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Uganda confirms new Ebola cases as tracing steps up

Uganda confirms new Ebola cases as tracing steps up

Uganda's Ebola cases have risen to five, as authorities warn the risk of a epidemic is "very high" in neighbouring Congo, where the outbreak began.

WHO warns of high risk that Ebola 'spreading rapidly'

WHO warns of high risk that Ebola 'spreading rapidly'

WHO warns of high risk that Ebola 'spreading rapidly'

WHO warns of high risk that Ebola 'spreading rapidly'

The World Health Organisation is revising upward its assessment of the risk of Ebola within the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo.

Protesters set fire to Ebola tents in dispute over body

Protesters set fire to Ebola tents in dispute over body

Protesters set fire to Ebola tents in dispute over body

Protesters set fire to Ebola tents in dispute over body

Tents have been burned to the ground at an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo as people rioted after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man.

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Government accused of slow response to disease outbreak

Government accused of slow response to disease outbreak

Vaccine hesitancy, health staff shortages and overcrowding in remote communities could all be causes of a diphtheria outbreak, the federal health minister says.

Ebola case confirmed in rebel-held area of DR Congo

Ebola case confirmed in rebel-held area of DR Congo

A rebel-held area of the Democratic Republic of Congo - hundreds of kilometres from an Ebola outbreak's epicentre - has recorded a fatal case of ‌the disease.

Ebola was likely circulating in Congo for two months

Ebola was likely circulating in Congo for two months

Experts suspect an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo started a couple of months ago, with 139 deaths reported so far.

Ebola toll to grow after virus quietly spread for weeks

Ebola toll to grow after virus quietly spread for weeks

Scores of people have died from Africa's Ebola outbreak and that number is expected to keep rising given how long the virus was able to circulate undetected.

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'Concerning outbreak': respiratory disease cases rising

'Concerning outbreak': respiratory disease cases rising

'Concerning outbreak': respiratory disease cases rising

'Concerning outbreak': respiratory disease cases rising

Case numbers in one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks are climbing, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joining the call for people to get vaccinated.

Ebola deaths in Congo rise to 131 as outbreak spreads

Ebola deaths in Congo rise to 131 as outbreak spreads

Ebola deaths in Congo rise to 131 as outbreak spreads

Ebola deaths in Congo rise to 131 as outbreak spreads

The World Health Organisation is voicing deep concern over the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, where authorities have recorded over two dozen more deaths.

Two dead in outback town from mosquito-borne virus

Two dead in outback town from mosquito-borne virus

Two dead in outback town from mosquito-borne virus

Two dead in outback town from mosquito-borne virus

Two mosquito-bite deaths in an outback town has prompted a warning from health authorities for people to cover up and use insect repellent.

'Numbers increasing': border changes flagged for Ebola

'Numbers increasing': border changes flagged for Ebola

'Numbers increasing': border changes flagged for Ebola

'Numbers increasing': border changes flagged for Ebola

Extra screening measures could enforced at airports for arrivals from West Africa as a deadly strain of Ebola spreads through the region.

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola outbreak

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola outbreak

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola outbreak

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola outbreak

The United Nations health agency says 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed cases and 246 suspected cases of Ebola have been reported.

New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo, 80 deaths

New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo, 80 deaths

New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo, 80 deaths

New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo, 80 deaths

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is convening an urgent meeting to reinforce preparedness following the latest outbreak of Ebola.

WHO revises down global hantavirus cases after US test

WHO revises down global hantavirus cases after US test

WHO revises down global hantavirus cases after US test

WHO revises down global hantavirus cases after US test

The total number of confirmed global hantavirus cases stands at 10, the World Health Organisation says as several people remain quarantined.

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Pandemic flashbacks as hantavirus group touches down

Scenes heavily reminiscent of the coronavirus pandemic have played out as passengers from a hantavirus-affected cruise ship touched down in Australia.

US reports no hantavirus cases from cruise outbreak

Authorities say more hantavirus cases are expected from the cluster linked to a cruise ship, but stressed it does not pose a pandemic threat.

Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia

Six cruisers evacuated from a hantavirus-stricken ship will arrive back in Australia ahead of a three-week quarantine under the watch of critical care staff.

Thousands face tests over dentist HIV, hepatitis risks

A retired dentist who treated thousands of patients over decades may have exposed them to serious bloodborne viruses such as HIV through poor infection control.

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French hantavirus patient on life support

A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.

Dutch hospital isolates 12 over virus protocol breach

The number of Andean hantavirus cases from a cruise ship has risen to nine, while a Dutch hospital has put a dozen staff in quarantine as a precaution.

Experts back quarantine plan for cruise ship evacuees

Experts say the need for quarantine facilities will increase in the future, as Australian hantavirus cruise ship passengers make their way home.

Last six passengers leave Hantavirus-hit ship

A hantavirus-hit ‌vessel has departed Tenerife ⁠bound for the Netherlands after ⁠the final ‌six passengers and some ‌of its crew left the ship.

Two more test positive as ship evacuation nears end

Spain is preparing to send home the last of the passengers on a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, as two evacuees from the US and France test positive.

'No apology': quarantine for Aussies on virus-hit ship

To prevent the spread of a deadly virus, four citizens and a permanent resident returning from a plagued cruise will be placed in an official isolation centre.

US cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus

As passengers from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship fly home from the Canary Islands, one American passenger has tested positive to the deadly virus.

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