Ebola spreading into new areas in northeast DR Congo: WHO
The Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading into new areas, the World Health Organization warned Friday.
Jun 12, 2026
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Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: Patient Isolation
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Is the Ebola quarantine in the US legal? Expert weighs in
Countries across the globe are on high alert as health workers race to contain an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Central and East Africa that has killed more than 100 people and infected almost 570, according to data from ...
Jun 11, 2026
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Two patients with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation in Brazil
Two patients who recently arrived in Brazil from African countries have been put in isolation after showing symptoms linked to Ebola, officials said, raising concerns about the deadly virus spreading beyond the African continent.
May 31, 2026
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Dread and denial at heart of deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak
Unlike other residents of Mongbwalu, a town at the heart of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's latest devastating Ebola outbreak, Laureine Sakiya believes that the blood-letting virus exists after seeing some of her ...
May 25, 2026
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Past hantavirus outbreak shows how Andes virus spreads
An elderly man had just started running a fever when he walked into a birthday party in the Argentine village of Epuyen in 2018.
May 7, 2026
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Hantavirus not like COVID: doctor treating patient in Netherlands
The hantavirus that has broken out on the cruise ship MV Hondius is much less transmissible than COVID, the head of the Dutch unit treating one of the patients told AFP Thursday.
May 7, 2026
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How to contain avian flu H5N1 if human-to-human spread begins
At this point, avian flu H5N1 is thought to have very limited ability to transmit between humans, but a recent case in British Columbia with an unknown source of transmission has piqued the curiosity and concern of scientists, ...
Mar 28, 2026
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South Carolina measles quarantine soars beyond 300 people
Fifteen new cases of measles have been reported in the Upstate since Dec. 9, more schools have had infected students, 303 people are in quarantine and 13 are in isolation, the South Carolina Department of Public Health reported ...
Dec 15, 2025
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TB or not TB? A new clinician decision support tool for tuberculosis
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programs are tasked with implementing the appropriate isolation of patients with suspected or confirmed communicable diseases to reduce the risk of health care-associated infections ...
Jan 29, 2025
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Engaged and informed communities are more likely to adapt behaviors during disease outbreaks, study finds
New research from a team led by Dr. Louise Smith and Professor James Rubin from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, working with the UK Health Security Agency, explored ...
Oct 13, 2023
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