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NYC spending $28M on ‘disease detectives’ to prep for potential polio, ebola, COVID outbreaks

NYC spending $28M on ‘disease detectives’ to prep for potential polio, ebola, COVID outbreaks

The city will spend nearly $30 million on “disease detectives” and other…
On Monday, an outbreak of Marburg disease was declared in Equatorial Guinea after nine deaths and 16 suspected cases. Neighboring Cameroon on Tuesday also declared two suspected infections of the deadly virus in a pair of teenagers with no travel links to Equatorial Guinea

All you need to know about Marburg – one of world's deadliest viruses that's now spreading in Africa

An untreatable Ebola-like virus — which kills up to nine in 10…
International aid agencies have rushed to deploy teams on the ground in the country's Kie Ntem Province, to control the outbreak. Neighboring Cameroon and Gabon have also restricted movement along their borders over concerns about contagion

WHO convenes 'urgent' meeting over outbreak of one of world's deadliest diseases 

The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an urgent meeting Tuesday amid an…
International aid agencies have rushed to deploy teams on the ground in the country's Kie Ntem Province, to control the outbreak. Neighboring Cameroon and Gabon have also restricted movement along their borders over concerns about contagion

One of world's deadliest diseases kills nine in Equatorial Guinea

Nine people have been killed in Equatorial Guinea by one of the…
Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

KAMPALA – Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly four-month…