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  • DRC responders probe Ebola return to Kalunguta

    12/28/2019 6:41:46 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 4 replies
    cidrap ^ | 12/27/2019
    Over the past few days, four new Ebola cases were confirmed in one of the former hot spots in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) outbreak, Kalunguta, which had gone 63 days with no new cases. The DRC's Ebola technical committee (CMRE) said in its daily report for Dec 25 that investigators are exploring how the first two patients in the new cluster­—sisters ages 7 and 5—were exposed to the virus. Kalunguta cluster details The CMRE said the first newly detected patient in Kalunguta, located in North Kivu province not far from Beni and Butembo, is a 7-year-old girl who...
  • FDA approves first-ever vaccine for prevention of Ebola virus

    12/20/2019 7:01:24 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 14 replies
    CNN ^ | 12/20/2019 | Shelby Lin Erdman
    The US Food and Drug administration has approved for the first time in the United States a vaccine for the prevention of the deadly Ebola virus, the agency announced Thursday. The vaccine, Ervebo, was developed by Merck and protects against Ebola virus disease (EVD) caused by Zaire ebolavirus in people 18 and older, the FDA said in a statement. Cases of EVD in the US are very rare and have generally occurred when people already infected with the virus have traveled into the country or when health care workers have become infected treating those sickened by EVD. "While the risk...
  • Weekly Ebola cases spike, involve 3 transmission chains

    12/14/2019 7:47:19 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 8 replies
    CIDRAP News ^ | Dec 13, 2019 | Lisa Schnirring
    The number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak for the week ending Dec 10 substantially increased, with 27 reported, up sharply from the average weekly total of 7 reported during the previous 3 weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest weekly snapshot of the epidemic. The spike in cases underscores earlier WHO warnings that illness numbers could increase again, given suspensions in response operations owing to deadly security incidents that occurred about 2 weeks ago. One chain sparked by patient with 2nd illness All of the new cases are linked to...
  • 'It Was Unmistakably A Directed Attack': 4 Ebola Workers Killed In Congo

    11/28/2019 7:30:01 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 18 replies
    npr ^ | 11/28/2019 | Colin Dwyer
    At least four Ebola response workers are dead and six others injured after a pair of attacks overnight against health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A World Health Organization official on Thursday described the killings as "unmistakably a directed attack at the [Ebola] response." The dead include a vaccinator and two drivers stationed at Biakato Mines — an Ebola response camp used by WHO, government officials, UNICEF and other aid agencies — while a police officer died in the attack on a health coordination office in the small town of Mangina. No WHO staff died; one was among...
  • Ebola vaccine approved as second jab trialled

    11/13/2019 1:34:36 PM PST · by Valpal1 · 7 replies
    BBC ^ | 11/13/2019 | Tulip Mazumdar
    Prof Daniel Bausch, director of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, is one of the scientists leading the trial. He said there was "no contest" between the two vaccines, and both had their advantages and disadvantages. Merck's, which is given to those who come into direct and indirect contact with an Ebola patient, could be best used in the middle of an outbreak - while the J&J vaccine could be used to protect people not yet exposed to Ebola. Prof Bausch said: "The J&J vaccine is not ideally suited to an outbreak setting, primarily because it requires two doses...
  • US airports have hired EBOLA screeners to test blood samples from travelers coming to the US...

    11/02/2019 7:12:55 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 26 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 1 November 2019 | Natalie Rahhal
    FULL TITLE: US airports have hired EBOLA screeners to test blood samples from travelers coming to the US from countries plagued by the deadly virus Washington Dulles International Airport has hired part-time staff screen travelers for the Ebola virus, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health was recently in search of a nurse to oversee 'biothreat responses,' including to Ebola, reported the Epoch Times. The spate of screener hirings follow the World Heath Organization's (WHO) July declaration that Ebola is a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), only fifth time the agency has made the designation was introduced following...
  • DR Congo launches large-scale operation against rebels

    11/01/2019 6:09:08 PM PDT · by BenLurkin
    aljazeera.com ^ | 11/01/2019
    Army spokesman General Leon Kasonga announced the large-scale offensive on Thursday in the Beni region, an early epicentre of the more than yearlong Ebola outbreak. The offensive primarily targets Allied Democratic Forces rebels who have killed hundreds of civilians and security forces over the past few years and recruited children. Attacks have hampered Ebola containment efforts. The northeast region borders Uganda and Rwanda. The DRC's military offensive comes days after a meeting of regional military leaders on how to rid eastern DRC of rebel groups. But the DRC's army is making clear that it is carrying out this new offensive...
  • Presidential Memorandum on Determination with Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments (tr)

    10/19/2019 1:11:08 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 1 replies
    whitehouse.gov ^ | October 18, 2019 | President Donald Trump
    MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination with Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107)(the “Act”), as amended, I hereby determine as follows: As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, and subject to the determinations below regarding assistance related to the Ebola virus disease and meeting minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons, I determine that the United States will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to the Governments of Burundi, China, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, The...
  • Assembly of African Migrants in Tapachula Demands Asylum in U.S.

    09/23/2019 8:29:54 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 29 replies
    Judicial Watch ^ | September 19, 2019 | Judicial Watch
    Among the multitude of migrants waiting in Mexico to get asylum in the United States are thousands of Africans boldly demanding passage into the country. They are far more coordinated than their Central American caravan counterparts and have formed an official organization to spread their message and advocate on their behalf. The group accuses Mexican authorities of discrimination and racism and is ordering Mexico to grant visas that allow them to continue their trek north to seek “protection” in America. For about three months the Africans have been holed up in Tapachula, in the southeast Mexican state of Chiapas bordering...
  • UN Agency: Tanzania Not Sharing Details on Ebola-Like Cases

    09/22/2019 8:40:54 AM PDT · by bgill · 10 replies
    nbc ^ | Sept. 22, 2019 | Cara Anna
    The World Health Organization has issued an unusual statement raising questions about whether Tanzania is covering up possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus, a significant cause for concern during a regional outbreak that has been declared a rare global health emergency. The statement Saturday says Tanzania's government "despite several requests" has not shared its clinical data, the results of its investigations or the possible contacts of a number of patients with Ebola-like symptoms. Tanzania's government, which has said it has no Ebola cases, could not immediately be reached for comment Sunday. The cases would be the first-ever Ebola infections...
  • Pandemic could kill up to 80 million people -- and the world isn't ready, experts say

    09/18/2019 1:05:14 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 108 replies
    KCCI ^ | 09/18/2019
    Between 2011 and 2018, WHO tracked 1,483 epidemics worldwide, including Ebola and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the report said. These epidemics and pandemics devastated many of their host countries -- the West Africa Ebola outbreak resulted in a loss of $53 billion in economic and social cost. These huge economic costs translate to severe real-life consequences -- lost jobs, forced displacement, inaccessible healthcare, and greater mortality. While disease, epidemics, and pandemics have always existed, greater population density and the ability to travel anywhere in the world within 36 hours means disease can spread rapidly through a country and then...
  • An explosion occurred in the Novosibirsk Center for Virology "Vector" [Russia]

    09/16/2019 11:25:03 PM PDT · by AzNASCARfan · 72 replies
    svoboda.org ^ | September 16, 2019 | Unknown
    An explosion occurred at the Vector State Virology Research Center near Novosibirsk . This research center has one of the most comprehensive collections of dangerous viruses in the world. According to Rospotrebnadzor, on the fifth floor of a six-story laboratory building, a gas bottle exploded during repair work, after which a fire broke out on an area of 30 square meters. The fire is eliminated. One worker suffered. With burns of the second and third degree, he was taken to the hospital. In Rospotrebnadzor emphasized that in the room where the explosion occurred, there were no biohazardous substances. At the...
  • Preparations Quietly Made to Screen for Ebola at US Airports (8-19-19)

    09/03/2019 5:07:57 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 17 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 8-19-19 | PATRICK HOWLEY
    The U.S. federal government continues to quietly put out a call for Ebola screeners at airports including Dulles International Airport in the Washington area, as migrants from an Ebola-afflicted region in Africa settle in the United States. The job “EMT, Ebola Airport Screener” has a very straightforward job description: “To screen passengers that have traveled back from Ebola-affected nations. This will include checking vital signs, temperature and having passengers fill out questionnaires. This will include tracking and reporting all recovered results.” The job listing is posted on Careerbuilder.com and LinkedIn by Caduceus Healthcare. “We’re a contractor with the federal government;...
  • Ebola virus outbreak spreads, claiming first victims in a new region of Congo

    08/16/2019 3:41:32 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 23 replies
    cbs ^ | August 16, 2019
    The eastern DR Congo province of South Kivu has recorded its first confirmed cases of Ebola in the country's year-old epidemic, one of which was a fatality, the provincial government said Friday. "Two cases which tested positive for Ebola were confirmed overnight in South Kivu, in Lwindi district in the Mwenga region," it said in a statement South Kivu Governor Theo Ngwabidje told reporters: "Teams from the national anti-Ebola coordination campaign arrived yesterday to provide support." The disease is spread by contact with infected bodily fluids and is fought with time-honored but laborious techniques of tracing contacts and quarantining them....
  • Ebola drugs show ‘90% survival rate’ in breakthrough trial

    08/14/2019 9:01:56 AM PDT · by Attention Surplus Disorder · 28 replies
    The BBC ^ | 13 August 2019 | unknown
    Ebola may soon be a "preventable and treatable" disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said. Four drugs were trialled on patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is a major outbreak of the virus. More than 90% of infected people can survive if treated early with the most effective drugs, the research showed. The drugs will now be used to treat all patients with the disease in DR Congo, according to health officials. On Tuesday, two people cured of Ebola using the experimental drugs were released from a treatment centre...
  • Military lab, handles Ebola & other dangerous pathogens, suspended after failing CDC inspection

    08/08/2019 10:30:33 PM PDT · by Freedom56v2 · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | 08/08/19 | Paulina Dedaj
    A military laboratory in Maryland used for biological defense research, which houses some of the world’s most dangerous pathogens, was ordered to stop research last month after failing an inspection. The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick was ordered to cease all operations last month after an inspection by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in June found several causes for concern regarding safety precautions, The Frederick News-Post reported. Spokeswoman Caree Vander Linden confirmed the news to the outlet, adding that inspectors questioned standard operating procedures including failure to follow local procedures and a...
  • Ebola: Half of cases going undetected

    08/04/2019 7:07:39 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 18 replies
    An estimated half of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are going unidentified, the country's new Ebola response coordinator, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, has told reporters. "If we continue on that basis, this epidemic could last two or three years," Muyembe said at a Friday news conference in Goma, a city located on Congo's eastern border with Rwanda. He added that the current goal is to bring the detection rate to 80% by strengthening surveillance. The remarks came a day after Congolese authorities raced to contain the Ebola epidemic after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several...
  • Rwanda reopens border with DR Congo after closing it for several hours following Ebola deaths

    08/01/2019 10:25:56 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | 8-1-19 | Lukas Mikelionis
    Rwanda has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after closing it for several hours, a reaction to three Ebola cases, two of them fatal, in a border city in the past month. The border was closed after a third case of Ebola was detected in the border city of Goma, which has a population of more than 2 million people and has an international airport. Two people have already died there, according to the BBC. The first confirmed case in Goma was a 46-year-old preacher who managed to pass through three health checkpoints on the way from...
  • Saudi Arabia suspends Hajj visas for DR Congo over Ebola

    07/26/2019 1:38:24 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 11 replies
    The decision, announced in a note issued on Wednesday by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cited last week's move by the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the Ebola outbreak in DRC's eastern North Kivu and Ituri provinces a public health emergency of international concern. Riyadh's move came despite the WHO saying at the time of its international emergency declaration that no country should close its borders or place any restrictions on travel or trade because of Ebola and urging governments elsewhere in Africa and around the world not to "panic" in response to the decision. The epidemic has...
  • Daily double-digit Ebola cases continue in DRC

    07/20/2019 5:28:23 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 12 replies
    CIDRAP ^ | | Jul 19, 2019
    The number of people infected with Ebola continues to rise steadily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) outbreak zone, according to reports yesterday and today, with one more healthcare worker sickened by the virus and the outbreak total rising to 2,546 cases. New health worker infection Of 10 new cases reported in the health ministry's update yesterday, 4 were in Beni, a former Ebola epicenter that has become a hot spot again. The others were in Butembo (2), Mandima (2), Vuhovi (1), and Mutwanga (1). Outbreak responders are still investigating 402 suspected cases. One of the new illnesses...