Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
The Preventable Return of Deadly Diseases
The Atlantic The historian Kyle Harper on the history of plagues, the rise of anti-vaccination politics, and why measles is back in America. On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with reflections on President Donald Trump’s repeated delays to enforce the congressionally mandated TikTok ban. He explains how Trump’s pattern of […]
Sep 17, 2025
Child dies from complications of measles years after infection
The Conversation A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates. The child, who was too young to receive the measles vaccine, developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) – a progressive and almost always fatal brain condition that strikes years after initial measles infection. SSPE affects […]
Sep 17, 2025
Upsurge in Lassa fever cases as deaths hit 162 in August —NCDC
Tribune/Nigeria THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a rise in confirmed Lassa fever cases, with 162 deaths recorded across 21 states as of epidemiological week 35, spanning August 25 to 31, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The NCDC, via its official website on Tuesday, reported 10 new […]
Sep 17, 2025
2 cases of measles confirmed in NYC, Department of Health says. Here’s what to know.
CBS News The New York City Department of Health has confirmed two adult cases of measles. The DOH says it is investigating measles exposures at unnamed restaurants on the Lower East Side and in SoHo. The agency said it is working to identify and notify people who may have been exposed. “Measles is a very […]
Sep 17, 2025
WHO: Ebola situation report DRC/25/01 – 15 September, 2025
WHO Africa (download report) On 4 September 2025, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai Province, following laboratory confirmation by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and GeneXpert assays at the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) in the […]
Sep 17, 2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Emergency Appeal
Relief Web SITUATION OVERVIEW EVD is a severe, often fatal illness in humans caused by infection with the Ebola virus. It is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in human populations through direct contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected individuals, and through contaminated surfaces and materials. The average […]
Sep 17, 2025
There’s a new outbreak of Ebola in Africa. Here’s what you need to know
The Conversation The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It’s caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. This outbreak began with a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was admitted to hospital on August 20 and died five days later. Two health workers who treated her also became infected and […]
Sep 17, 2025
Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo amid latest outbreak
PBS Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday. An outbreak of the highly contagious disease was announced earlier this month in the locality of Bulape, in Kasai, and has left at least 16 dead and 68 suspected cases, according to […]
Sep 17, 2025
Officials suspect avian flu after dead vultures are found in Maryland
Washington Post Dead vultures found in Charles County preliminarily tested positive for bird flu last week, prompting county officials to warn the public not to handle dead or sick birds. Charles County Emergency Services received a 911 call that two dead vultures were behind a shopping center in La Plata on Wednesday, officials said. The […]
Sep 17, 2025
NIH plans to test GLP-1s, other drugs for long COVID
Chemical & Engineering News The National Institutes of Health’s flagship long COVID initiative, RECOVER—short for Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery—has after a year of deliberation selected several drug candidates to test as treatments for the condition. Over the course of a 2-day workshop in Bethesda, Maryland, this week, RECOVER representatives detailed plans to launch clinical […]
Sep 17, 2025