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MEASLES. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending one of its scientists to Pennsylvania to help curb the state’s growing measles outbreak, a CDC spokesperson said Thursday. That person, a “disease detective” within the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, is scheduled to arrive later this week.”
Oct 15 2026
EBOLA. “The WHO reported that Kenya’s national preparedness score rose from 66 percent in May to 82 percent in July. The assessment covered measures including surveillance, laboratory testing, isolation and treatment facilities, and trained response teams.”
Oct 15 2026
MEASLES. “Vaccines don’t save lives, vaccinations do. The difference between a vaccine and a vaccination is a trusted message from a trusted messenger. Otherwise, vaccines are going to be sitting cold in the fridge.”
Oct 14 2026
EBOLA. “I have worked in humanitarian health in this region for decades and helped lead responses to several Ebola outbreaks. I have never seen one get this far ahead of us.”
Oct 14 2026
PLAGUE. “Whether or not this case is ultimately confirmed as plague, the events in Irkutsk illustrate why the first few days of response to a suspected highly dangerous infection are so important. When a potentially transmissible and rapidly fatal disease is involved, actions taken before additional cases appear can determine whether an isolated infection becomes an outbreak.”
Oct 13 2026
MEASLES. “Pennsylvania and New York’s Democratic governors have taken vastly different approaches to fighting measles outbreaks in their states.”
Oct 11 2026
EBOLA. “Medication can affect the way some symptoms present, including fever. If a traveller has an infection but does not have a detectable fever at the time of screening, temperature checks alone may not identify the person as a suspected case.”
Oct 11 2026
PLAGUE. “The lesson from an unexplained death in Siberia should be that disease emergencies demand evidence, expertise and cooperation.”
Oct 11 2026
EBOLA. “Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi.”
Oct 7 2026
PLAGUE. “Federal agencies are working together to monitor travelers arriving from Siberia after a potential pneumonic plague case was identified in Russia, though health officials say they’re confident the threat to Americans is “extremely low” and President Donald Trump says Russia claims to have the situation “very much under control.””
Oct 7 2026
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