Marburg outbreak in Uganda: Five cases reported
The Ugandan Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) last week and WHO delivered an update on the outbreak yesterday. As of 24 October, five cases have been reported – one confirmed More...
Ebola screening expected to increase at airports as Ashoka Mukpo back in US
Another American patient with Ebola arrived in the United States on Monday, reminding the nation that the virus killing thousands of people in West Africa will likely continue crossing U.S. borders. Ashoka Mukpo, More...
Public Health Canada: ‘There are no confirmed cases of Ebola in Canada’
In a follow-up to a story yesterday where a man hospitalized in a Saskatoon hospital for a suspected viral hemorrhagic fever, Canadian health officials say this has been “ruled out”, according to several More...
BioCryst’s BCX4430 completely protected non-human primate from Marburg 48 hours post-infection
PRESS RELEASE BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCRX) today announced the online publication in the journal Nature of extensive laboratory and nonclinical characterizations of BCX4430, including efficacy results More...
Uganda: Three dead in new Ebola outbreak
Ebola virus Image/CDC The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Luweero district in Central Uganda, according to a WHO 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...
