NIEHS staff honored with NIH Director ’s Awards
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2017/10/awards-recognition/nih/thumb828198.jpg?itok=ojC0eRQ4" /><br /><p>From Ebola to 50th anniversary, five NIH Director’s Awards recognized NIEHS staff achievements at a Sept. 1 ceremony.</p>
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Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Ebola and infectious disease biosafety training launched
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2016/11/science-highlights/disease_biosafety/thumb801860.jpg?itok=q5CIledv" /><br /><p>Worker-related risks of emerging infectious diseases and best approaches for interventions to decrease risk in a variety of occupational settings.</p>
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Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
From an Ebola-like disease in Croatia to bird flu in Egypt: Biggest disease threats REVEALED
The UK Health Security Agency updated its list of deadly disease this week, which monitors the pathogenic threats that could theoretically sweep the world if given the opportunity. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: World Praises Uganda for Quick Stop of Ebola
[Independent (Kampala)] Shortly after Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda's Minister of Health declared Uganda free from Ebola on Jan.11, her colleague, Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma; the Acting Director General of the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, teased her telling her that he felt "both happy and sorry for Uganda." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 14, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Congo national park ’s bitcoin mining bet saved it from going bust: MIT Tech Review
Nestled on the eastern edge of the Congo basin, the Virunga National Park is the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, home to half of Africa's terrestrial animals and a third of the last mountain gorillas. Plagued by a dramatic fall in tourism following kidnappings, Ebola and then…#europeancentralbank #microstrategy #congolese #luviro #emmanueldemerode #demerode #virunga #elsalvador #demerodes #virunganationalpark (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ebola: returning workers scheme (RWS)
Advice for people returning to the UK after working in an Ebola affected area. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ebola and Marburg haemorrhagic fevers: outbreaks and case locations
Information about incidents and outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg, both viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ebola: overview, history, origins and transmission
The history of Ebola virus disease, animal reservoirs, routes of transmission and an overview of diagnosis and management. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News 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 Declares Itself Ebola-Free After Turning Tide on Outbreak 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 (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - January 12, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Uganda's Ebola outbreak ends, leaving relief and unanswered questions
No new Ebola infections have been detected in Uganda for 42 days, and so on Wednesday, the World Health Organization and the Ugandan Ministry of Health officially declared that the country's most recent outbreak of the deadly virus is at an end. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Uganda: Uganda Declares End of Ebola Disease Outbreak
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Kampala -- Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the first case was confirmed in the country's central Mubende district on 20 September 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2023 Category: African Health 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
China's Crematorium Activity Grows; Uganda Ebola Outbreak Ends; Sea Moss for Health?
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Satellite photos of China's crematoriums show large crowds, suggesting the COVID outbreak there may be worse than the 40 deaths the government has reported since restrictions were... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 11, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases 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
