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2 days agoEbola in the DRC needs the world's attention now if your neighbour's house is on fire, you don't wait and watch | Devi Sridhar
WHO declared the DRC Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern due to hundreds of suspected cases, variant-specific challenges, and high mortality risk.
#hantavirus
Coronavirus
fromFortune
1 week agoEvacuations begin for hantavirus-hit cruise ship, with American passengers to be quarantined in Nebraska. 'This is not another COVID' | Fortune
Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius arrived in Madrid and Paris, with additional flights scheduled for other countries while public risk remains low.
Coronavirus
fromIrish Independent
1 week agoDutch hospital quarantines 12 staff after breach of hantavirus protocol; WHO chief plays down chances of larger outbreak
Hospital staff will be quarantined for six weeks while patient care continues, as hantavirus cases rise and officials work to contain a cruise-ship outbreak.
Coronavirus
fromFortune
1 week agoEvacuations begin for hantavirus-hit cruise ship, with American passengers to be quarantined in Nebraska. 'This is not another COVID' | Fortune
Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius arrived in Madrid and Paris, with additional flights scheduled for other countries while public risk remains low.
Coronavirus
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago'We needed something better' - Dublin-born doctor a finalist in European Inventor Awards for malaria vaccine
A malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, recommended for widespread use, increases antigen density and uses nanoparticles with Matrix-M to generate higher antibody levels.
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fromFortune
1 week agoHow Jeffrey Epstein leveraged a prestigious U.N.-affiliated nonprofit-and the Gates Foundation-to control women and keep them in his orbit | Fortune
A visa recommendation and event coordination claims linked a non-expert to a UN-affiliated pandemic conference through Epstein connections.
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months agoWHO rejects request from Bolivia and Colombia to remove the coca leaf from list of most-persecuted substances
Coca leaves will remain on the list of highly dangerous substances, where they have been for over 60 years. The window of opportunity that had opened for their removal has just been shut: the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended keeping them on Schedule I the most restrictive of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Bolivia's request to declassify coca leaves, which Colombia had enthusiastically supported, has been met with a major setback.
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