Current Ebola Outbreak Could Become The Largest on Record

Current Ebola Outbreak Could Become The Largest on Record

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that the current Ebola outbreak could become the largest on record. Health officials still say that the risk to Americans is low. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC or DR Congo) says that the number of...
UNICEF Warns Children Are At Highest Risk of Ebola

UNICEF Warns Children Are At Highest Risk of Ebola

As the Ebola strain known as Bundibugyo continues to spread in Uganda, UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) has warned that children are at the highest risk of the disease. Cases have now shot past 1,150, and the death toll has...
First Ebola Case In France CONFIRMED

First Ebola Case In France CONFIRMED

France has just confirmed its first Ebola case. The patient is a doctor who had returned from a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). The health ministry said the patient has a “very low” viral load and that contacts are “currently...
Bird Flu Outbreak: Australia Ramps Up Surveillance

Bird Flu Outbreak: Australia Ramps Up Surveillance

Australia is experiencing a bird flu outbreak. It has ramped up surveillance procedures after just two cases of ⁠the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu were confirmed in migratory seabirds. It does claim that other birds could also have contracted the virus. Tests are...
US Screwworm Cases At 16

US Screwworm Cases At 16

A new United States screwworm case brings the total in the country to sixteen. Mexico has nearly 30,000 reported cases since November 2024, with 1,800 still active, meaning this could quickly escalate if failures to eliminate the parasite persist. According to a...