10 October 2026
Russia warns against "false" information after reports of second plague case
A State Department official on the possible Plague case: We have been in contact with the Russian government, including our health experts at the State Department with the Foreign Ministry as early as last Friday
Kenya reports first Ebola death in Kenyan returning from Congo
Question: Can you give us an update on the suspected plague case in Russia Rubio: We are monitoring it very closely. I don't think it's cause for alarm, but it's cause for focus, and we're doing that
Official figures: Death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo exceeds 4,000
The Shelekhov regional hospital in Irkutsk region has been placed under quarantine after the death of a patient from plague. The victim was a 27-year-old employee of the anti-plague institute, Daria Sh.
Ebola in DRC: in Ituri, the dispersal of thousands of displaced people worries the UN
2 month ago
World Health Organization: Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be four times larger than officially reported figures.
Doctors Without Borders: Containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming increasingly difficult
Kenyan police used tear gas to break up protests in Nanyuki over plans to establish a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola, as residents raised concerns about a lack of public consultation
A Kenyan court has extended by three weeks its suspension of a proposed U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility that has sparked widespread protests and unrest, leaving two people dead
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nanyuki in central Kenya to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base there
Thousands protest in Nanyuki over planned Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens at Laikipia Airbase. Demonstrators blocked by military near the main gate
The U.S. Department of Defense has been directed by the Trump Administration to erect a 50 to 250-bed quarantine facility and military field hospital in Kenya within the next week, which will be used to house Americans exposed to the deadly Ebola virus in the growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post
Uganda has closed its border with Congo with immediate effect, following a decision by the National Task Force on Epidemics
Angry protesters attacked and torched tents at an Ebola treatment center in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo ➜ They sought to recover the bodies of relatives who died from the disease
Ebola: India postpones Africa summit due to evolving health situation4 month ago
Ebola: India postpones Africa summit due to "evolving health situation"
4 month ago
The World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency over a rare strain of Ebola that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but has stopped short of calling the outbreak a pandemic
The Ebola strain in the latest outbreak in DR Congo has a "very high lethality rate", and there is no vaccine or treatment available for it, Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said Saturday
Two passengers exposed to hantavirus have arrived in Atlanta. They're being monitored at Emory University Hospital in DeKalb County.Last 6 passengers are finally getting off that Hantavirus-hit ship, and the Captain praised them for keeping it cool the whole time. There're 7 confirmed hantavirus cases, 3 dead, and 94 evacuated. But the outbreak isn't cleanly over5 month ago
Two passengers exposed to hantavirus have arrived in Atlanta. They're being monitored at Emory University Hospital in DeKalb County.Last 6 passengers are finally getting off that Hantavirus-hit ship, and the Captain praised them for keeping it cool the whole time. There're 7 confirmed hantavirus cases, 3 dead, and 94 evacuated. But the outbreak isn't cleanly over
China says it won't allow Taiwan to attend WHO's annual assembly - Reuters
The French citizen evacuated from Tenerife who presented symptoms tests positive for hantavirus
Spain is investigating a possible case of hantavirus in Alicante linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak; the patient is under health surveillance protocol
Flight attendant hospitalized with mild symptoms in the Netherlands; had contact with woman who died of hantavirus in Johannesburg - RTL
Measles outbreak ravages children in Darfur’s Jebel Marra, dengue fever, malaria emerge in Sudan capital
Health workers protest in Zacatecas over lack of supplies
Several individuals at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, which President Donald Trump uses for travel, fell ill after a "suspicious" package arrived at the base and were taken to the hospital.
1 death, 17 confirmed cases: Legionnaires' disease alert in Savoie
The Washington Post reports that the White House has now formally fired CDC Director Monarez
The lawyer for CDC Director Monarez has issued a statement saying that she has neither been fired nor resigned: