Ebola: No new cases this week either, and the WHO has officially declared the outbreak over. That said, even they cautioned that with some tracing difficulties, there may still be transmission chains in some of the less accessible parts of Guinea that may be active. But with no new confirmed cases in a very generous …

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Ebola –A lot more suspected cases this week (15 currently hospitalized in Epidemic Diseases Hospital treatment centers), but none confirmed. Note that “suspected” cases tick just enough boxes that Ebola is somewhere on the differential diagnosis–maybe not high, but it needs to be ruled out just in case. The countdown to “official” end of the …

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Ebola Not much new. Continuing to count down to the official end of the Guinea outbreak, with no new confirmed cases in the last week. Hantavirus –Yes, we have a new exotic way to die in the news this week! Had a reader reach out about the headlines regarding a patient in Michigan diagnosed with …

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Ebola –Still not much news. No new confirmed cases in Guinea, and again, as near as I can tell, there are still 5 suspected cases being treated. Community alerts to possible new cases are sparse, and follow up of alerts is still “poor” per the WHO. On the plus side, all the known contacts of …

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Ebola: I haz a confuse. The official word is that there are no new confirmed cases since 8 May in Guinea. We mentioned last week that there were 4 suspected cases in treatment centers though. This week, official reports are that there are 5 suspected cases in treatment centers. I don’t know if the previous …

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Ebola– There are four suspected cases in Guinea under observation, but no new confirmed cases. If these rule out, we are still on pace to declare an official end to this current outbreak in mid June. Coronavirus– –So the big news, at least stateside, has been the debate over the CDC changing its mask guidance. …

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This will be legitimately short this week–a non-COVID related work project is taking more time than originally anticipated. Ebola– No new cases in Guinea this week. Still on the clock for the official end of the current outbreak. In other hemorrhagic virus news, there are two cases of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever confirmed in Uganda. …

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Ebola –Super short. Outbreak has officially been declared over in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Guinea, the last confirmed case has been discharged from the hospital after successful treatment. There have been 23 confirmed and probable cases total in Guinea, with about a 52% mortality rate. Suspected cases still pop up on the …

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This will be super short–busy week. Ebola– No new cases in Guinea, so Guinea is now back on the clock counting down the 60 days since a new confirmed case before the WHO will call the outbreak officially over. Pre-publication reports of the data that shows the current outbreak in Guinea was reactivation from an …

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Ebola: –Super short. No new cases in either Guinea or the DRC. The last new case in Guinea was April 13th. Coronavirus: –Around the horn, India is still getting bombed in a big wave. Brazil is in a solid downturn off its most recent wave, and much of Europe is trending in the right direction …

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