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Ebola: Uganda locks down two districts, Indian company to produce an experimental vaccine for Uganda's outbreak

Mon, 2022-10-17 14:24 — mike kraft

Uganda locks down 2 districts in bid to stem spread of Ebola KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease. The measures announced by President Yoweri Museveni mean residents of the central Ugandan districts of Mubende and Kassanda can't travel into or out of those areas by private or public means. AP NEWS

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Moderna will provide variant-adapted COVID shots for world's poorest

Mon, 2022-10-17 08:31 — mike kraft

Moderna signs deal on variant-adapted COVID shots for world's poorest Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) has agreed to provide its new variant-adapted COVID-19 vaccine to the global scheme aiming to deliver shots to the world's poorest people. Reuters Reuters

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Analysis: Africa's progress and challenges in confronting pandemics--report

Fri, 2022-10-14 19:18 — mike kraft

Africa: Ready to Respond | Think Global Health The changing story of a vulnerable continent better prepared to respond to pandemics Council on Foreign Relations

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Key Cholara vaccine production to be discontinued, causing official dismay

Fri, 2022-10-14 17:43 — mike kraft

Dismay as key cholera vaccine is discontinued Exclusive: halt to production of Shanchol vaccine alarms WHO amid ‘unprecedented’ global outbreaks the Guardian

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Monkeypox treatment trial begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fri, 2022-10-14 10:55 — mike kraft

Monkeypox treatment trial begins in the Democratic Republic of the NIH partnering with INRB to evaluate tecovirimat (TPOXX). National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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The trial will evaluate the drug’s safety and its ability to mitigate monkeypox symptoms and prevent serious outcomes, including death.

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Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief

Thu, 2022-10-13 17:07 — mike kraft

Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease in Uganda reached the capital, stirring alarm. Elias Biryabarema Reuters

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Monkeypox dangerous new varient in DRC; U.S. cases are falling

Tue, 2022-10-11 10:19 — mike kraft

Monkeypox: A dangerous variant circulating in the DRC could go global | New Scientist There have been 120 suspected deaths from monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year, and the virulent Clade I virus may be to blame. There are fears it could follow the milder Clade II and go global #author.fullName} New Scientist

ALSO SEE: Outbreak Brief 11: Monkeypox in Africa Union Member States

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Travelers from Uganda to the U.S. have to enter for screening at 5 specified airports.

Thu, 2022-10-06 17:41 — mike kraft

U.S. to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports The Biden administration will begin redirecting U.S.-bound travelers who had been to Uganda within the previous 21 days to five major American airports to be screened for Ebola as public health officials sent an alert to healthcare workers. David Shepardson,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Ebola: Testing problems hinder Uganda’s response to Ebola outbreak

Mon, 2022-10-03 09:04 — mike kraft

Testing trouble adds to disorder in Uganda's Ebola response MUBENDE, Uganda (AP) — The nurse wanted the toddler with a high fever transferred at once from a private clinic in Uganda to a public hospital even though the child tested positive for malaria amid an Ebola outbreak that has rattled health workers. AP NEWS

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Uganda Ebola cases jump to 50, with 1 more death

Fri, 2022-09-30 19:14 — mike kraft

Uganda Ebola cases jump to 50, with 1 more death Officials add 14 more cases to the total, and the fatality count rises to 24, as officials weigh starting a vaccine trial in the country. CIDRAP

The number of people infected in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak jumped to 50 today, with 14 more cases added to the total, the World Health Organization (WHO) African region said today on Twitter.

One more person died, raising the fatality count to 24.

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