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#Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Concerns raised that cases were caused by a new strain of the virus as African #health officials race to coordinate and contain the #infectionhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/15/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths
#science #publicHealth #DRC #infectiousDisease #epidemic #virus
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#Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Concerns raised that cases were caused by a new strain of the virus as African #health officials race to coordinate and contain the #infectionhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/15/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths
#science #publicHealth #DRC #infectiousDisease #epidemic #virus
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#Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Concerns raised that cases were caused by a new strain of the virus as African #health officials race to coordinate and contain the #infectionhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/15/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths
#science #publicHealth #DRC #infectiousDisease #epidemic #virus
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#Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Concerns raised that cases were caused by a new strain of the virus as African #health officials race to coordinate and contain the #infectionhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/15/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths
#science #publicHealth #DRC #infectiousDisease #epidemic #virus
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#Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Concerns raised that cases were caused by a new strain of the virus as African #health officials race to coordinate and contain the #infectionhttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/15/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths
#science #publicHealth #DRC #infectiousDisease #epidemic #virus
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…His senior role at #HHS places him in charge of offices responsible for #FamilyPlanning, #WomensHealth, #InfectiousDisease policy & the US #PublicHealth Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed health service of >5,000 public health officers who work across the federal government & deploy during public health emergencies. As head of the Public Health Service, Christine also serves as a four-star admiral in charge of the uniformed service.
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…His senior role at #HHS places him in charge of offices responsible for #FamilyPlanning, #WomensHealth, #InfectiousDisease policy & the US #PublicHealth Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed health service of >5,000 public health officers who work across the federal government & deploy during public health emergencies. As head of the Public Health Service, Christine also serves as a four-star admiral in charge of the uniformed service.
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…His senior role at #HHS places him in charge of offices responsible for #FamilyPlanning, #WomensHealth, #InfectiousDisease policy & the US #PublicHealth Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed health service of >5,000 public health officers who work across the federal government & deploy during public health emergencies. As head of the Public Health Service, Christine also serves as a four-star admiral in charge of the uniformed service.
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…His senior role at #HHS places him in charge of offices responsible for #FamilyPlanning, #WomensHealth, #InfectiousDisease policy & the US #PublicHealth Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed health service of >5,000 public health officers who work across the federal government & deploy during public health emergencies. As head of the Public Health Service, Christine also serves as a four-star admiral in charge of the uniformed service.
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…His senior role at #HHS places him in charge of offices responsible for #FamilyPlanning, #WomensHealth, #InfectiousDisease policy & the US #PublicHealth Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed health service of >5,000 public health officers who work across the federal government & deploy during public health emergencies. As head of the Public Health Service, Christine also serves as a four-star admiral in charge of the uniformed service.
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No joke
Penile implant doctor with #AntiVax & #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories history led the government’s #hantavirus presser
As the #Trump admin sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus #outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of Trump’s top #PublicHealth officials in charge of #InfectiousDisease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “grounded in science” & “grounded in transparency.”
#idiocracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/brian-christine-vaccine-skepticism-history -
No joke
Penile implant doctor with #AntiVax & #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories history led the government’s #hantavirus presser
As the #Trump admin sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus #outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of Trump’s top #PublicHealth officials in charge of #InfectiousDisease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “grounded in science” & “grounded in transparency.”
#idiocracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/brian-christine-vaccine-skepticism-history -
No joke
Penile implant doctor with #AntiVax & #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories history led the government’s #hantavirus presser
As the #Trump admin sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus #outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of Trump’s top #PublicHealth officials in charge of #InfectiousDisease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “grounded in science” & “grounded in transparency.”
#idiocracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/brian-christine-vaccine-skepticism-history -
No joke
Penile implant doctor with #AntiVax & #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories history led the government’s #hantavirus presser
As the #Trump admin sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus #outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of Trump’s top #PublicHealth officials in charge of #InfectiousDisease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “grounded in science” & “grounded in transparency.”
#idiocracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/brian-christine-vaccine-skepticism-history -
No joke
Penile implant doctor with #AntiVax & #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories history led the government’s #hantavirus presser
As the #Trump admin sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus #outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of Trump’s top #PublicHealth officials in charge of #InfectiousDisease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response “grounded in science” & “grounded in transparency.”
#idiocracy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/brian-christine-vaccine-skepticism-history -
Bioactive Compounds Against SARS CoV 2 (Original PDF from Publisher) Product Details Publisher: CRC Press; September 26, 2023 Language: English ISBN: 9781032347967 ISBN: 9781000909081 https://medicineebook.com/product/bioactive-compounds-against-sars-cov-2-original-pdf-from-publisher/ #InfectiousDisease #Microbiology
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/235501/ Tunisia Eliminates Trachoma in Public Health Victory Recognised by WHO #BlindnessPrevention #DrTedrosAdhanomGhebreyesus #EyeHealth #GlobalHealth #InfectiousDisease #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #PreventableBlindness #PublicHealth #SAFEStrategy #SanitationAndHygiene #TrachomaElimination #Tunisia #TunisiaHealthSystem #WHO #WorldHealthOrganization
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Is hantavirus like COVID-19? Five infectious disease experts answer some of the biggest questions about the outbreak.
The hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has made headlines for weeks, and while U.S. health…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #andesvirus #BenjaminBradley #CA #Canada #CruiseShip #Hantavirus #Healthofficials #infectiousdisease #JadeLe #publichealth #SyraMadad #worldhealthorganization #Yahoo
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Understanding the Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship
📰 Original title: All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert
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The two first known hantavirus victims — a Dutch couple — had embarked on a sprawling voyage across Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, making it hard for investigators to trace the origin of the infection.And as deflections of the potential origin flourished, answers remained scant.
The Andes species of the hantavirus, which can be transmitted between humans and most likely caused...
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The two first known hantavirus victims — a Dutch couple — had embarked on a sprawling voyage across Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, making it hard for investigators to trace the origin of the infection.And as deflections of the potential origin flourished, answers remained scant.
The Andes species of the hantavirus, which can be transmitted between humans and most likely caused...
..."#InfectiousDisease #InfectiousDiseases #Zoonosis #PublicHealth #Epidemic
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/958467/ America’s response to hantavirus: the good, the bad, and the baffling #CDC #Health #InfectiousDisease #Policy #PublicHealth #UK #UnitedKingdom #Who
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https://www.europesays.com/news/28250/ Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus #diseases #epidemiology #Headlines #InfectiousDisease #News #PublicHealth #TopStories #viruses
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Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/race-to-develop-andes-hantavirus-test/
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Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/race-to-develop-andes-hantavirus-test/
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Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/race-to-develop-andes-hantavirus-test/
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Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/race-to-develop-andes-hantavirus-test/
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Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/race-to-develop-andes-hantavirus-test/
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HANTAVIRUS AND ANDES VIRUS 101
As a trained medical professional, I feel the need to inform and raise awareness of the latest MV Hondius (cruise ship) hantavirus outbreak in early May 2026.
Here is a quick rundown of facts about hantavirus in general...
View full note: https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0513-41843
#hantavirus #hantavirusOutbreak #AndesVirus #ANDV #Health #outbreak #virusOutbreak #publicHealth #science #InfectiousDisease #epidemiology #rodents #cruise #cruiseShip
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#WHO head tells countries to prepare for more #hantavirus cases
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit #cruise ship
#Infection #InfectiousDisease #Health
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns-countries-prepare-more-hantavirus-cases
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#WHO head tells countries to prepare for more #hantavirus cases
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit #cruise ship
#Infection #InfectiousDisease #Health
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns-countries-prepare-more-hantavirus-cases
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#WHO head tells countries to prepare for more #hantavirus cases
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit #cruise ship
#Infection #InfectiousDisease #Health
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns-countries-prepare-more-hantavirus-cases
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#WHO head tells countries to prepare for more #hantavirus cases
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit #cruise ship
#Infection #InfectiousDisease #Health
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns-countries-prepare-more-hantavirus-cases
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#WHO head tells countries to prepare for more #hantavirus cases
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit #cruise ship
#Infection #InfectiousDisease #Health
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns-countries-prepare-more-hantavirus-cases
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#Hantavirus: what you need to know
#WHO #InfectiousDisease #Infection #Prevention #Health
See fact sheet👇
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#Hantavirus: what you need to know
#WHO #InfectiousDisease #Infection #Prevention #Health
See fact sheet👇
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hantavirus -
#Hantavirus: what you need to know
#WHO #InfectiousDisease #Infection #Prevention #Health
See fact sheet👇
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hantavirus -
#Hantavirus: what you need to know
#WHO #InfectiousDisease #Infection #Prevention #Health
See fact sheet👇
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hantavirus -
#Hantavirus: what you need to know
#WHO #InfectiousDisease #Infection #Prevention #Health
See fact sheet👇
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hantavirus -
All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert
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All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert
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All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert
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All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert
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All Your Hantavirus Questions, Answered by an Infectious Disease Expert
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/80689/ Two people in Finland placed in hantavirus quarantine #Amsterdam #AndesVirus #Finland #Hantavirus #helsinki #InfectiousDisease #Johannesburg #MVHondius #PublicHealth #quarantine #THL
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“Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040#t2Key point:
“The outbreak of ANDV hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Epuyén in 2018 and 2019 shows evidence of person-to-person transmission of an orthohantavirus. The outbreak involved up to four generations of infections in humans and resulted in more cases than previous person-to-person outbreaks of ANDV.16 Previous studies have used partial ANDV genomic information and contact tracing to reconstruct person-to-person transmission chains.10,17 We used next-generation sequencing technologies to analyze ANDV transmission patterns on the basis of full genomic information from most of the cases in this outbreak (82%), which produced a more complete transmission network. On the basis of both the epidemiologic and genomic investigations of person-to-person transmission events, it appears that inhalation of droplets or aerosolized virions may have been the routes of infection.”The genetic sequence of the new outbreak has been found to be closest to the outbreak referred to in this paper, which infected 34 people, originating in a small rural town in Argentina. It appears not to be a typical outbreak pattern for ANDV, although a similar one did happen many years before in 1996 and the genetic sequences of the two are similar.
“Before the discovery of ANDV in 1996, the route of orthohantavirus transmission was considered to be strictly zoonotic, resulting in dead-end human infections.9 However, in 1996, an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by ANDV occurred in the small city of El Bolsón in Argentina and then expanded to other cities; the outbreak involved 16 epidemiologically linked cases. This outbreak became a focal point for orthohantavirus research because molecular and epidemiologic evidence suggested person-to-person transmission.6,10,11 Although cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by ANDV and its close relatives have been reported in Argentina and surrounding countries over the past two decades,8,12–15 limited person-to-person transmission has been reported and has been observed mostly in southern Argentina and in Chile.”
Perhaps that is why many scientists are still thinking it requires sustained exposure. It does not appear that sustained exposure is necessary with the particular genetic sequence causing the most recent cruise ship outbreak.
#Hantavirus #Andes #ANDV #Superspreaders #Outbreak #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #MVHondius
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“Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040#t2Key point:
“The outbreak of ANDV hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Epuyén in 2018 and 2019 shows evidence of person-to-person transmission of an orthohantavirus. The outbreak involved up to four generations of infections in humans and resulted in more cases than previous person-to-person outbreaks of ANDV.16 Previous studies have used partial ANDV genomic information and contact tracing to reconstruct person-to-person transmission chains.10,17 We used next-generation sequencing technologies to analyze ANDV transmission patterns on the basis of full genomic information from most of the cases in this outbreak (82%), which produced a more complete transmission network. On the basis of both the epidemiologic and genomic investigations of person-to-person transmission events, it appears that inhalation of droplets or aerosolized virions may have been the routes of infection.”The genetic sequence of the new outbreak has been found to be closest to the outbreak referred to in this paper, which infected 34 people, originating in a small rural town in Argentina. It appears not to be a typical outbreak pattern for ANDV, although a similar one did happen many years before in 1996 and the genetic sequences of the two are similar.
“Before the discovery of ANDV in 1996, the route of orthohantavirus transmission was considered to be strictly zoonotic, resulting in dead-end human infections.9 However, in 1996, an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by ANDV occurred in the small city of El Bolsón in Argentina and then expanded to other cities; the outbreak involved 16 epidemiologically linked cases. This outbreak became a focal point for orthohantavirus research because molecular and epidemiologic evidence suggested person-to-person transmission.6,10,11 Although cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by ANDV and its close relatives have been reported in Argentina and surrounding countries over the past two decades,8,12–15 limited person-to-person transmission has been reported and has been observed mostly in southern Argentina and in Chile.”
Perhaps that is why many scientists are still thinking it requires sustained exposure. It does not appear that sustained exposure is necessary with the particular genetic sequence causing the most recent cruise ship outbreak.
#Hantavirus #Andes #ANDV #Superspreaders #Outbreak #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #MVHondius
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“Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040#t2Key point:
“The outbreak of ANDV hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Epuyén in 2018 and 2019 shows evidence of person-to-person transmission of an orthohantavirus. The outbreak involved up to four generations of infections in humans and resulted in more cases than previous person-to-person outbreaks of ANDV.16 Previous studies have used partial ANDV genomic information and contact tracing to reconstruct person-to-person transmission chains.10,17 We used next-generation sequencing technologies to analyze ANDV transmission patterns on the basis of full genomic information from most of the cases in this outbreak (82%), which produced a more complete transmission network. On the basis of both the epidemiologic and genomic investigations of person-to-person transmission events, it appears that inhalation of droplets or aerosolized virions may have been the routes of infection.”The genetic sequence of the new outbreak has been found to be closest to the outbreak referred to in this paper, which infected 34 people, originating in a small rural town in Argentina. It appears not to be a typical outbreak pattern for ANDV, although a similar one did happen many years before in 1996 and the genetic sequences of the two are similar.
“Before the discovery of ANDV in 1996, the route of orthohantavirus transmission was considered to be strictly zoonotic, resulting in dead-end human infections.9 However, in 1996, an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by ANDV occurred in the small city of El Bolsón in Argentina and then expanded to other cities; the outbreak involved 16 epidemiologically linked cases. This outbreak became a focal point for orthohantavirus research because molecular and epidemiologic evidence suggested person-to-person transmission.6,10,11 Although cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by ANDV and its close relatives have been reported in Argentina and surrounding countries over the past two decades,8,12–15 limited person-to-person transmission has been reported and has been observed mostly in southern Argentina and in Chile.”
Perhaps that is why many scientists are still thinking it requires sustained exposure. It does not appear that sustained exposure is necessary with the particular genetic sequence causing the most recent cruise ship outbreak.
#Hantavirus #Andes #ANDV #Superspreaders #Outbreak #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #MVHondius
