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Possible Ebola exposure to arrive in Nebraska

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An American providing care for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is headed to the University of Nebraska Medical Center after a possible exposure. According...

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Hepatitis C: Three new strains found in Africa

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A new study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research and collaborators and published in the Journal Hepatology of the discovery of three new hepatitis...

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Ebola outbreak: DRC health minister holds press conference

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Minister of Health, Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga, held a press conference in Kinshasa today to inform the national and international opinion on the evolution of...

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Malaria cases plateau after several years of decline globally: WHO

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Reductions in malaria cases have stalled after several years of decline globally, according to the new World malaria report 2018. For the second consecutive year, the annual report produced by WHO reveals...

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CDC Director Redfield on Ebola outbreak: ‘Need to consider the possibility that it cannot be brought under control”

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In a troubling statement concerning the current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Dr. Robert Redfield...

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak reaches 300 cases

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In the latest on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the DRC health ministry has reported a total of 300 cases...

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Ebola update: ‘We seem to be facing a second peak of the outbreak’

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More than ten weeks after the declaration of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic, we seem to be facing a second peak of the outbreak, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Through Oct. 29,...

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Red Cross workers attacked during safe burial of Ebola victim in DR Congo

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Three volunteers of the Red Cross Society were on Tuesday injured after being attacked while carrying out a safe burial of one Ebola victim in Butembo in the North Kivu area east of the Democratic Republic...

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Ebola update: Uganda steps up preparedness, EU response

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The current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), close to the DRC-Uganda border was declared on August 1. As of 25th September 2018, a total...

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Monkeypox in Africa in 2018

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Two cases of monkeypox were confirmed in the UK on the 7 and 11 September 2018, in people with recent travel history to Nigeria, as you may recall. So what is the monkeypox situation in Africa year to...