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Marburg Virus: Eight Died In Suspected Outbreak In Tanzania

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What Is Marburg Virus? Eight Killed In Suspected Outbreak In Tanzania Nine cases of the deadly disease have been reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania so far. But officials expect that number to rise. Katherine Hignett Forbes

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Opinon: wild meat markets are a root cause of Mpox and must be made safer

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Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer Strategies to beat a disease outbreak like mpox must start with the root causes. The Conversation

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Strategies to beat the 2024 mpox outbreak have so far largely focused on preventing human-to-human transmission.

But we also need to go back to the root causes of disease, particularly where mpox is transmitted from animals to humans.

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Mpox vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge

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Vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox has allocated an initial 899 000 vaccine doses for 9 countries across the African region that are hit hard by the current mpox surge.

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Health workers in high risk countries can get routine Ebola vaccine, says Gavi

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High-risk health workers can get routine Ebola vaccine, says Gavi A global stockpile of Ebola vaccines can be used to protect frontline health workers in high-risk countries routinely, rather than just as an emergency measure during outbreaks, international vaccine group Gavi said on Thursday. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected-- study

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Trial: Alternative COVID vaccine 75% cross-protective against symptomatic cases in previously infected USAID/Rwanda / Flickr cc CIDRAP
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Pandemic tied to lower confidence in vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa --study

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Study shows pandemic tied to lower confidence in vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa The biggest declines in the belief "Vaccines are important for children" occurred in the DR Congo (20% decline), followed by Uganda (14%) and Nigeria (10.5%). CIDRAP
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Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after containing latest outbreak

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

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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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Uganda discharges last known Ebola patient, raising hopes - ministry

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Uganda discharges last known Ebola patient, raising hopes - ministry Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official said on Friday, raising hopes that an outbreak which has killed at least 56 people could be coming to an end. Reuters Reuters

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Disinformation issue: twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy; Ebola misinformation in Uganda

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Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy | CNN Business Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy, yet another sign of how Elon Musk plans to transform the social media company he bought a month ago. Donie O'Sullivan CNN

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In 2020, Twitter developed an extensive set of rules that sought to prohibit “harmful misinformation” about the virus and its vaccines.

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