Experts from the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) advise that rumors circulating on social media of an Ebola outbreak at the Burning Man Music Festival in Black...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Merck announced Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded indication for ERVEBO, which is now indicated for the prevention of disease caused...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on media reports in Uganda of a man who collapsed and died while exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms, the Uganda Ministry of Health tweeted today: The PCR tests for the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health with support from several partners has anchored a post Ebola recovery plan to address the different gaps that were identified during the recent fight against...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A National Institutes of Health research group with extensive experience studying ebolavirus countermeasures has successfully developed a vaccine against Sudan virus (SUDV) based...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Something we at the website have been counting down for the past few weeks (HERE, HERE), Uganda’s Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero made official in a tweet this morning–“Congratulations...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The Uganda Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) report it has been 37 days since the last confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case as of January 3, 2023. On...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Uganda’s Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus (SVD) on September 20 after a case was confirmed in Mubende district. This is the first time in more than...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Uganda health officials reported today an additional Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case and death, the first in eleven days. According to a tweet earlier today, the Ministry of Health...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 On November 13, Minister for Health- Uganda, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero tweeted about a confirmed fatal Ebola case reported in Kayalwe B village, Buyengo sub-county, Jinja district. This...