A 20th health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed its first Ebola case, according to today's update from the ministry of health. A young woman who was a case-contact of patient in Butembo, refused follow-up, and died is the first case-patient recorded in Lubero.
Patients must be treated as patients, not as biothreats, MSF head says.
Saudi Arabia's steady rise in MERS-CoV cases continued today, with one more illness reported that appears to be part of a hospital outbreak in Wadi ad-Dawasir, according to a Ministry of Health (MOH) update to its epidemiologic week 10 report.
Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced today that he will resign as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the coming weeks to spend more time with his family.
With 8 new infections (and 6 more deaths), the outbreak has grown to 897 cases.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported 47 more measles cases, raising the total since the first to the year to 206 cases in 11 states. For comparison, the CDC reported 372 cases for all of 2018, the most since 2014.
Affected states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
Three new cases lift the outbreak total to 888, and officials say to expect more.
The WHO said the attacks increase the risk of disease spread and are "profoundly disrespectful."
The attack is the second to target MSF treatment centers in just a matter of days.
The shuttered MSF center has admitted more than 600 people since December, 49 with confirmed infections.
