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WHO panel rules no MERS emergency as Korea notes more cases

… are still in effect for two other diseases—polio and Ebola. WHO emergency committees typically meet every 3 months …
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News Scan for Jun 17, 2015

… CDC has disclosed three serious lab accidents involving Ebola, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, and Bacillus …

News Scan for Aug 01, 2017

… increase during outbreaks of emerging infections like Ebola, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), and pandemic …

News Scan for Nov 16, 2017

… their illnesses. Though Uganda has experience managing Ebola and Marburg outbreaks and responded quickly, the WHO …

News Scan for Dec 08, 2017

… the border with Kenya. Marburg, which is related to the Ebola virus, has a high case-fatality rate. The disease …

News Scan for Dec 03, 2018

… Canada has increased its contribution and that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a …

News Scan for Aug 11, 2016

… MERS and other emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola and even Zika. "Our vision was to develop the first …

News Scan for Nov 30, 2016

… program that has been used to monitor outbreaks of Ebola, Zika, and antibiotic-resistant microbes, according to …

Zika on executive-level agendas at White House, WHO

… for how long it took to convene a similar group for Ebola, one of several factors many reviewers thought delayed …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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WHO reconvenes Zika panel; Philippines has possible local spread

… for use against a host of other viral pathogens, including Ebola, Marburg, and yellow fever. Philippines probes possible …
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News Scan for Sep 13, 2016

… said that unlike the country's response to the related Ebola virus, there's been complacency by the Nigerian …

News Scan for Jan 11, 2016

… Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola and is common in West Africa. Though it can cause …

Foreign Affairs focuses on pandemic threat

… The emergence of diseases like avian flu, SARS, and Ebola tell us that it's time to knock down the walls between …
 

As CDC warns of US COVID-19 spread, labs frustrated over lack of tests

… to access to $535 million that had been set aside to fight Ebola. Today, in an address to the Senate, Director of Health …
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Pandemic total surges past 50 million cases

… events, including the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and West Africa's Ebola outbreak. One is an independent committee reviewing the …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Global COVID-19 total tops 2 million; WHO responds to US funding freeze

… only COVID-19, but also threats such as measles, malaria, Ebola, HIV, polio, and many other diseases and chronic …
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COVID-19 battle echoes smallpox; concerns rise over domestic violence in lockdown

… measures that have been important in the fight against Ebola and COVID-19, including surveillance, case findings, …
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US COVID-19 hospitalizations up as officials respond to Memorial Day festivities

… to develop a vaccine candidate based on Merck's Ebola Zaire virus vaccine, Ervebo, most recently used in the …
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East Coast sees drop in COVID-19 cases as other areas surge

… was originally developed as an antiviral to be used in Ebola infections. Recent studies have shown the drug is …
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News Scan for Mar 06, 2019

… virus is in the same family of hemorrhagic viruses as Ebola and is considered a potential bioterrorism threat by …

News Scan for Sep 24, 2019

… help countries safely handle and contain diseases such as Ebola, flu, and polio. The CDC said it has decades of …

News Scan for Jun 04, 2019

… CEPI was founded in 2017 in the wake of West Africa's Ebola outbreak as a novel way to fund and speed the …

WHO report: Jump from animals most likely COVID-19 source

… for example, that the definitive animal source of the Ebola virus still hasn't been confirmed, though bats are …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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US halts J&J COVID vaccine after reports of blood clots

… data from other adenovirus based vaccines, including J&J's Ebola vaccine, to see if there was a similar history. This …
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for Jul 29, 2021

… countries. The viral hemorrhagic illness is similar to Ebola, but it usually less likely to be fatal, though it can …

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