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News Scan for Nov 11, 2021

… vaccines and cancer patients Trial of multi-strain Ebola vaccine Body Tests reveal much higher COVID rate in … to controls. Nov 10 J Clin Oncol study   Multivalent Ebola vaccine enters clinical trial Oxford University today announced the launch of a multivalent (multi-strain) Ebola virus vaccine, which targets the two species likely to …

News Scan for Apr 29, 2014

… News Scan for Apr 29, 2014 Bullet points More Ebola cases in Guinea Youth anthrax guidance Food safety funding Body Guinea reports six more Ebola cases Guinea's health ministry has reported six more cases in the country's Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, lifting the total to 224, …

News Scan for Apr 03, 2014

… News Scan for Apr 03, 2014 Bullet points Ebola deaths in Liberia US West Nile monitoring LA County meningitis alert Body Liberia's Ebola deaths rise to seven A Liberian health official said … deaths have been reported among suspected and confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, raising the number so far to …

News Scan for Oct 05, 2015

… News Scan for Oct 05, 2015 Bullet points Ebola emergency kept in place Good results for new malaria … drug More chikungunya cases Body WHO committee continues Ebola emergency, temporary measures An emergency committee … to advise the World Health Organization (WHO) on Ebola outbreak response steps met for the seventh time last …

Liberia illness cluster grows as officials await toxicology results

… finds no common pattern. Infectious disease topics Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Misc Emerging Topics Body Two … raising the total to 11, and though tests have ruled out Ebola, authorities are eyeing foodborne or waterborne … new cases have been reported since Apr 28. Twelve patients Ebola-negative In a similar update from the World Health …
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Mysterious hemorrhagic fever in Angola has killed 39

… announced on Mar 17. Infectious disease topics Dengue Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Yellow Fever West Nile Body Mar … fevers is causing the deaths. Among the most infamous is Ebola, which has case-fatality rates of 50% to 90%. While the … bloody discharge, and high fever—resemble those of Ebola, the age distribution does not, said Dick Thompson, a …
 

News Scan for Feb 18, 2020

… News Scan for Feb 18, 2020 Bullet points DRC Ebola case Measles in Africa High global flu levels Body Ebola case count hits 3,433 in DRC The World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard shows a case count of 3,433 today, with a …

News Scan for Aug 28, 2020

… News Scan for Aug 28, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola case More Salmonella tied to peaches Polio in 6 countries Body New DRC Ebola case brings outbreak total to 107, including 47 deaths One more Ebola infection has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic …

News Scan for Sep 03, 2020

… News Scan for Sep 03, 2020 Bullet points DRC Ebola case Onion Salmonella outbreak grows Equine encephalitis case in Wisconsin Body Ebola sickens 1 more in DRC outbreak, 110 total, 47 fatal One more Ebola case has been reported in the Democratic Republic of …

News Scan for Aug 12, 2020

… News Scan for Aug 12, 2020 Bullet points More Ebola in the DRC EPA nod for new insect repellent Body Ebola sickens 5 more in the DRC; cases now total 84, with 36 … Republic of Congo (DRC) have confirmed five more Ebola cases in the Equateur province outbreak, lifting the …

News Scan for Aug 16, 2016

… News Scan for Aug 16, 2016 Bullet points Malaria may boost Ebola survival Scallop hepatitis A source Inhaled vs … virus Venezuela malaria spike Body Study reveals better Ebola survival in patients with malaria co-infections Patients infected with the Ebola virus were 20% more likely to survive if they were …

News Scan for Sep 04, 2019

… News Scan for Sep 04, 2019 Bullet points More Ebola cases, deaths Pharmacist-led outpatient stewardship VRE … Cultural influence on prescribing Body DRC confirms 6 more Ebola cases as schools open Health officials in the … Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed 6 more Ebola infections, raising the overall outbreak total to …

News Scan for Dec 21, 2015

… Dec 21, 2015 Bullet points Two Chipotle E coli outbreaks Ebola test, lessons learned More avian flu in France New … in the week before they became ill. Dec 21 CDC update   Ebola studies note utility of sequencing test, lessons learned in Netherlands Separate Ebola studies published late last week in Emerging Infectious …

News Scan for Jun 30, 2017

… for Jun 30, 2017 Bullet points Flu vaccine in kids PPE for Ebola Powassan virus infection Legionnaires' outbreak Body … the disease. Jun 29 Vaccine abstract   Wet PPE allows more Ebola virus penetration than dry, study finds A study … personal protective equipment (PPE) allowed Ebola virus to penetrate the material 33% of the time, …

News Scan for Jun 10, 2016

… News Scan for Jun 10, 2016 Bullet points Ebola in macaques More Elizabethkingia UAE MERS study H5N1 in Nigeria Body Study: Low-dose, natural-route Ebola fails to cause disease in macaques Low doses of the Makona strain of Ebola failed to cause disease, tissue lesions, or high viral …

News Scan for Nov 06, 2017

… Strep burden, resistance threat Salmonella probe ends Ebola susceptibility MDR-TB in Minnesota Body Supplement …   New study to investigate genetic susceptibility to Ebola The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious … prospective study to examine the role genes may play in Ebola virus. The study is based in Liberia, and will enroll …

News Scan for Mar 27, 2020

… for Mar 27, 2020 Bullet points US flulike illness climbs Ebola in DRC Polio in 5 nations Malaria group urges steps … deaths. Mar 27 CDC FluView report   Stretch with no new Ebola cases continues for DRC In its latest weekly update … Health Organization (WHO) marked another week with no new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR …

News Scan for Aug 18, 2020

… News Scan for Aug 18, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola infection Plague case in California Citywide school flu vaccination EEE in Massachusetts Body Ebola infects 1 more in the DRC; outbreak total at 89 cases, 37 deaths One more Ebola illness and one more death from the virus have been …

WHA wraps up with resolutions on emergency response reforms, antimicrobial resistance

… states clear the way for changes prompted by gaps in the Ebola crisis response. Infectious disease topics Antimicrobial Stewardship Ebola Polio Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Body The World Health … for global health response reforms prompted by gaps in the Ebola crisis and making progress on other infectious disease …
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News Scan for Jun 26, 2015

… News Scan for Jun 26, 2015 Bullet points Ebola rapid test Asymptomatic MERS in UAE EV-C105 and flaccid paralysis Cholera on Hispaniola Body Ebola rapid test performs well in first field test The first field trial of a rapid, point-of-care test for Ebola infection found that it was as accurate as conventional …

News Scan for Jul 20, 2017

… Scan for Jul 20, 2017 Bullet points Produce safety funds Ebola risk factors Zika, GBS link Body FDA announces more … press release   Age, viral load may predict mortality in Ebola patients Being under the age of 5 years, over 45, and … are all associated with an increased risk of death from Ebola, according to a study yesterday in PLoS Neglected …

News Scan for Aug 24, 2016

… for Aug 24, 2016 Bullet points Favipiravir benefits for Ebola Polio emergency continues Body Study suggests favipiravir benefits for Ebola patients A trial of the antiviral drug favipiravir in Ebola patients during Sierra Leone's outbreak suggests that …

News Scan for Mar 28, 2018

… flu in South Africa, Cambodia High-dose favipiravir for Ebola Body South Africa reports more H5N8 outbreaks; H5N1 … study suggests high-dose favipiravir might be useful for Ebola In trials involving nonhuman primates, high doses of … the antiviral drug favipiravir helped the animals survive Ebola infection, a research team based in France reported …

News Scan for Dec 14, 2015

… Acute gastroenteritis in the US More chikungunya cases Ebola and bleeding Body CDC notes norovirus common culprit in … St. Martin in the Caribbean. Dec 11 PAHO update   Study: Ebola in West Africa tied to less bleeding than in earlier … Italian and UK scientists analyzed data from 5 studies on Ebola cases in West Africa and 10 on previous outbreaks in …

News Scan for Jul 22, 2020

… News Scan for Jul 22, 2020 Bullet points More Ebola in the DRC Multistate Salmonella outbreak Body Ebola sickens 2 more in DRC Equateur outbreak, 62 total, with 27 deaths Two more Ebola infections were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of …

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