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News Scan for Jun 08, 2016

… News Scan for Jun 08, 2016 Bullet points Ebola survival in needles MRSA in New York City Body Ebola virus can survive months in syringe needles, 1 week on paper money Ebola virus (EBOV) from the West Africa outbreak survived …

WHO lowers reported Marburg toll in Angola

… deaths than previous reports. Infectious disease topics Ebola Malaria Marburg Public Health Viral Hemorrhagic Fever … a public health specialist who has dealt with both Ebola fever and Marburg, called Marburg "even scarier" than Ebola. "A person can feel a bit weak and look slightly ill …
 

African leaders take stock of health cuts, chart path forward

… Kaseya said Uganda has now gone 2 weeks with no new Ebola Sudan cases, and the pace of activity has slowed in the …
Lisa Schnirring
Jean Kaseya

US formally withdraws from World Health Organization, leaving debt

… in a statement . “Whether facing emerging threats like Ebola or the persistent burden of annual flu outbreaks, …
Stephanie Soucheray
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News Scan for Sep 29, 2017

… Sep 29, 2017 Bullet points Pandemic flu vaccine strains Ebola vaccine support More Cyclospora Promising typhoid … recommendations   BARDA awards $45 million for prime-boost Ebola vaccine Johnson & Johnson announced today that it will … further development of its investigational prime-boost Ebola vaccine with support from a new award from the …

News Scan for Jun 27, 2018

… News Scan for Jun 27, 2018 Bullet points More suspected Ebola in the DRC MERS vaccine clinical trial results Dengue … symptom differences Body Three more tested for suspected Ebola in DRC outbreak Intensive surveillance activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola virus outbreak have turned up three more suspected …

American traveler survived Marburg fever, CDC says

… reported in the United States. Infectious disease topics Ebola Marburg Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Body Feb 3, 2009 … harbor the Marburg virus, which is a cousin of the deadly Ebola virus. A Dutch woman who visited the same cave in July … disease spread to anyone else. The Marburg virus, like the Ebola virus, can cause a severe febrile disease for which …
Robert Roos
 

News Scan for Oct 03, 2017

…   Profectus awarded NIAID contract for vaccine against Ebola, related viruses Profectus BioSciences yesterday … development of its multi-component vaccine against two Ebola strains, Marburg virus, and Lassa virus. In a press … in nonhuman primates, and a phase 1 clinical trial of the Ebola VesiculoVax vaccine suggested a low level of side …

News Scan for Jun 15, 2017

… Scan for Jun 15, 2017 Bullet points Riyadh MERS Suspected Ebola Chikungunya in mosquitoes WHO health emergency site CRE … as outbreak grows "   DRC reports new suspected case of Ebola The World Health Organization (WHO) African regional … released a new situation report on the current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), noting …

News Scan for Sep 11, 2014

… News Scan for Sep 11, 2014 Bullet points More Ebola in DRC EV-D68 cases in 6 states US HPV vaccine coverage … vaccine contract Marburg in Ugandan mine Body DRC has 62 Ebola cases, 35 deaths The toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Ebola outbreak reached 62 cases and 35 deaths as of Sep 9, …

News Scan for Jul 30, 2015

… its broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutics to combat Ebola, influenza, and other viruses, the company announced … compounds have been shown in animal tests to inhibit Ebola, influenza A and B, dengue, West Nile, Lassa fever, … Infectious disease topic Salmonella Foodborne Disease Ebola Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Date Thu, 07/30/2015 - 09:00 …

News Scan for Dec 28, 2015

… News Scan for Dec 28, 2015 Bullet points Saudi MERS case Ebola vaccine emergency use Zika in French Guiana, Martinique … update Dec 28 MOH update   WHO considers emergency use for Ebola vaccine The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed … review an emergency use application for the experimental Ebola vaccine VSV-EBOV for Merck, one of the two companies …

News Scan for Apr 19, 2017

… flawlessly during dozens of evacuations during the Ebola outbreak, but it became clear that a larger transport … we were largely unprepared for in 2014. This is not about Ebola. This is about the Middle East respiratory syndrome … ongoing efforts to prevent future catastrophes. During the Ebola outbreak, Donald Trump criticized the Obama …

News Scan for Jun 15, 2016

… 2016 Bullet points ECDC MCR-1 report H7N9 cases in China Ebola fatality risk Predicting contagion Body ECDC recommends … CHP news release FluTrackers H7N9 case list   Study: Fatal Ebola associated with age, fever, and … hiccups Among characteristics that might be predictive of death in Ebola patients are older age, presence of fever, and the …

News Scan for Aug 23, 2016

… trial Meningitis C in Niger Bagpipe lung Experimental Ebola drug Body Scallops test positive for hepatitis A as … release   Drug shows promise in monkeys against Sudan Ebola virus An experimental gene-silencing drug worked well against the Sudan strain of Ebola virus in rhesus macaques, according to a study …

News Scan for Aug 03, 2020

… News Scan for Aug 03, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola case Salmonella and onions Pediatric antibiotic … Ohio H7N7 avian flu in Australia Body One more sick in DRC Ebola outbreak, 73 total, with 31 deaths Ebola has sickened one more person in the Democratic Republic …

News Scan for Mar 04, 2021

… test and antibiotics Global flu stays low West Africa Ebola response Rotavirus vaccine for humanitarian settings …   West African countries coordinate response to Guinea Ebola outbreak In the latest Ebola outbreak developments, health ministers from West …

News Scan for Apr 27, 2022

… News Scan for Apr 27, 2022 Bullet points DRC Ebola vaccine launch Third vaccine dose and Omicron Measles … flu funding Body DRC launches vaccine campaign in new Ebola outbreak area Following the reappearance of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) …

News Scan for Aug 08, 2018

… News Scan for Aug 08, 2018 Bullet points Ebola vaccination in DRC Polio outbreaks in Nigeria Italy and … vaccines Nipah recap Body Vaccination begins in DRC Ebola outbreak; tests confirm 1 more case One week after the … of the vaccine. In other outbreak developments, one more Ebola case was confirmed. The overall total is now 44, which …

News Scan for Jul 01, 2020

… News Scan for Jul 01, 2020 Bullet points Ebola in the DRC Penicillin allergy and antibiotic use … stewardship and COVID-19 Body Tests confirm 3 more Ebola cases in DRC's Equateur province outbreak Three more Ebola cases have been confirmed in a recently emerged …

News Scan for May 02, 2014

… for May 02, 2014 Bullet points More MERS-CoV antibodies Ebola in Guinea Renamed biodefense board Universal flu … News story on other MERS antibody studies   WHO: Two more Ebola cases in Guinea Two new cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea and six more deaths as of …

News Scan for Apr 15, 2016

… News Scan for Apr 15, 2016 Bullet points Ebola vaccine's future More US flu deaths US biodefense … drug resistance Body Experts weigh in on the future of Ebola vaccines Exceptional Ebola surveillance and swift responses to outbreaks will be …

NEWS SCAN: US West Nile spread, polio eradication efforts, new filovirus in Europe

… filovirus in Europe Teaser text Infectious disease topics Ebola Polio West Nile Body Oct 21, 2011 Only a few bird, … Pakistan are of "major concern." Oct 20 IMB report New Ebola-like filovirus found in Spain Spanish and US scientists have discovered a new Ebola-like filovirus in Spain, the first known detection of …
 

News Scan for Jul 08, 2016

… points US Zika death More yellow fever in Angola CDC Ebola recap Resistance to MDR-TB drugs Measles in Arizona … Jul 7 CIDRAP news story   CDC details unprecedented Ebola response The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … the longest, largest outbreak response in its history: the Ebola epidemic of 2014 to 2016, which involved more than …

News Scan for Jun 07, 2016

… Bullet points Zika emergency panel Hospital MERS study Ebola secondary spread Childhood vaccines and seizures H5N1 … Med study   Rural home deaths associated with secondary Ebola infections More secondary Ebola infections stemmed from people who died at home in …

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