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News Scan for Aug 19, 2022

… 2022 Bullet points Short-course antibiotics for pneumonia Ebola therapeutic guidance Malaria and chikungunya vaccines … Aug 18 Clin Microbiol Infect study   WHO releases first Ebola therapy guidance The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued its first guideline for Ebola therapeutics, which has a strong recommendation for …

News Scan for Apr 06, 2015

… News Scan for Apr 06, 2015 Bullet points Ebola in Sierra Leone Two Saudi MERS cases More chikungunya … Listeria-tied plant closure Variant norovirus strain Body Ebola infection reported in former Sierra Leone hot spot A 9-month boy tested positive for Ebola after he died in Sierra Leone's Kailahun district, a …

WHO says one more Marburg case found in Uganda

… (WHO) said yesterday. Infectious disease topics Ebola Marburg Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Body Editor's note: … for Marburg, a viral hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola fever. In an outbreak in Angola in 2004 and 2005, 227 …
 

Angola declares worst Marburg outbreak over

… according to news reports. Infectious disease topics Ebola Marburg Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Body Nov 10, 2005 … for Marburg fever, a viral hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. Besides fever and weakness, early symptoms include …
 

News Scan for Nov 09, 2016

… points Plasmid-mediated resistance MERS in Saudi Arabia Ebola lab incident Cholera vaccine drive in Haiti Polio … statement   Canadian lab worker monitored after potential Ebola exposure A Canadian researcher working with pigs that were experimentally infected with Ebola virus may have been exposed to the virus because of a …

News Scan for May 03, 2018

… wasting and mineral licks Salmonella in rattlesnake pills Ebola and retinal lesions Infection prevention guide Body New … scan " CDC: Rattlesnake pills contained Salmonella "   Ebola causes retinal lesions, damage to photoreceptors Survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD) can have myriad lasting symptoms, …

News Scan for Jul 24, 2020

… Jul 24, 2020 Bullet points DRC plague outbreak More DRC Ebola cases Polio in 3 countries Biobank for drug-resistant … province may seek care in Uganda. Jul 23 WHO statement   Ebola infects 3 more in DRC, 65 total, with 29 deaths Three more Ebola cases, along with two more deaths, have been confirmed …

News Scan for May 25, 2022

… COVID-19 spread Lung abnormalities after COVID Fifth DRC Ebola death More US unexplained hepatitis Avian flu outbreaks … May 24 R SNA press release   DR Congo reports fifth fatal Ebola case The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported another Ebola case, bringing the Equateur province outbreak total to …

News Scan for Jun 30, 2020

… Teens' COVID-19 behaviors Face masks and droplets More DRC Ebola cases Recalls linked to Cyclospora Body Survey explores … Equateur province outbreak total rises to 30 Two more Ebola cases have been confirmed in an outbreak in the … The latest confirmed case-patient is receiving care at the Ebola treatment center in Bikoro. One patient suspected of …

News Scan for Jul 13, 2020

… News Scan for Jul 13, 2020 Bullet points New DRC Ebola cases Antimicrobial resistance in Canada Antibiotic … Stewardship in Chinese primary care Body More Ebola cases reported in DRC's latest outbreak The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak in Equateur province has risen to 51 cases, 48 …

News Scan for Jul 08, 2014

… News Scan for Jul 08, 2014 Bullet points 50 more Ebola cases H7N9 case in China Mongolia measles-free Fungal … vaccine in kids Polio vaccine ban in Afghanistan Body New Ebola cases boost West Africa total to 844, plus 518 deaths The latest pattern in West Africa's Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak suggests a "mixed …

News Scan for Mar 28, 2014

… News Scan for Mar 28, 2014 Bullet points More Ebola in Guinea US, European flu activity Cat-to-human bovine TB UK scarlet fever surge Body More Ebola cases, deaths reported in Guinea Guinea's health … officials, during a press briefing today on the country's Ebola outbreak, reported that the number of viral hemorrhagic …

News Scan for Oct 15, 2015

… based on challenges that flared up during West Africa's Ebola outbreak. The workshop brought together three IOM … SARS before it, as well as to a lesser extent with Ebola, according to a review article yesterday in Cell Host & … say that super-spreaders also contributed to West Africa's Ebola outbreak, though to a lesser degree. They cite the …

Experts propose $2 billion global vaccine fund

… empty-handed again when the next disease threat such as Ebola strikes, a trio of vaccine experts today called for … of resources, as occurred in the wake of West Africa's Ebola outbreak. Writing in the New England Journal of … be a safety net to avoid a repeat of what happened in the Ebola outbreak, when no vaccine was available despite at …
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News Scan for Sep 28, 2017

… Sep 28, 2017 Bullet points More H3N2v infections 3-strain Ebola vaccine US food safety efforts ID surveillance platform … case count   NIH awards $6 million to develop 3-strain Ebola vaccine The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has … biotech companies $6.3 million to develop a trivalent Ebola vaccine, the University of Hawaii said in a news …

News Scan for Oct 24, 2018

… News Scan for Oct 24, 2018 Bullet points New DRC Ebola cases Deadly NJ adenovirus outbreak Hepatitis A vaccine … Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed three more cases of Ebola and recorded two new deaths in the ongoing outbreak in … vaccinated during this outbreak with Merck's unlicensed Ebola vaccine. In other news, Peter Salama, MD, the deputy …

News Scan for Apr 27, 2018

… points Yellow fever in Brazil US flu continues decline Ebola lab exposure update New polio case in DRC Bat immunity … Apr 27 CDC FluView   Hungarian scientist exposed to Ebola was in BSL-4 lab The weekly communicable disease threat … who was placed in isolation after accidental exposure to Ebola virus. The scientist was exposed on Apr 13 while …

News Scan for Feb 05, 2019

… News Scan for Feb 05, 2019 Bullet points Ebola total rises by three More Saudi MERS cases Texas and … Experimental Zika infection in bats Body With three more Ebola cases, DRC remains entrenched in outbreak Today the … reported three more cases and two new deaths in an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The outbreak now stands at 788 cases, …

News Scan for May 18, 2020

… UK COVID-19 risk factors CDC novel flu virus risk Last Ebola patient discharged Body Black residents bear brunt of … May 11 CDC summary of IRAT results May 17 AFD post   Last Ebola patient discharged in remaining DRC hot spot The last Ebola patient in a recent outbreak of the disease in the …

News Scan for Sep 11, 2020

… drug designation for antibiotic peptide Five more DRC Ebola cases More polio in 5 countries Avian flu in Vietnam … Peptilogics press release   Five more sick in DRC's latest Ebola outbreak; total at 118 cases A spurt of 5 new cases … count at 48. The outbreak is the country's 11th involving Ebola and is occurring in the same area where the DRC's ninth …

News Scan for Sep 28, 2021

… Bullet points Global meningitis strategy Flu low worldwide Ebola sexual abuse probe Avian flu outbreaks Body WHO …   WHO releases results of probe into sex abuse during DRC Ebola response The WHO today released the results from an … to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) large Ebola outbreak, which was centered in North Kivu province, …

News Scan for Oct 15, 2021

… Hospital antibiotic Rx guidelines Source clue in DRC Ebola flare-up Flu B leads sporadic global flu activity Polio … Oct 14 PLOS One study   Sequencing suggests new DRC Ebola cases tied to earlier outbreak Initial genetic sequencing of the Ebola virus isolated in the Democratic Republic of Congo's …

News Scan for Oct 18, 2021

… News Scan for Oct 18, 2021 Bullet points More DRC Ebola cases Resistant ICU infections in Europe Elbows, fists, and MRSA H5N6 avian flu in China Body Three more Ebola cases reported in the DRC Three more Ebola cases, one of them fatal, were reported in the …

News Scan for Apr 26, 2022

… News Scan for Apr 26, 2022 Bullet points Second Ebola case in DRC First human H3N8 avian flu case More kids' … States report more avian flu Body DRC reports second fatal Ebola case in latest outbreak The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed a second case in its latest Ebola outbreak in Equateur province, a close contact of the …

News Scan for Jul 20, 2020

… News Scan for Jul 20, 2020 Bullet points Three new Ebola cases Inappropriate surgical antibiotics Primary care … providers and stewardship Variant H1N1 flu in Germany Body Ebola infects 3 more in the DRC, lifting cases to 60 Three more Ebola infections were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of …

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