Ebola

New plan aims to get vaccines to outbreaks faster, Gavi says

Tue, 2023-06-27 17:57 — mike kraft

New scheme aims to get vaccines to outbreaks faster, Gavi says Three global health bodies are teaming up to investigate stockpiling experimental vaccines for rare infectious diseases so the shots can be tested more quickly when outbreaks happen, a top official from vaccine alliance Gavi told Reuters. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Opinion: Small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:36 — mike kraft

How small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big If we can’t get this right for known diseases like Marburg, what hope do we have for unknown pandemic threats? Torie Bosch STAT

...while fast-tracking candidate vaccines represents a positive step forward in the race to stop these outbreaks and to improve global health security, it raises an important question. If vaccine candidates already existed for both of these viruses before the outbreaks began, then why weren’t investigational stockpiles of vaccine ready to go when the first cases were detected?

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Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after containing latest outbreak

Wed, 2023-01-11 09:31 — mike kraft

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak that it briefly struggled to contain but was then able to swiftly bring under control despite the absence of a proven vaccine against the viral strain in question. Elias Biryabarema Reuters

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The latest outbreak killed 55 of the 143 people infected since September, according to health ministry figures. Six of the fatalities were health workers.

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Long COVID: Researcher Finds There Are 4 Subtypes

Mon, 2023-01-09 18:09 — mike kraft

Researcher Find There Are 4 Subtypes of Long COVID Long COVID is a broad and complicated condition, but new research has determined four subtypes to help categorize it. Yahoo

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Uganda's Ebola outbreak is coming under control -- Africa CDC

Thu, 2023-01-05 10:45 — mike kraft

Africa CDC says Uganda's Ebola outbreak is coming under control Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was coming under control, as it had been 39 days since the last confirmed case of the virus had been reported in the country. Reuters Reuters

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2022 was the worst for many US hospitals. THe problems will continue

Wed, 2023-01-04 19:02 — mike kraft

2022 was the worst for many US hospitals. The aftershocks will last for years. Constant health crises have made it impossible for some hospitals to plan for the future. Patients will pay the price. Dylan Scott Vox

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Epidemics That Weren't: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks

Tue, 2022-12-27 20:44 — FNUOvviyaa

Epidemics That Weren't: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks When Ebola swept through eastern Congo in 2018, it was a struggle to track cases. Dr. Billy Yumaine, a public health official, recalls steady flows of people moving back and forth across the border with Uganda while others hid sick family members in their homes because they feared the authorities. It took at least a week to get test results, and health officials had difficulty isolating sick people while they waited. It took two years for the country to bring that outbreak under control, and mor YahooNews

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Uganda gets Ebola vaccine doses for trial on Sudan strain

Thu, 2022-12-22 19:15 — FNUOvviyaa

Uganda gets Ebola vaccine doses for trial on Sudan strain KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s government says it has received more than 5,000 doses of Ebola vaccines for a clinical trial to assess their protection against the Sudan strain of the virus that caused an outbreak with over 50 deaths. AP NEWS

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This outbreak, the first in a decade of the less common Sudan strain, is a chance for clinical trials of the three vaccines donated by the U.S.-based Sabin Vaccine Institute, University of Oxford and Merck.

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