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Ebola deaths in DR Congo rises to 49 with 2,000 feared ‘contacts’

On: August 20, 2018

In: Biological Threats, Ebola, Emerging Diseases, Pestilence & Disease

The mainstream news has been generally quiet about this second Ebola outbreak in DRC, but twice as many people have died in this outbreak than in the first. Keep an eye on this one. The area is impoverished and war-torn. Kinshasa (AFP) – The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DRContinue Reading

West Virginia University: HFMD among Mountaineer football team prompts postponement of Fan Day

By: Sharon

On: August 19, 2018

In: Biological Threats, Emerging Diseases

Kudos to the university sports and health departments. Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is highly contagious. At least five West Virginia University (WVU) football players have been identified with the contagious viral infection, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), which has prompted the postponement of Fan Day today. HFMD isContinue Reading

Belief in Witchcraft Complicates Current Marburg Outbreak in Uganda

By: Sharon

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

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