Clearly, Trump needs to be taken to closed mental care.

Can we just step back and realize how messed up it is to put your name on someone's memorial in the first place???

Disappointingly little new or extra information here. The media comments from WHO et al feelnlike they convey alarm at the spread, but these reports don't speak of root causes or deficits, rather just a skeletal numbers update.

"The UFC event captures something about this moment in our history. After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thebul…

AFD Blog `Hong Kong CHP: Locally Acquired Case of H9 Infection - Notification Letter For Doctors' #H9N2 (likely) afludiary.blogspot.com/2026/…

A low number of DRC-located confirmed #Ebola cases overnight - none new in Uganda. But only 35 samples were analysed in Ituri; none in Nord Kivu (172 delayed) and nothing reported from South Kivu. Good news or a problem? The contact tracing rate has dropped to 28% - need >90%

A very neat summary. Funny - Wired knew this in May 2020, and then, forgot? It's just not trendy to talk about this, nobody wants to hear it, so people don't.

An excellent and sobering interview with @WHO Director-General @DrTedros by @HelenBranswell on the escalating #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC and the immense operational challenges facing responders. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand what is happening on the ground and what is at stake.

Daily Ebola update: - Cases: 729 ( 21) - Recovered: 40 ( 3) - Deaths: 151 ( 10)

US Measles continues to follow 2025 timing World Cup Soccer will introduce US measles variants into World Wide population over next 6 weeks, bringing US variants back to their home countries. Potential for international introduction as Measles becomes year-round endemic.

BREAKING: Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema just SHUT DOWN Trump’s $1.8 billion payout fund indefinitely. The judge rejected DOJ excuses and demanded a “clear, unambiguous” declaration that it’s truly dead. Checks and balances matter. ⚖️🔥

New study shows metformin given during acute COVID-19 infection reduced risk of clinician-diagnosed long COVID by 50% medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

World Cup tourists have discovered New Jersey deli:

Rapid tests - which could be developed within months as opposed to the months to years vaccines & treatments require - could be pivotal for uncovering hidden transmission (in areas where insecurity & distrust can be navigated to achieve access)

A more positive view of Congo!

FDA Approves First Oral COVID-19 Post-Exposure Pill, Cuts Household Infection Risk 67%. That 67% risk reduction was confirmed regardless of vaccination status or prior infection, 1st pharmaceutical tool in U.S. intercepts the virus before symptoms begin. techtimes.com/articles/31824…

Measles, bird flu, and Ebola are spreading. NIH just made its disease experts easier to fire. A June reclassification quietly stripped civil-service protections from the senior NIH staff who decide what infectious research gets funded, removing checks to catch politically motivated firings. Read & subscribe (for free!) celinegounder.com/p/nih-sche…

#USDA reports two more #H5N1 #BirdFlu infected dairy cow herds in Idaho. They bring the state's total to 163. Since the outbreak of bird flu in cows was first discovered in March 2024, 1,141 herds in 19 states have tested positive for the virus. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-pou…

#ebola 🚨 ➡️ 🇨🇩 Ebola outbreak spreads to crowded displacement camp in Congo - The U.N. refugee agency ‌confirmed 🚨 the first Ebola-related deaths in a displacement camp in eastern Congo, as aid workers warned of a high risk the disease could spread rapidly in overcrowded sites. - 🚨 The two victims were internally displaced people living in the 🚨 Kpangba camp, which hosts 30,000 internally displaced people, the UNHCR said in a ​report published on Thursday. - The virus has now spread across three provinces since the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health ​emergency of international concern on May 17. - The affected provinces - Ituri, South Kivu and North Kivu - have been ⁠devastated by decades of conflict and are home to more than 5 million displaced people. - A Congolese health ministry report seen by ​Reuters showed that ⚠️a 60-year-old woman in the camp tested positive for Ebola on May 30. By then, ⚠️ she had broken out of ​quarantine and ⚠️ could not be traced by teams, the report said. - ⚠️ She died on May 31 and her daughter died on June 1, an aid worker with knowledge of the cases told Reuters, adding that ⚠️ their bodies had both tested positive for Ebola after their deaths. - ⚠️ Humanitarian workers later discovered the bodies, ​but ⚠️ community members began pelting WHO vehicles as they tried to approach, the source said. - Mistrust of aid groups has been widespread ​in the nearly month-long outbreak in Congo, with communities sometimes burying highly-contagious bodies in secret to avoid health protocols. - Aid workers describe ⚠️ cramped conditions at ‌the ⁠camps, where sometimes hundreds of people sharing a toilet and open defecation is common. - "We are all really ⚠️ worried that Ebola in these camps will spread extremely quickly and that there will be panic ⚠️ and people will flee all over whether or not they're contacts, whether or not they're ill," Caitlin Brady, country director for the Danish Refugee Council in Congo, told Reuters. - The Congolese health report for ​the Kpangba camp listed eight contacts ​for the mother, underscoring the ⁠risk of further cases within the camp. The International Organization for Migration, which provides support there, said it was concerned about further transmission. - "It's a highly populated area so the risks of transmission are obviously ​higher and worrying," the aid source said. "These are tents with tarp walls, where do you ​isolate if you have ⁠symptoms?" - ⚠️ At another camp in Ituri province, Kigonze, the chief Desire Grodya Bapi said ⚠️ people had been falling ill and dying but he was not aware of any confirmed Ebola cases. - As of Friday, Congo had reported 676 confirmed cases and 136 deaths in an outbreak that has ⁠also spread ​to neighbouring Uganda, which has reported 19 cases. - The outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo ​strain of Ebola, for which there is no approved treatment or vaccine. The disease went undetected for weeks and first responders say they are playing catch-up. By Ammu Kannampilly & Emma Farge reuters.com/business/healthc…

As everyone watches the SpaceX IPO today, its worth remembering this advice from Buffett "The idea that a newly issued security (IPO)—brought to market at a time of the seller's choosing and surrounded by massive hype—is the single best bargain among thousands of global businesses is absolute nonsense. When an offering carries a ridiculous 7% commission just to incentivize salespeople, it simply cannot be the most attractive investment available. While people easily get caught up in the excitement of a new launch, look at the reality: you have thousands of existing public companies whose prices are set by a natural auction market, free from aggressive promotion or hidden fees. It makes no sense to buy a security precisely when an insider decides the timing is perfect to sell. Frankly, it isn't worth spending five seconds thinking about IPOs." - Warren Buffett