A series of Marburg outbreaks in Africa have raised concerns about the potential future spread of this deadly disease and how that, in turn, might affect public health in nations around the world. With two outbreaks of the Marburg virus currently ongoing in two parts of Africa, there is a reasonable cause for worry. What… Continue reading Marburg Virus Outbreaks in Africa Raise Concerns
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One Year Later: DRC Ebola Outbreak is the Second-Deadliest in History
Today marks one year since the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an Ebola outbreak, and is now considered the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in the history, according to the WHO, topped only by the one in West Africa in 2014. One year later, the fight to contain the outbreak is far from over. This summer… Continue reading One Year Later: DRC Ebola Outbreak is the Second-Deadliest in History