#diseasex — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #diseasex, aggregated by home.social.
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Global Push for Hantavirus Vaccine Intensifies Amidst Cruise Ship Deaths
Scientists are speeding up hantavirus vaccine work after 3 deaths on a cruise ship. Learn who is affected and what happens next.
#HantavirusVaccine, #CruiseShipSafety, #PublicHealth, #DiseaseX, #GlobalHealth
https://newsletter.tf/hantavirus-vaccine-cruise-ship-deaths-outbreak/
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Scientists are working faster on a hantavirus vaccine after a deadly outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship. This is a serious concern for global health.
#HantavirusVaccine, #CruiseShipSafety, #PublicHealth, #DiseaseX, #GlobalHealth
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Leveraging #risk #communication and community engagement and lessons from previous #outbreaks to strengthen a Public Health response: A case study of #DiseaseX in the Panzi region, #DRC, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/07/leveraging-risk-communication-and.html
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WHO:
lab testing is underway to learn more about '#Disease X' affecting 100s in a remote region of the #Congo - Panzi
all of the severe cases were severely malnourished.
kids in Panzi are primarily affected.the overall risk level to the affected communities is high.
..national level, the risk is considered moderate
.. regional & global levels, the risk remains low, for nowBut, Panzi is close to Angola, and monitoring is essential
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON546
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#RDCongo Flu-like disease update -
The origin of the disease is still unknown, and two options are possible:
- Scientists are probably ‘fishing’ for a [edit: potential] foreign genetic agent responsible for the disease in patient samples (by sequencing),
- Is the disease linked to children who used to work in mines?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davewessner/2024/12/08/who-provides-update-about-disease-x-in-democratic-republic-of-the-congo
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The World Health Organization has dispatched a rapid research team to investigate "Disease X" in Congo as cases have hit 406 with 31 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/09/world/science-health/disease-x-outbreak-un-congo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #diseasex #congo #un #africa
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CW: Bad X joke
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@auscandoc A bit more info about Disease X in the Congo..
#diseasex #IDmastodon @medmastodon #medmastodon #infectiousdiseases https://promedmail.org/promed-posts/
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https://open.substack.com/pub/insidemedicine/p/disease-x-the-democratic-republic?r=roppe&utm_medium=ios Officials from the Democratic Republic of the #Congo (#DRC) have reported an outbreak of an unknown illness that has so far caused 376 people to get sick and 79 to die since late October. The symptoms described resemble those of a typical respiratory pathogen, like influenza. So far, it’s just being called “#DiseaseX.” Many of my colleagues and I are watching this closely. We don’t yet know whether this is the next major problem, or something completely self-contained. “
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A mystery illness, nicknamed '#DiseaseX', has killed 79 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health officials believe the disease is airborne and are racing to identify it.
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-- With fresh #warnings from the #WHO that an unknown “#DiseaseX” could result in 20 times more #fatalities than the #coronavirus #pandemic, what novel efforts are needed to prepare #healthcare systems for the multiple challenges ahead?
This session is linked to the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience and the Collaborative Surveillance Initiative of the World Economic Forum.
Simultaneous interpretation in English and Portuguese
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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, ANNUAL MEETING, A LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR CLIMATE, NATURE AND ENERGY - Preparing for #DiseaseX, January 17, 202411:30–12:15CET - https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/preparing-for-a-disease-x/
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World Economic Forum Confronts AI Challenges and Public Cynicism Ahead of Davos Summit - In three days, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting will convene on Jan. ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/world-economic-forum-confronts-ai-challenges-and-public-cynicism-ahead-of-davos-summit/ #socialmediaresponse #worldeconomicforum #quantumcomputing #economicrisks #economics #diseasex #risks #wef #ai
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Health experts warn 'Disease X' will dwarf COVID with predicted death toll of 50 million.
Dame Kate Bingham says Disease X could be as infectious as measles and as deadly as Ebola.
#COVID19 #DiseaseX @auscovid19
Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/health-experts-warn-disease-x-31016326
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UK scientists preparing for "next pandemic" by developing vaccine for unknown "#diseaseX" 🤔️ (WTF?) 🙄️👇️
