What Is Marburg? What You Need To Know About The Killer Ebola-Like Virus Spreading In Parts Of Africa
There are no treatments or vaccines approved for Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola with a fatality rate between 24% to 88%. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Breaking breaking-news Source Type: news
Deadly Marburg Virus Spreads to Tanzania for the First Time
Tanzania reported its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus after eight people developed symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding and kidney failure.
Testing by the east African country confirmed the presence of the highly virulent disease that causes hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization said in a statement late Tuesday. Five of the eight cases in Tanzania’s northwest Kagera region have died and another 161 contacts have been identified and are being monitored, the WHO said.
Tanzania is the second African country this year to report its first Marburg outbreak after Equatorial Guinea in February d...
Source: TIME: Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Janice Kew/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Next Ebola Outbreak ‘Not a Matter of If, but When’
Uganda used public health measures like screening, testing of temperatures, and isolation of suspected cases to contain the Ebola outbreak. While those measures were successful, scientists warn that another outbreak could occur. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPSBy Wambi MichaelKAMPALA & MUBENDE, Mar 10 2023 (IPS) It is two months since the World Health Organization declared Uganda free of the most recent Sudan ebolavirus, which killed 55 people.
Uganda employed public health measures to end the outbreak. In the absence of vaccines and therapeutics, the threat of the next outbreak looms.
Scientists are yet to find answers to quest...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wambi Michael Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Environment Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Uganda Source Type: news
I ’m a Covid researcher – and I have long Covid. That’s why I have to be part of the fight against it | Stephanie Longet
I am one of two million sufferers in the UK. When I read new studies, I am also trying to understand what ’s going on in my legsI first arrived in the UK from Switzerland in 2019 to work at the High Consequence Emerging Viruses Group at what is now the UK Health Security Agency. At the time, my project was focused on Ebola virus disease survivors. I was excited for a new chapter in the Ebola field. But Covid quickly changed our plans.We applied our skills to develop Covid treatments and new antivirals. I was involved in early research to study the Sars-CoV-2 infection, and test vaccine candidates.The lab moved to the Uni...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Stephanie Longet Tags: Long Covid Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science UK news Source Type: news
Equatorial Guinea Confirms First Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease
DAKAR, Senegal — The World Health Organization says that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine deaths in the tiny Western African country.
In a statement on Monday, the U.N. health agency confirmed the epidemic after samples from Equatorial Guinea were sent to a lab in Senegal to pinpoint the cause of disease after an alert from a local health official last week.
The WHO said there were currently nine deaths and 16 suspected cases with symptoms including fever, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting. The agency said it was s...
Source: TIME: Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
What Is Marburg? What You Need To Know About The Deadly Virus Detected In Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea confirmed the country’s first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus on Monday, placing it on high alert months after another outbreak was reported in Ghana as experts scramble to contain the highly infectious Ebola-like disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.…#equatorialguinea #ghana #marburg #westafrica #african #africa #cdc #frankfurt #belgrade #yugoslavia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Is Marburg? What You Need To Know About The Deadly Virus Detected In Equatorial Guinea
There are no treatments or vaccines approved for Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola with a fatality rate between 24% to 88%. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Breaking breaking-news Source Type: news
Experimental NIH Sudan virus vaccine protects macaques
New inoculation based on Ebola VSV vaccine concept. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - February 3, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Uganda declares Ebola outbreak over; vaccine trials stand ready
Less than four months after the first Ebola case was confirmed in Uganda, the East African nation has declared the outbreak over. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda ’s Worst Ebola Outbreak in Two Decades Is Over, W.H.O. Declares
The virus spread to nine districts nationwide, infecting hundreds and killing dozens. Seven health workers were among those who died. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdi Latif Dahir Tags: Uganda Ebola Virus Museveni, Yoweri World Health Organization Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news
Uganda Declares End of Deadly Ebola Outbreak
KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is over, the country’s health ministry said Wednesday, capping a nearly four-month struggle to contain a rare strain of the highly contagious virus for which there are no proven vaccines or antiviral treatments. Uganda’s Health Ministry said 42 days had…#healthministry #uganda #kampalaugandaugandas #sudan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: 2022 Year in Health - New Ebola and Cholera Outbreaks, MPox Emergency, Covid-19 'Not Over'
[UN News] The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses. The UN warned that the aim of eradicating HIV/AIDS by 2030 was under threat, but a new vaccine raised hopes that malaria can be beaten. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Ebola Success Forces Revamp of Vaccines Trial
[VOA] Entebbe, Uganda -- Uganda on Thursday received two more potential vaccines for a trial against the Sudan strain of the deadly Ebola virus. Uganda has recorded 142 confirmed cases and 55 deaths since the September outbreak but has had no new cases since late November. While having no active cases is welcomed, it also means the trial will have to be revamped to test the vaccines' effectiveness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda gets Ebola vaccine doses for trial on Sudan strain
Uganda’s government says it has received more than 5,000 doses of Ebola vaccines for a clinical trial to assess their protection against the Sudan strain of the virus that caused an outbreak with over 50 deaths (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Dr. Anthony Fauci Is Stepping Down. Here ’s His Advice For His Successor
After Dr. Anthony Fauci steps down as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and chief medical advisor to President Biden on Dec. 31, he’ll leave behind a long and storied career. Ahead of his last day, he spoke to TIME from his office at the National Institutes of Health about what’s next for him—and his advice for whoever fills his shoes.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
TIME: You’re leaving your leadership positions in the federal government, but you aren’t retiring. What are you calling the next stage in your career?
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Source: TIME: Health - December 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
