public health

Eighteen suspected Ebola patients escape after treatment tent is set on fire for a second time in Congo

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Wilson McMakin, Associated Press

Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday.

WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is 'spreading rapidly' and upgrades risk assessment

By Associated Press

The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level.

Rare Ebola outbreak poses low risk globally but worries mount about its spread in Congo

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Monika Pronczuk, Associated Press

Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places.

Medical epidemiologist explains what to know about the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

By Daniel Pastula, The Conversation

A medical epidemiologist explains what you need to know about the hantavirus virus and how the outbreak is playing out.

What we don't know about the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship

By Molly Quell, Associated Press

Authorities and the cruise operator have been providing updates, but some key information is still lacking.

Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality

By Molly Quell, Gerald Imray, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

More than two dozen passengers from at least 12 different countries left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak without contact tracing nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board, the ship operator and Dutch officials…

South Carolina's measles outbreak is over after sickening nearly 1,000 people

By Devi Shastri, Associated Press

On Sunday, the state passed the threshold of 42 days with no new outbreak-related cases. State health officials estimate the outbreak response cost $2.1 million.

RFK Jr. says he's launching a podcast to expose 'lies' that have made Americans sick

By Ali Swenson, Associated Press

The show will launch next week and feature Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine crusader who has reshaped the country’s health policy, in conversation with doctors, scientists and agency staff.

Judge temporarily blocks HHS from rescinding public health grants in 4 Democratic-led states

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

President Donald Trump’s administration cannot rescind $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday.