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Preparedness report card notes state, national gaps and gains

… chief executive officer, said health crises like Zika and Ebola still catch the nation off guard, triggering a scramble …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Zika country list expands; Colombia sees GBS spike

… warned that Zika virus poses a much different threat than Ebola, requiring a different type of response, focusing on …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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WHO lists Zika R&D priorities; groups probe microcephaly, GBS

… fast-track development, similar to the role it played when Ebola vaccines and therapeutics were first discussed. In …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Mar 12, 2018

… far as possible," the WHO said. The list, which features Ebola and Marburg virus, MERS-CoV and severe acute …

New global disease-control rules take effect

… yellow fever, and viral hemorrhagic fevers (such as Ebola and Marburg), if they cause a serious public health …
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NIH starts clinical trial of H5N1 DNA vaccine

… DNA vaccines in development, including vaccines for HIV, Ebola, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), and West …
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Though SARS is quiet for now, its lessons remain

… If SARS mimics other zoonotic outbreaks, such as Ebola and Nipah virus, it may disappear and then re-emerge, …
Amy L. Becker
 

Low income, stressors tied to worse mental health amid COVID

… traumatic events, such as Hurricane Ike in Texas (4.9%), Ebola in Sierra Leone (6%), and the Hong Kong …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Aug 07, 2019

… tops 1,800 As of Jul 21, malaria deaths in Burundi rival Ebola deaths in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, …

MSF questions affordable access to CEPI-supported vaccines

… CEPI was founded in 2017 in the wake of West Africa's Ebola outbreak as a novel way to fund and speed the …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Pressure builds on China to share info on new coronavirus

… East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and Ebola virus in West Africa. More details on clinical symptoms …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Jul 25, 2019

… (MV-CHIK). CEPI was founded following West Africa's Ebola outbreak as a new way to fund and speed the development …

News Scan for Jul 27, 2022

… The virus that causes Marburg fever, which is similar to Ebola, is transmitted from fruit bats to people and can …

NEWS SCAN: Polio in India and Angola, dirty hands in latex gloves, exposure notification rule, anti-flu-vaccine ad

… rubella, SARS, smallpox, viral hemorrhagic fevers (such as Ebola and Marburg), and any transmissible agent included in …
 

Decades-old smallpox samples turn up in federal lab

… agent, alongside other dangerous pathogens such as the Ebola virus and Bacillus anthracis , which causes anthrax. …
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Revised health preparedness index grades US at 7.4 out of 10

… the NHSPI Steering Committee, in the press release. "With Ebola in West Africa, a resurgent strain of enterovirus in …
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Jun 23, 2015

… approach is needed to manage zoonotic outbreaks such as Ebola and influenza. The experts said some climate factors, …

News Scan for Aug 18, 2015

… of an editorial in the special issue wrote, "As the recent Ebola crisis tragically brought to light, engaging with …
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Episode 151: Harm Reduction

In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss COVID isolation guidelines, the BA.2.87.1 variant, and the importance of measles and other rare public health threats. 

February 22, 2024
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Episode 191: 'The Big One' with Mark Olshaker, Ann Hennigan Grace, & Dr. Sydney Redepenning

In this week's special episode, Chris Dall interviews Dr. Osterholm and his coauthor Mark Olshaker on their new book The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics. They are also joined by Ann Hennigan Grace and CIDRAP's Dr. Sydney Redepenning who both conducted research and fact-checking for the book.

The Big One is available for purchase online and at your local bookseller!

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Experts decry lack of flu pandemic readiness, commitment

… Its national security strategy published last month cites Ebola and SARS as potential bioterrorism and pandemic …
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News Scan for Apr 06, 2017

… against the deadly viruses, which are related to the Ebola virus. The experimental drug worked even when …

Part of Miami Beach removed from Zika travel advisory

… agenda, a pattern they saw play out during the response to Ebola. WHO has asked for $112 million to put toward Zika …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News

News Scan for Nov 28, 2016

… loss and death in humans in rare, severe cases. Like Ebola, it is one of the viral hemorrhagic fevers. It can …

News Scan for Jan 05, 2017

… "They include pathogens such as those that cause anthrax, Ebola, plague, or certain avian or reconstructed flu virus …

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