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DENGUE. ““The CDC has issued a Level 3 emergency response for dengue outbreaks in Florida…”
Oct 24 2026
MEASLES. “Few pediatricians have treated a newborn with congenital measles, presenting a clinical challenge for physicians.”
Oct 24 2026
PLAGUE. “Russia has stamped “case closed” on the death of a young scientist at one of its oldest plague laboratories. Yet, several weeks on, no one outside Moscow can say what killed her.” (1)
Oct 24 2026
EBOLA. “The Ebola outbreak that began in DR Congo is becoming a continental crisis after authorities initially underestimated its spread, the head of Africa’s public health agency told Semafor as new cases were reported as far afield as Nigeria.”
Oct 24 2026
COVID. “After 11 years in Congress, I remain baffled by New York’s handling of the first wave, which contributed to the deaths of over 15,000 nursing home residents. I’ve never seen such a blatant breach of public health vigilance. Why did state leaders send COVID-positive patients into the homes of our most high-risk populations?”
Oct 24 2026
SEASONAL FLU. “The mutation, at a location called G155E, cropped up after strains were already selected for this year’s flu shots, Greninger said. So even though the vaccines target a version of H1N1 and should still offer some protection, the virus can still break through.”
Oct 22 2026
EBOLA. “Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, on Tuesday after a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive for the virus, the Health Ministry said.”
Oct 22 2026
DENGUE. “If someone visits Cuba, gets bitten by a mosquito infected with dengue, returns to Florida and another mosquito bites them, that mosquito becomes infected and can spread the virus.”
Oct 20 2026
COVID. “Helen Branswell, a leading reporter on infectious diseases who wrote with foresight, urgency and clarity about the emerging danger of the Covid-19 pandemic, ahead of the vast majority of journalists and even many medical experts, died on Tuesday in Ottawa. She was 69.”
Oct 19 2026
MEASLES. “Bangladesh is battling to contain the world’s worst measles outbreak, a crisis exacerbated by weak data, inadequate outreach and vaccination gaps that experts say offers a warning to other nations about the deadly risk of falling immunization rates.”
Oct 19 2026
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