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Death toll climbs in Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak
CIDRAP Three new deaths have been confirmed in Ethiopia’s Marburg virus outbreak, bringing the death toll to eight, according to the latest update from Ethiopian health officials. There are now 12 confirmed cases in the outbreak, which was first reported in mid-November and is occurring in the southern part of the country. Last week, the Ministry of […]
Dec 3, 2025
First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know
The Conversation H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be? What happened? In early November, a resident of Grays Harbor, a […]
Nov 26, 2025
Marburg outbreak worsens in Ethiopia as death toll rises
The Telegraph Experts warn that the outbreak’s proximity to borders with Kenya and South Sudan means that – if not contained – it could spread rapidly. The death toll in Ethiopia’s first outbreak of the deadly Marburg haemorrhagic fever has risen to five, with 10 cases confirmed. Another three dead patients are also suspected to […]
Nov 26, 2025
Global Virus Network Statement on the Marburg Virus Outbreak in Ethiopia
GVN The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists in more than 40 countries dedicated to advancing pandemic preparedness through research, education and training, and global health solutions, today issued a statement on the newly confirmed outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in southern Ethiopia. This represents the country’s first […]
Nov 26, 2025
Ethiopia confirms three deaths in new Marburg virus outbreak
Africa News Ethiopia confirmed on Monday the deaths of three people who had contracted the Marburg virus. The country’s health ministry said three additional fatalities were being investigated for a possible connection to the disease. This announcement comes after Ethiopian authorities declared the Marburg outbreak on Friday. The outbreak was reported in the Omo region, an area […]
Nov 19, 2025
Ethiopia reports first outbreak of Marburg, Ebola cousin with no vaccine
Washington Post At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with the deadly Marburg virus, a clinically similar cousin to Ebola, in the East African country’s first outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the World Health Organization said Friday. Ethiopia’s Health Ministry also confirmed the outbreak. The WHO “is actively supporting Ethiopia to contain the […]
Nov 19, 2025
Ethiopia confirms 3 Marburg virus deaths in new outbreak
ABC News Ethiopia has confirmed three deaths from the Marburg hemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighboring South Sudan. Ethiopia on Monday confirmed three deaths from the Marburg hemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighboring South Sudan. Health Minister Mekdes Daba said Ethiopia’s government, which declared a Marburg outbreak on Friday, had conducted […]
Nov 19, 2025
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
NYT If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization. Health officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah […]
Nov 19, 2025
H5N5 Avian influenza confirmed in Grays Harbor County resident
Washington DoH A Grays Harbor resident who was hospitalized with influenza symptoms in early November has been confirmed to have influenza A H5, a type of avian influenza. Additional testing shows the virus to be H5N5, an avian influenza virus that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans. The Centers for […]
Nov 19, 2025
How two top FDA officials are quietly upending vaccine regulations
STAT As Tracy Beth Høeg and Vinay Prasad seek to restore public trust, some fear they will undermine public health instead. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he does not want to take vaccines away from Americans. But at a closed-door meeting of Food and Drug Administration vaccine scientists in September, a top […]
Nov 12, 2025