Ebola News

• 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
• Continued Monkeypox Spread Can Lead to Viral Mutations Despite declining case numbers in the US and the UK, researchers emphasize that mitigation efforts are still necessary to prevent further spread of the virus.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2022
• Ebola: New WHO Treatment Recommendations The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends two lifesaving treatments for Ebola virus disease.
  Medscape Medical News, September 14, 2022
• Climate Change May Make Pandemics More Common The chance of someone seeing a pandemic like COVID-19 during their lifetime is about 38%, which could double in the years to come.
  WebMD Health News, September 12, 2022
• Long COVID Mimics Other Post-Viral Conditions If the percentage of people with COVID-19 who go on to have long-term symptoms "similar to what has been seen for other pathogens, then we're looking at a mass disabling event."
  WebMD Health News, August 24, 2022
• Monkeypox and COVID: The Outbreak Paradox Why do we keep forgetting that humans are a part of nature?
  Medscape Medical News, August 23, 2022
• Monkeypox Not a Global Emergency Yet, WHO Says More than 3200 worldwide cases have been reported to the WHO since the beginning of May. The US has detected 201 cases, according to the latest CDC data.
  WebMD Health News, June 27, 2022
• COVID: Biosafety Legislation Gets Political COVID-19 has polarized conversations about lab safety.
  Undark, June 27, 2022
• Focus on Antivirals, Vaccines as Monkeypox Continues As monkeypox outbreaks continue around the globe, the focus has turned to medications and vaccines. Health officials have their eye on stockpiles of smallpox drugs, which can also be used for monkeypox.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2022
• Climate Change May Drive Spread of Viruses Among Mammals As different species come into contact with each other for the first time, about 4,000 viruses will move from one species to another.
  WebMD Health News, May 02, 2022
• New Ebola Outbreak Declared in Democratic Republic of Congo The case was confirmed in a 31-year-old man, who began showing symptoms on April 5 and went to a local health facility after being sick at home for more than a week. He died last Thursday.
  WebMD Health News, April 25, 2022
• ECCMID 2022 Patient Identified Who Battled COVID for 505 Days An immunocompromised patient was identified with persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection lasting 505 days, the longest known to date.
  Medscape News UK, April 22, 2022
• 'In the Presence of Kindness': Humanitarian Paul Farmer Dies Farmer spent his adult life focused on global health. He died Monday in Rwanda at age 62.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2022