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world1 month ago•5 min saved

DR Congo Ebola toll nears 1,000 as frontline vaccine trials are planned

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 930 people (about 2,365 cases), with transmission rising rapidly and several provinces affected. Health authorities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are planning a frontline trial of a two-vaccine regimen—Ervebo plus an experimental Sudan ebolavirus jab—to curb the Bundibugyo pathogen, as WHO warningsHighlight that many new cases lack known contacts, complicating containment.

via Financial Times|

#disease-control-and-prevention #dr-congo #ebola

world2 months ago•8 min saved

Screwworm Resurgence Tests US Cattle Defenses in Texas

After decades of containment, the New World screwworm surged in Panama around 2023, rising to thousands of cases and spilling north through Central America and Mexico before turning up in Texas cattle, a goat in the state and a dog in New Mexico. The outbreak tests the long-running sterile-fly program, prompts calls for more labor and funding, and has the CDC considering contingency plans for possible human cases as beef prices stay high and imports are restricted.

via Financial Times|

#agriculture #disease-control-and-prevention #panama