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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
DRC’s Ebola-hit towns under confinement as cases tick up
Times Live Towns affected by Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) latest Ebola outbreak have erected checkpoints to restrict population movements, officials said this week, as cases increased slightly and aid workers warned that the response was underfunded. DRC’s health ministry last week declared the country’s first Ebola outbreak in three years, with 28 suspected cases […]
Sep 10, 2025
Two deaths suspected of being linked to Ebola virus disease in Kikwit
Link to article in French (machine translated to English) An alert has been issued in the town of Kikwit, capital of Kwilu province, after two deaths with signs suggestive of the Ebola virus were recorded at the Kikwit General Reference Hospital (HGR). According to information obtained from a local source, the first case involved a […]
Sep 10, 2025
Red Cross responds as deadly Ebola resurfaces in DRC’s Kasaï Province after 17 years
IFRC The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has officially declared a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Kasaï Province. This marks the country’s 16th recorded Ebola epidemic and the first in this region since 2008. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), in coordination […]
Sep 10, 2025
Ebola Outbreak in the DRC: Current Situation
CDC On September 4, 2025, the DRC Ministry of Public Health officially declared an outbreak of Ebola in Bulape and Mweka health zones in Kasai Province. This is the 16th Ebola outbreak in the DRC since the virus was discovered there in 1976. As of September 10, 2025, there are 58 people with suspected or confirmed […]
Sep 10, 2025
FDA Pulls RFK Jr. Critic Off Its Vaccine Advisory Panel
MedPageToday Paul Offit’s latest term on VRBPAC ends abruptly … in paperwork. Pediatric vaccine expert Paul Offit, MD, a longtime critic of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been removed from the FDA’s influential vaccine panel. Offit had already served two 4-year terms on the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), from […]
Sep 3, 2025
More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies
Guardian Letter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC. A letter published on Wednesday from more than 1,000 past and present workers of the Department of Health and Human Services department (HHS) has demanded the resignation of Robert F Kennedy Jr, insisting the health secretary’s attacks on vaccines […]
Sep 3, 2025
I resigned from the CDC. Here are three questions for RFK Jr.
Washington Post OPINION I’ve seen the secretary’s effect on public health policy firsthand. Debra Houry is an emergency physician and was the chief medical officer and deputy director for program and science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until last week. Last week, I and two colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control […]
Sep 3, 2025
Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates
AP Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates, a longtime cornerstone of public health policy for keeping schoolchildren and adults safe from infectious diseases. State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who announced the decision Wednesday, cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as “immoral” intrusions on people’s rights that hamper parents’ […]
Sep 3, 2025
Everything You Need to Know About Flu Shots This Fall
NYT It’s that time of year again. School is starting, the days are getting shorter and the familiar “flu shots available” signs are appearing outside pharmacies. Each year, the flu kills tens of thousands of people in the United States, on average, and hundreds of thousands are hospitalized. How can you protect yourself this season? Here’s what […]
Sep 3, 2025