The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) ministry of health said 66 cases of Ebola have been reported, after 11 previously suspected case samples tested negative for the virus and 11 new suspected cases were added to the total.
With intensive efforts under way to identify any potential remaining Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the health ministry yesterday reported 10 more suspected cases, according to the latest update.
The outbreak total stands at 59 cases: 38 confirmed, 14 probable, and 7 suspected.
After officials received more test results from suspected cases, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) dropped their Ebola case count to 55, including 28 deaths. There are now 38 confirmed cases, 14 probable cases, and 3 suspected cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update.
The outbreak total stands at 66, including 38 confirmed, 14 probable, and 14 suspected cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevent (CDC) today said it is investigating several Salmonella outbreaks totaling 124 cases in 36 states linked to contact with backyard poultry flocks.
"The response is having an impact in ... two locations," a WHO official says.
Spending public health money on surveillance rather than on broad, expensive genomic surveys of animal diseases is a sounder investment and better way to prepare for the next pandemic or other global health emergency, three infectious disease experts wrote today in Nature.
At-risk nations share the Congo River, Bikoro Lake, and porous borders with the DRC.
The WHO says clinicians in treatment centers will make decisions on what drugs to use, based on what's most helpful to patients and with patients' informed consent.
