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News Scan for Feb 28, 2017

… 28, 2017 Bullet points Zika study rejected Asymptomatic Ebola MERS cases CEPI names CEO Biosecurity lab in China Body … challenge studies   Sierra Leone study finds asymptomatic Ebola infections uncommon Asymptomatic Ebola infections are uncommon even in highly exposed people …

News Scan for Jul 18, 2016

… Zika pregnancy lab findings MERS family cluster probe Ebola vaccine developments HPV vaccine safety Body …   Groups report early results in animals for two candidate Ebola vaccines Two companies recently announced promising findings from early animal studies for Ebola vaccine candidates, one of them a heat-stable subunit …

News Scan for Feb 23, 2016

… 2016 Bullet points HPV vaccine effect Saudi MERS illness Ebola complications in UK nurse More sproutbreak cases US … Saudi MOH update   UK nurse hospitalized a third time for Ebola complications A Scottish nurse infected with Ebola in December 2014 after working in Sierra Leone has been …

News Scan for Feb 10, 2020

… News Scan for Feb 10, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola case MERS in Saudi Arabia E-nudge to cut C diff testing … spikes Multiple avian flu outbreaks Body Only 1 new Ebola case recorded in past 4 days According to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard, only one new case of Ebola has been recorded …

News Scan for Jan 13, 2020

… News Scan for Jan 13, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola cases More CWD in Minnesota Mandatory vaccination in Europe Avian flu in 3 nations Body Five new cases of Ebola in DRC The World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard reflects 5 new cases of the viral disease …

News Scan for Jul 14, 2014

… points CDC handling of anthrax agent More West Africa Ebola Moral debt for Haiti cholera Tattoo product recall Body … committee hearing notice House hearing Webcast link   Ebola case reported in Sierra Leone capital as outbreak … Health officials in Sierra Leone have confirmed the first Ebola virus disease (EVD) case in Freetown, the country's …

News Scan for Nov 03, 2015

… News Scan for Nov 03, 2015 Bullet points Ebola travel updates Axing vaccine refusers H5N2 in Taiwan, … Africa West Nile hits birds hard Body CDC scales back Ebola travel advisories for Sierra Leone, Liberia The US … travel warnings for both Sierra Leone and Liberia, with Ebola activity continuing at zero weekly cases in both …

News Scan for Feb 03, 2017

… H7N9 cases in Sichuan H5N5 in swans in Poland Predicting Ebola severity Body New H7N9 cases confirmed in Sichuan … Feb 3 OIE report on H5N8 in Poland   New scale predicts Ebola severity, outcomes Researchers who treated patients in Sierra Leone during the 2013-2015 Ebola outbreak published a study yesterday in PLoS Neglected …

News Scan for Nov 20, 2018

… News Scan for Nov 20, 2018 Bullet points Ebola in the DRC More measles in NY, NJ Saudi MERS details … shows early promise Body Another death reported in DRC's Ebola outbreak In its daily update on its Ebola outbreak, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) …

News Scan for Apr 06, 2018

… California measles cluster Polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan Ebola household spread UK antibiotic Rx letter Body San … to interrupt transmission the virus. Apr 3 GPEI update   Ebola household study identifies risk factors for … A study to tease out factors associated with the spread of Ebola in households found the deaths of the index case and …

News Scan for Oct 11, 2022

… Global long-COVID estimates Length of Omicron positivity Ebola death in Uganda's capital Body New global estimate … wrote. Oct 10 JAMA Netw Open study   Uganda confirms Ebola death in Kampala Health officials in Uganda today said … in the country's capital of Kampala were positive for Ebola, according to the BBC, which cited health ministry …

News Scan for Oct 13, 2022

… adversities amid COVID US monkeypox totals Uganda to try 2 Ebola vaccines Body 3 of 4 US high school students report bad … press release Oct 12 Exp Dermatol study   Uganda to test 2 Ebola vaccines during current outbreak The Uganda Ministry of … announced that it will try two vaccines against the Sudan Ebola strain currently causing cases in that country. The …

News Scan for Oct 26, 2022

… News Scan for Oct 26, 2022 Bullet points Uganda Ebola cases top 100 COVID variants and airborne virus Omicron BA.2 severity Body Uganda's widening Ebola outbreak tops 100 cases; more deaths reported Uganda's … health ministry today reported 14 more lab-confirmed Ebola cases, pushing the outbreak total to 109. Health …

News Scan for May 12, 2021

… antibiotics Improper antibiotics for COVID-19 Proactive Ebola vaccination in Sierra Leone Body Waiting room video … May 11 PLOS One study   Sierra Leone launches preventive Ebola vaccine drive near Guinea border An Ebola vaccination campaign using the Johnson & Johnson …

News Scan for Feb 27, 2020

… Bullet points MERS case in Saudi Arabia E coli sproutbreak Ebola vaccine for US health workers Flu vaccine for kids with … recent E coli , Salmonella outbreaks "   ACIP recommends Ebola vaccinations for at-risk healthcare workers Healthcare and laboratory workers at risk of exposure to Ebola should be vaccinated against the virus, the CDC's …

News Scan for Apr 07, 2020

… Protection with cell-culture flu vaccine Violence in Ebola outbreak Yellow fever in Ethiopia Body Study reports … Dis abstract   Study shows violent outbreaks tied to Ebola spread in DRC A study today in The Journal of … Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during the current Ebola outbreak was associated with enhanced disease spread. …

News Scan for Feb 19, 2021

… News Scan for Feb 19, 2021 Bullet points More DRC Ebola cases Hospital wastewater impact on resistance Polio cases in 7 countries Body Two more cases lift DRC Ebola total to 6 Provincial health officials in the … (DRC's) North Kivu province yesterday reported two more Ebola cases, one of them more than 90 miles from Butembo, the …

News Scan for Mar 06, 2020

… for Mar 06, 2020 Bullet points US flu activity drops DRC Ebola countdown Antibiotic use in US children's hospitals … Mar 6 CDC FluView report   DRC starts countdown to Ebola outbreak end In its weekly snapshot on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) …

News Scan for Oct 10, 2017

… Scan for Oct 10, 2017 Bullet points Chikungunya in Europe Ebola ring vaccination Flu antivirals reduce ICU use Body … outbreak, was successful in preventing wider spread of Ebola in Guinea after the country's final case was detected … . In 2016, Guinea reported a flare up of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in two confirmed cases, and the unlicensed …

News Scan for Dec 15, 2016

… Bullet points Change in H7N9 patterns US monitoring for Ebola Multiple KPE in 1 patient Body Study finds wider … report   US officials report better than 99% success in Ebola monitoring US authorities achieved a greater than 99% … in 2014 and 2015 during the height of West Africa's Ebola outbreak, according to a separate report today in MMWR …

Postexposure Marburg vaccination protects monkeys

… April 29 issue of The Lancet. Infectious disease topics Ebola Marburg Smallpox Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Body May 2, … no specific treatment for Marburg fever, which resembles Ebola hemorrhagic fever and is fatal in most cases. A Marburg … [ Abstract ] See also: Jun 7, 2005, CIDRAP News story " Ebola, Marburg vaccines work in monkeys " May 25, 2004, …
 

News Scan for Jun 15, 2020

… News Scan for Jun 15, 2020 Bullet points More DRC Ebola cases Malaria control amid a pandemic Dengue in the Americas Body Five more illnesses reported in new DRC Ebola outbreak Officials reported five more illnesses and three more deaths in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), …

News Scan for Jun 15, 2015

… 2015 Bullet points Four new Saudi MERS cases Sierra Leone Ebola curfew Lack of diphtheria antitoxin in Europe Body … 14 MOH update Jun 13 MOH update   Sierra Leone institutes Ebola-related curfew in 2 regions The president of Sierra … enacted curfews in the country's regions hardest hit by Ebola, according to Reuters and the United Nations Mission …

News Scan for Nov 18, 2016

… News Scan for Nov 18, 2016 Bullet points Saudi MERS cases Ebola convalescent blood US bioterror threat Dutch H1N1v case … Nov 18 MOH update   Promising findings in small trial of Ebola convalescent blood A small trial of convalescent whole … treatment at a Freetown, Sierra Leone, hospital during the Ebola outbreak yielded promising findings, researchers from …

News Scan for Aug 17, 2021

… News Scan for Aug 17, 2021 Bullet points Ivory Coast Ebola vaccination Antibiotic use in animals Salmonella shrimp … India H5N1 avian flu details Body Ivory Coast launches Ebola vaccination, is monitoring 9 contacts The Ivory Coast yesterday launched an Ebola vaccination campaign aimed at frontline health workers …

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