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
Africa: How We Found That Sites of Previous Ebola Outbreaks Are at Higher Risk Than Before
[ProPublica] How We Found That Sites of Previous Ebola Outbreaks Are at Higher Risk Than Before (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Calls in Experts to Decide On Conflicting Ebola Sex Abuse Reports
[The New Humanitarian] London -- 'The restrictive approach favoured by WHO is an absurdity.' (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Did COVID Originally Leak From a Chinese Lab? Politics May Prevent Us Ever Knowing for Sure
China was quick to dispel reemergent COVID-19 “lab leak” theories following a Wall Street Journal report this weekend that the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded, with “low confidence,” that the virus behind the pandemic most likely originated in a Chinese laboratory.
Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s foreign affairs ministry, told reporters Monday that “certain parties” should “stop smearing China” and that the “lab leak” theory has already been authoritatively disproven. “The origins-tracing of SARS-CoV-2 is about science and should not be poli...
Source: TIME: Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chad de Guzman Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Team Source Type: news
'An absurdity': Experts slam WHO excusal of sex misconduct
Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U_N_ agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct a... (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
'An absurdity': Experts slam WHO's excusal of misconduct
Two experts appointed by the World Health Organization to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women during an Ebola outbreak in Congo have dismissed the U_N_ agency’s own efforts to excuse its handling of such misconduct a... (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health 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
‘There may still be surprises’: Jeremy Farrar warns of pandemic perils ahead
As the former Sage adviser leaves Wellcome to join WHO, he talks about exhausted health workers, the UK ’s sluggish response to Covid and the danger of conspiracy theoriesMasks are a rarity now on streets and trains. We don ’t leave empty seats in theatres or limit how many people browse in our shops. It seems like it’s all over – but Prof Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome, once a key member of the government’s scientific advisory body Sage and an enormously influential figure in global health, says the C ovid pandemic could still have unpleasant surprises in store.Farrar is not a doom-monger. But from wher...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Coronavirus World Health Organization Infectious diseases Bird flu Ebola Boris Johnson Philanthropy NHS Industrial action Medical research Science 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 to know about the deadly Marburg virus as new outbreak emerges
Closely related to Ebola, the Marburg virus has killed at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea. Its symptoms include severe hemorrhaging. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adela Suliman 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
Equatorial Guinea: Health Minister Confirms Marburg Virus Outbreak
[DW] Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from an "outbreak" of Marburg virus, the country's health minister and the WHO said. The hemorrhagic fever is nearly as deadly as Ebola. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 14, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New Marburg Virus Outbreak Confirmed In Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea has just confirmed its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic fever related to Ebola. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Judy Stone, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation 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
