The 11th outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ended after six months. Ultra-cold devices for vaccine distribution played a key role, and could help with the coronavirus pandemic Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260476-ebola-outbreak-in-the-drc-ended-thanks-to-vaccine-distribution-efforts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Does coronavirus linger in the body?
Some viruses can hide out in the body and reemerge at later times. Which viruses do this, and can the new coronavirus do this too? Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/does-coronavirus-linger-in-body-immune-system-covid…
Seattle’s Patient Zero Spread Coronavirus Despite Ebola-Style Lockdown
First known U.S. case offers lessons in how and how not to fight the outbreak. From a report: The man who would become Patient Zero for the new coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. appeared to do everything right. He arrived Jan. 19 at an urgent-care clinic in a suburb north of Seattle with a slightly elevated temperature and a cough he’d…
FDA Approves First-Ever Ebola Vaccine
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a vaccine for the prevention of the deadly Ebola virus disease. The agency announced the approval of Ervebo, a single-dose, injectable vaccine manufactured by American pharmaceutical company Merck. The announcement, made Thursday, comes a month after the European Union and…
As Ebola Cases Rise in Congo, the W.H.O. Declines to Issue Emergency Declaration
The epidemic shows no signs of abating. In the eight-month-old outbreak, the highest number of cases recorded in a single day occurred this week. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/health/ebola-congo-emergency-who.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…