Outbreaks and epidemics

Ebola is spreading faster beyond Congo epicentre, straining outbreak response

The government also cited weaknesses in surveillance, infection control, safe burials and logistics as obstacles to interrupting transmission.

Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows

Members of the Civil Protection team disinfect after handling the body of an unidentified man who died of Ebola, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak can still be brought under control within three months

WHO said earlier in August that reversing Ebola’s spread would be possible within a three-month period, but since then there have been signs that it has worsened.

Ebola outbreak becomes Congo’s deadliest as UN warns virus is ‘winning’

A health worker measuring the temperature of a woman suspected of having Ebola as she is transported by motorcycle taxi to Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in May.

Ebola deaths surpass 2,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo

The latest data from Congo’s public health institute also reported 4,381 confirmed cases across five provinces.

Mexican jalapenos tied to salmonella outbreak in 27 US states

Chipotle has since switched jalapeno suppliers for its restaurants beginning July 20.

Michigan reports first US deaths in cyclosporiasis outbreak

An FDA investigation linked the outbreak that has expanded to nine states to iceberg lettuce sourced from Mexico, but the authorities are still looking for other potential sources.

Singapore-based lab to produce clinical trial doses for potential new Ebola vaccine

Hilleman Laboratories has secured up to US$8.5 million in funding from global health body CEPI to develop and produce the Ebola vaccine candidate.

Cyclosporiasis cases in US linked to four more states

There are currently no reported deaths from the infection.

‘All these rashes’: Chickenpox surges in Gaza’s overcrowded, filthy camps

A displaced Palestinian girl suffering from chickenpox with her mother inside the family’s tent in Khan Younis on July 19.

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