The Obama administration, though, is sticking with its $1.9 billion request, some of which would cover the shift.
In what Director-General Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, of the World Health Organization (WHO) says is the most serious outbreak of yellow fever in Angola in 30 years, a serious global shortage of vaccine makes what is already a bad situation potentially catastrophic, sources are reporting. Dr. Chan recently visited Angola to observe the situation first-hand.
The new patient is a young son of a woman who recently died from her infection.
Now both Liberia and Guinea are dealing with recent flare-ups of the disease.
Experts say the world cannot ease up on efforts to fully develop Ebola vaccines.
Long-term antibiotic therapy does not significantly improve quality of life in patients with persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A nationwide campaign to isolate 100% of Ebola cases and conduct all burial safely, alongside a global response plan, was a key intervention that helped curb transmission in Sierra Leone, according to a study of illness patterns in chiefdoms and households.
Experts say the risk of global spread is low and nations are able to respond to new clusters.
Initial tests suggest the 5 new cases, including 4 deaths, are part of a known chain.
A fifth person has died from Ebola virus infection in southeast Guinea in recent days—raising fears of geographic spread—as the country monitors more than 800 possible contacts and Liberia closed its border with Guinea, Reuters reported in separate stories.
