB-X funds for rapid STI test More Ebola cases in Guinea HPV vaccine in pregnancy Body CARB-X … pathogen. Apr 6 CARB-X press release   Four more Ebola cases reported in Guinea's outbreak Four more cases have been reported in Guinea's Ebola outbreak, raising the total to 23, the WHO African …

News Scan for May 06, 2014

… 2014 Bullet points Polio vaccination in Pakistan Guinea Ebola update Resistant Pseudomonas case Body Pakistan … May 5 CIDRAP News story on WHO declaration   Probable Ebola cases still rising in Guinea Guinea's cumulative case total for Ebola virus disease (EVD) has risen by 5 since last week, to …

News Scan for May 22, 2015

… News Scan for May 22, 2015 Bullet points More Ebola in West Africa New Qatar MERS case Raw tuna Salmonella Body Sierra Leone, Guinea report 10 more Ebola cases Sierra Leone has reported three more lab-confirmed Ebola infections in two different districts, while a case …

News Scan for Dec 18, 2015

… News Scan for Dec 18, 2015 Bullet points Ebola triage Zika in Honduras MERS-CoV on surfaces Body Report notes deficiencies of MSF Ebola triage system The criteria that Doctors without Borders … Sans Frontieres, or MSF) use in triaging West Africa Ebola patients resulted in more than a third of patients …

News Scan for Mar 30, 2016

… News Scan for Mar 30, 2016 Bullet points Ebola intervention impact Fecal transplant benefits Long-term … effects Body Case isolation, safe burial key to curbing Ebola in Sierra Leone A nationwide campaign to isolate 100% of Ebola cases and conduct all burial safely, alongside a global …

News Scan for Feb 08, 2016

… New Borrelia species More chikungunya cases Sierra Leone Ebola patient discharged Body Mayo researchers find new Lyme … Feb 5 PAHO update PAHO 2015 chikungunya numbers   Last Ebola patient in Sierra Leone released from hospital Sierra Leone's last remaining Ebola patient was recently discharged from a hospital, …

News Scan for Jun 28, 2018

… News Scan for Jun 28, 2018 Bullet points DRC Ebola contacts complete monitoring Water source in romaine E … ends for remaining contacts of DRC's last confirmed Ebola case The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) … of the countdown to the end of the nation's ninth Ebola outbreak. The end of the epidemic will be declared if a …

News Scan for Feb 08, 2021

… News Scan for Feb 08, 2021 Bullet points Ebola returns to DRC PAHO Candida auris alert Avian flu outbreaks Body DRC reports new Ebola case in earlier outbreak hot spot The Democratic … Republic of the Congo (DRC) yesterday announced a new Ebola case, its first since September, which involves a woman …

News Scan for Nov 09, 2022

… News Scan for Nov 09, 2022 Bullet points Uganda Ebola challenges Monkeypox case uptick Global vaccine market report Body Ebola spread to southern district adds to Uganda's challenges … government is making progress in its battle against Ebola, but he raised concerns about case detections outside …

News Scan for Feb 08, 2017

… News Scan for Feb 08, 2017 Bullet points Ebola in breast milk Drought as West Nile driver Varicella … cost analysis Body Study: Standard pasteurization kills Ebola virus in breast milk A recent study in the Journal of … Lactation showed that pasteurizing breast milk kills both Ebola and Marburg viruses. The research was done at the …

News Scan for Jul 15, 2016

… 2016 Bullet points Yellow fever spike Neuro problems in Ebola Preventing asymptomatic dengue HIV, hepatitis, TB in … city a top priority. Jul 15 WHO situation report   Study: Ebola virus in spinal fluid may explain neurologic changes Ebola virus (EBOV) was found in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …

News Scan for Jul 02, 2020

… News Scan for Jul 02, 2020 Bullet points Ebola in the DRC N95 respirator decontamination Promise for … COVID vaccine candidate Stroke risk in COVID-19 Body Fatal Ebola case reported in latest DRC outbreak One more Ebola case has been confirmed in an outbreak in the …

News Scan for Apr 27, 2015

… for dengue, RRVD Body New UNMEER leader appointed as Ebola cases increase United Nations (UN) Secretary-General … 25 appointed Peter Jan Graaff to lead the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), taking the place of Ismail … Graaff, from the Netherlands, had been working as the UN's Ebola crisis manager for Liberia since October. He has worked …

News Scan for Aug 02, 2018

… News Scan for Aug 02, 2018 Bullet points Ebola species in DRC Gaps in school crisis plans Rat lungworm … TB treatment Trump's science adviser Body DRC confirms Ebola species as Zaire in latest outbreak The Democratic … Congo's (DRC's) ministry of health confirmed that the new Ebola outbreak in the eastern reaches of the country is …

News Scan for Dec 22, 2020

… COVID impact on outpatient antibiotics FDA OKs 2nd Ebola treatment Body Researchers highlight sharp drop in US … Dec 22 Open Forum Infect Dis abstract   FDA approves Ebola treatment Ebanga for adults and children The Food and … ebolavirus infection. Similar to the first FDA-approved Ebola treatment, Inmazeb (REGN-EB3), the treatment blocks the …

News Scan for Sep 19, 2018

… News Scan for Sep 19, 2018 Bullet points DRC Ebola vaccination Smallpox vaccine sent to UK Childhood deaths worldwide Low global flu levels Body DRC Ebola vaccination drive tops 10,000 as cases hold steady As the number of Ebola cases and deaths held steady in the Democratic Republic …

News Scan for Aug 05, 2019

… News Scan for Aug 05, 2019 Bullet points Ebola cases rise steadily MERS case in Saudi Arabia Measles … and influenza Body DRC reports more daily double-digit Ebola rises The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw no let-up in Ebola cases over the weekend, reporting 39 new cases, which …

News Scan for Nov 08, 2022

… drug for COVID-19 Scrapie prions in deer Uganda Ebola cases rise Body 22% of kids with COVID-19 or MIS-C had … 8 J Infect Dis study   Cases and deaths rise in Uganda's Ebola outbreak Over the past few days, Uganda has reported 5 more Ebola cases, along with 5 new deaths, according to the latest …

News Scan for Sep 28, 2015

… News Scan for Sep 28, 2015 Bullet points Ebola in Sierra Leone New chikungunya cases Nigeria off … outbreak Meningitis vaccine trial Body Sierra Leone begins Ebola-free countdown Sierra Leone's last two Ebola patients were released from treatment yesterday, …

News Scan for Oct 25, 2018

… News Scan for Oct 25, 2018 Bullet points Four more DRC Ebola cases FSMA produce guidance Antibiotic overuse with RSV Body DRC Ebola total grows by 4 cases as college students support … marched through the city today to show support for the Ebola response. The ministry said students spent about 2 …

News Scan for Nov 15, 2018

… News Scan for Nov 15, 2018 Bullet points More DRC Ebola cases Promising new flu antiviral Salmonella and restaurant grades Body Three more Ebola cases, 1 death recorded in DRC The Democratic Republic … (DRC's) health ministry revised its tally of the ongoing Ebola outbreak today, noting three more cases and one …

News Scan for Nov 30, 2018

… News Scan for Nov 30, 2018 Bullet points Ebola in the DRC Avian flu in Minnesota, South Africa US flu continues rise Body Two more Ebola cases reported in DRC outbreak The Democratic Republic … of Congo (DRC) health ministry today reported two more Ebola cases, plus two more deaths, according to its daily …

News Scan for Jun 21, 2018

… News Scan for Jun 21, 2018 Bullet points More suspected DRC Ebola ACIP on flu, anthrax vaccines US food outbreak review … Body Influx of suspected, ruled-out cases continues in DRC Ebola outbreak In the latest development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak, the country's health ministry yesterday …

News Scan for Aug 20, 2019

… News Scan for Aug 20, 2019 Bullet points More DRC Ebola cases Flu lingering in Australia Broadly protective flu patch Fast-tracked Zika vaccine Body DRC Ebola total grows by 10; newly affected areas linked to Beni The rate of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) …

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