CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks
Trump administration has taken actions to dismantle established public health infrastructure as part of its second-term ...
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WHO donates medical outfits worth $30,000 to curtail Marburg outbreak
WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has donated essential medical equipment worth $30,000 (78m/-) to help combat the Marburg ...
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Devex Newswire: Would Trump pull the US out of the World Bank?
Would Trump risk reducing the U.S. influence in the World Bank by decreasing its shareholding? Plus, a glimpse at the dark ...
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Inside the infamous ‘Tunnel 12’: The source of Rwanda’s Marburg outbreak
Behind a red, locked door is a cave with thousands of bats that led the East African country into its first battle with Marburg. The country is now working to ensure that bats and humans can live in ...
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Rwanda’s Mine-dwelling Bats Linked to Deadly Marburg Outbreak
A tin mine in Kigali has been identified as the source of Rwanda’s first Marburg virus outbreak, which killed 15 people and infected 51 more in 2024. Authorities traced the infections to one of ...
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Tests rule out Ebola, Marburg in DR Congo unexplained illness clusters
In the first of the 2 outbreaks, affected children had contact with bats. Further investigations are under way for both ...
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Southern Africa: Multiple Disease Outbreaks Heighten Public Health Emergencies for Children Across Eastern and Southern Africa - UNICEF
Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing ...
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CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies
In 2024, the CDC worked with the WHO to respond to a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda that lasted for several months. On average, about half of people infected with Marburg virus do not survive ...
USAID and other assistance saves millions of lives. Ending it will be devastating.
They are among those who will be the most hurt by the Trump administration’s drastic actions last month to suddenly stop US ...