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WHO declares cruise ship hantavirus outbreak over
The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius officially over, closing a two-month episode that infected 13 people, killed three, and triggered a global health alert spanning 33 countries.
WHO opens first clinical trial for Bundibugyo Ebola treatments in DRC
The WHO-sponsored PARTNERS clinical trial opened enrollment on Wednesday for patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the first effort to identify effective treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease amid an outbreak that has now killed more than 400 people…
Bundibugyo Ebola tops 1,100 cases as clinical trials near
Scientists trying to develop vaccines and treatments for the fast-growing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Central Africa are running into a basic problem: too little is known about the strain, and the response is being shaped by delayed detection, limited diagnostics…
WHO releases first clinical guidelines for all Ebola and Marburg viruses
The World Health Organization on Tuesday released its first comprehensive clinical guidelines covering all major filovirus diseases, including every known species of Ebola and Marburg virus, as a fast-moving outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain in the Democratic Republic of…
Three U.S. states monitor residents from hantavirus cruise ship
Health authorities in at least three U.S. states are monitoring residents who traveled aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and sickened several others during an…