Category: Health
UK: The Covid-19 inquiry cover-up begins
“The inquiry is becoming a farce and an exercise in cover-up.” More...
Ebola survivors should forego sex for 90 days after infection
“People who have recovered from the illness should not have sex for at least three months unless they use condoms.” More...
CDC: Severe manifestations of monkeypox
The CDC have issued a warning of severe manifestations of monkeypox seen in some patients. More...
Europe: Another record-breaking Covid winter wave predicted
These European Covid-19 infection charts do NOT look good – almost every country in Europe has a higher Covid case level now than before the huge Omicron winter wave of 2021. More...
Preprint: Mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant resistant to remdesivir
A new preprint study shows that two kidney transplant patients treated with immunosuppressive drugs, and who later had a lengthy COVID-19 infection, developed a version of the virus with a genetic change that made it resistant to the antiviral therapy remdesivir. More...
Ebola: Six health workers at Mubende Hospital test positive
Six health workers at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital have tested positive for the Ebola Virus Disease.
Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser test positive for Covid
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tested positive for COVID-19. More...
Ebola: “The risk of international spread cannot be ruled out” *2 updates*
WHO – “The currently affected Mubende district [of Uganda] has no international borders – nevertheless, the risk of international spread cannot be ruled out due to the active cross-border population movement.” More...
WHO: The end of the pandemic is “still a long way off”
Just two weeks ago, WHO Director Tedros Ghebreyesus told reporters that the world had “never been in a better position to end the pandemic”, and “the end is in sight.” More...
Ebola: 21 deaths reported by Ugandan Health Ministry *1 update*
The Ugandan Ministry of Health have just released new figures on the Ebola outbreak – 21 people are now suspected of dying from the disease with 34 cases suspected cases. More...