November 7, 2017

Belief in Witchcraft Complicates Current Marburg Outbreak in Uganda

On: November 7, 2017

In: Biological Threats, Emerging Diseases, Pestilence & Disease

The most recent outbreak of Marburg Viral Disease (MVD) in Uganda has now claimed the lives of three people with as many as six ill (depending on the news resource). Attached to the outbreak is a curious superstition, explained in a recent update from the World Health Organization: In theContinue Reading

Plague Continues in Madagascar

By: Sharon

On: November 7, 2017

In: Uncategorized

According to today’s update at Outbreak News Today, the number of those who’ve contracted the disease now approaches 2,000 with nearly 150 dead. Most of the cases are pneumonic plague, which affects the lungs and can be rapidly and efficiently spread through coughing. A major factor for transmission centers onContinue Reading