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New hantavirus update as more people taken to Arrowe Park Hospital
3+ min ago (530+ words) The UK Health Security Agency shared an update on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak yesterday, Sunday May 17. It comes as the UK government continues to work with the NHS, local authorities and UK Overseas Territories in response to the hantavirus…...
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (26+ words) Advertiser-Tribune WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda...
Congo Announces 3 Ebola Treatment Centers as It Grapples with New Outbreak
49+ min ago (310+ words) The Congolese health minister has announced the opening of three treatment centers in eastern Congo as the Ebola outbreak continues Congo Announces 3 Ebola Treatment Centers as It Grapples with New Outbreak....
American Group Exposed To Ebola Outbreak In Congo And One Is Symptomatic, Reports Say
34+ min ago (199+ words) A group of Americans in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola outbreak in the country'including one with symptoms'which has triggered a WHO public health emergency declaration, reports said on Monday, as U. S. authorities work…...
Hantavirus in Focus I: what we know and what it means
58+ min ago (241+ words) Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 13: 0014: 00 (CEST) Hantaviruses are rodent'borne viruses that can cause severe and sometimes fatal disease in humans, primarily through exposure to contaminated rodent excreta. In the Americas, infection can lead to hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome, a serious respiratory illness. In May…...
The National | Canadian tests positive for hantavirus
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (115+ words) CBC The National | Canadian tests positive for hantavirus May 17, 2026 | Health officials say they're taking every precaution after a lab confirms Canada's first case of hantavirus. The WHO declares an Ebola outbreak a global health emergency. And questions surround a new…...
WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (720+ words) Updated May 18, 2026, 10: 33 a. m. | By AFP The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed more than 80 and for which there is no vaccine....
WHO Declares Global Health Emergency for Ebola Outbreak
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (240+ words) Oz Arab Media The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global health emergency due to an Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, which has resulted in at least 80 reported deaths. According to ABC News,…...
Ebola in DRC: International health alert, first case in zone M23
58+ min ago (745+ words) Ebola en RDC: alerte sanitaire internationale, premier cas en zone M23 The DRC has experienced major Ebola outbreaks in the past. The deadliest episode resulted in nearly 2, 300 deaths and 3, 500 cases between 2018 and 2020. The previous outbreak caused at least 34 deaths between August…...
WHO Declares Ebola Bundibugyo Outbreak in Congo a Global Health Emergency
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (312+ words) The WHO declares a global health emergency as a deadly, vaccine-resistant strain of the Ebola virus spreads rapidly from the DRC into neighboring Uganda. The crisis metastasized internationally when the Uganda Ministry of Health confirmed imported cases in their capital…...