US State Department: Crime, civil unrest and armed conflict prompts warning for DR Congo
The US Department of State made two moves on Friday due to dangers in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Image/State department twitter page First, State Dept. officials advise against travel Eastern More...
Monkeypox increases in Africa raise concerns
The recent apparent increase in human monkeypox cases across a wide geographic area, the potential for further spread, and the lack of reliable surveillance have raised the level of concern for this emerging zoonosis. Monkeypox/CDC In More...
Suspected monkeypox reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Two people died from a disease that has the same symptoms as monkeypox; 12 cases recorded in two weeks, in the locality of Bangangala in territory Bomongo (Equatuer), Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC), according More...
The second hemorrhagic fever vaccine success story in less than a month: this time it’s Marburg
As I reported on May 24, 2010, the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in conjunction with other agencies came up with a vaccine which produced immunity in monkeys against the Ebola More...
