Ebola News

TB, Malaria, Newborn Health Services Must Restart, Says USAID Memo American-funded aid efforts to tackle diseases such as malaria, as well as preventing newborn baby deaths and treating severe malnutrition, should resume, according to a...
Reuters Health Information, February 08, 2025
US CDC Sends Health Alert on Uganda's Ebola Outbreak The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak of Ebola cases in Uganda.
Reuters Health Information, February 06, 2025
Uganda Starts Clinical Trial of Vaccine for Sudan Strain Of Ebola Uganda has begun a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak, according to the World Health...
Reuters Health Information, February 03, 2025
Tanzania Confirms Outbreak of Marburg Virus Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the northwest of the country, with one confirmed case so...
Reuters Health Information, January 20, 2025
US CDC to Issue Second-highest Travel Alert for Rwanda on Marburg Outbreak The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue its second-highest level of travel notice for Rwanda, recommending people to avoid nonessential travel due to...
Reuters Health Information, October 07, 2024
Ebola Vaccine Saves Lives Even After Exposure Data suggested that the vaccine reduces the risk for infection and reduces mortality rates by half.
Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2024
Obesity Drugs Don't Make WHO Essential List, MS Drugs Added Obesity drugs will not join the World Health Organization's latest essential medicines list, but treatments for diseases, including Ebola and multiple sclerosis will.
Reuters Health Information, July 26, 2023
Infection-Related Chronic Illnesses Seek Research Boost Researchers are looking to "understand the epidemiology and pathogenesis of chronic symptoms, and identify more effective ways to manage, treat, and potentially cure these illnesses."
MDedge News, July 21, 2023
New Scheme Aims to Get Vaccines to Outbreaks Faster: Gavi Three global health bodies are teaming up to investigate stockpiling experimental vaccines for rare infectious diseases so the shots can be tested more quickly when outbreaks happen.
Reuters Health Information, June 27, 2023
How WHO Could Fight Future Pandemics Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway at the WHO, with a target date of May 2024 for a legally binding agreement to be adopted by the UN health agency's 194 member countries.
Reuters Health Information, May 23, 2023
Forests, green spaces integral to human health New report recommends integration of sustainable eco and health policies
Univadis News, March 27, 2023
A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats New research links habitat destruction with the spillover of viruses from animals to humans.
KFF Health News, February 07, 2023
Uganda Declares Itself Ebola-Free After Turning Tide on Outbreak Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly 4-month Ebola outbreak that it briefly struggled to contain but was then able to swiftly bring under control.
Reuters Health Information, January 11, 2023
US Ending Ebola Screening for Travelers Arriving From Uganda The Biden administration said it has lifted restrictions that redirected US-bound travelers who had been to Uganda within 21 days to five major American airports to be screened for Ebola.
Reuters Health Information, January 11, 2023
Africa CDC Says Uganda's Ebola Outbreak Is Coming Under Control Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was coming under control, as it had been 39 days since the last confirmed case of the virus had been reported in the country.
Reuters Health Information, January 05, 2023
Experts Debate the Risks of Made-to-Order DNA Technical advances may be making it easier to build dangerous biological materials from scratch, with few regulations.
Undark, December 21, 2022
Who Wants to Be an Infectious Disease Specialist? The specialty has long struggled to recruit residents, and experts cite comparatively lower pay as a major disincentive to entering the field.
Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2022
CDC Officials Want Flexibility in Times of Crisis Government restrictions hinder the CDC from doing the best possible job in a time of crisis, current and former agency officials are saying.
WebMD Health News, November 04, 2022
HFSA 2022 Ethical Quandaries With Pig-Heart Transplants at the Crossroads Tough questions need asking. Should xenotransplant research have its own rules? Should society be wary of the unique risks? Should patients bear extra responsibilities and give up some rights?
Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2022
Epidemics: What Does the Future Hold? Data confirm that the risk of epidemics is increasing, and this observation has prompted calls for a global effort to protect human and animal health.
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2022

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