https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2026/10/19/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/ 2026-10-20T03:36:19Z Tracking Emerging Public Health Challenges. en 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." 2026-10-20T03:36:18Z Blog https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2026/10/19/measles-bangladesh-is-battling-to-contain-the-worlds-worst-measles-outbreak-a-crisis-exacerbated-by-weak-data-inadequate-outreach-and-vaccination-gaps-that-experts-say-offers-a-wa/ 2026-10-20T03:35:14Z Tracking Emerging Public Health Challenges. en 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." 2026-10-20T03:34:32Z Blog https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2026/10/19/ebola-how-likely-is-it-that-ebola-will-reach-the-united-states/ 2026-10-20T03:21:38Z Tracking Emerging Public Health Challenges. en EBOLA. “How likely is it that Ebola will reach the United States?" 2026-10-20T03:20:39Z Blog https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2026/10/19/plague-there-a-plague-outbreak-in-russia-if-the-answer-were-a-clear-yes-there-shouldnt-be-much-reason-to-worry-with-swift-medical-intervention-plague-is-treatable-but-in-the-ne/ 2026-10-20T02:30:36Z Tracking Emerging Public Health Challenges. en PLAGUE. “There a plague outbreak in Russia? If the answer were a clear yes, there shouldn’t be much reason to worry. With swift medical intervention, plague is treatable. But in the nearly three weeks since a worker at a Siberian plague research unit died of a mysterious respiratory illness, state officials have been consistently tight-lipped about what happened and whether there were any further cases." 2026-10-20T02:29:44Z Blog