Ebola cases are now nearing 1,000 — up from 750 as of May 22 — and are outpacing prevention operations. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment, the epidemic is outpacing us,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros…
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has signed a Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration, providing liability protection to manufacturers, distributors and healthcare providers involved in the development and use of medical countermeasures against Andes hantavirus. The declaration covers…
The World Health Organization said May 22 the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Uganda comprises approximately 750 cases and has resulted in more than 170 deaths. Michael Osterholm, PhD, director of the Center for Infectious…
Thirteen health systems across the country are federally designated Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers, meaning they are equipped and trained to treat patients with Ebola and other high-consequence pathogens. The centers are drawing renewed attention as the Ebola outbreak…
Hantavirus and Ebola are grabbing global headlines, but measles outbreaks across the country are a bigger threat to U.S. hospitals, according to an infectious disease leader at Corewell Health. As of May 21, the CDC had confirmed 1,952 measles cases…
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The CDC has ordered two passengers formerly on the M/V Hondius cruise ship to remain at a Nebraska quarantine unit with 16 other passengers, who are being monitored for Andes hantavirus. Following an Andes hantavirus outbreak first reported on an…
The seven Americans exposed in the Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak have been identified, and the World Health Organization is responding to criticism about its response. Here are the most recent updates related to the Ebola outbreak: 1. WHO…
As a Nebraska health system monitors 18 passengers for Andes hantavirus and several states track potential exposure, the CDC outlined three hantaviruses U.S. clinicians should consider when evaluating patients. The Andes hantavirus is a New World hantavirus that the CDC…
Ebola is making international headlines again after the World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency, but the CDC said the risk to the U.S. is low. Here are 12 things hospital leaders need to know about the current…
An American physician who has tested positive for Ebola is among seven Americans being transported out of the Democratic Republic of Congo amid an outbreak involving a strain with no approved treatments or vaccines. Here is what to know: 1.…