Dr. @arimoin, internationally recognized expert on emerging infections, global health & infectious diseases, has been appointed to the new Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. bit.ly/3qqhHwu 1/3

We should let Americans come back Report if they had exposures. Monitor for symptoms. Get care if they need it. We can keep everyone else safe without shooting ourselves in the foot End

Exclusive: Patrick LaRochelle, an American missionary physician, was 20 minutes away from getting on a plane out of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then he got a WhatsApp message: Ebola was here. wapo.st/3PmgLZa

🚨 @MinofHealthUG has confirmed 2 additional #Ebola cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 7. Particularly concerning is that these new cases are healthcare workers in Kampala and unclear if they cared for any of the other known cases. When health workers become infected, it raises concerns about healthcare-associated transmission, exposures in healthcare settings, and the potential for additional undetected contacts.

Virological.org: Potential geographical and ecological origin of the MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak Lissette Ulloa-Zepeda et al @virological_org bit.ly/4fC26U3 💥

🚨 #EbolaRDC | Rapport de situation au 22 mai 2026 L’épidémie d’Ebola continue de faire l’objet d’un suivi renforcé par les autorités sanitaires dans les provinces touchées. 📍 3 provinces concernées : Ituri, Nord-Kivu et Sud-Kivu 📊 83 cas confirmés et 746 cas suspects cumulés ⚠️ 11 zones de santé touchées 📞 Numéro vert officiel gratuit : 151 Le respect des mesures de prévention et la vigilance collective demeurent essentiels pour limiter la propagation du virus. #StopEbola #PréventionEbola #SantéPublique #Com_MediasRDC

2. The numbers of #Ebola cases in this outbreak are staggering, given it was only declared last Friday. 51 confirmed cases, almost 600 suspected cases & 139 suspected deaths. This is the 3rd largest outbreak on record. Modelers are suggesting a worst case scenario of 1,000 cases; seems optimistic.

The most important thing to know about the Ebola epidemic in DRC is this: bringing it under control will rely almost entirely on health workers winning the TRUST of local communities. This may sound dull, even woke, when compared to talk of experimental vaccines etc. But it’s true, not to mention hugely difficult, resource intensive and dangerous. The logic is this: you have one of the most frightening infectious diseases spreading in a huge uneducated population that has been subjected to horrific poverty and violence for many years. Yet there are no vaccines or special treatments. The only way to stop it is to break the chains of transmission and this requires the full cooperation of the population. Winning trust won’t be easy. More than 2m have been displaced by a conflict that has frequently been marked with mass rapes and village massacres — violence that seemingly occurs without rhyme or reason. There is no understanding of science or politics, and superstition and paranoia understandably fill the gap. This is what hundreds of local health workers employed by the Red Cross, WHO, MSF and others are walking into. To slow and eventually end the outbreak they must convince people with symptoms to come forward so they can be isolated away from their families and treated by people clad head to toe in PPE. Even in death, of which there will be much, they must explain that victims must be separated from their loved ones and forego burial and grieving rites that are central to their faith and understanding. When we think about the Ebola outbreak in DRC we should think about what we would do in such a situation. How we would win the trust of terrified families were we charged with doing so. We should think too about the resources that are needed to pay for and support those putting their lives on the line on our behalf. As things stand, the money needed for the emergency response is only about 40% funded and yet it must last for many months, probably years, if the epidemic is to be successfully brought under control.

Just to add an additional reflection that I don’t think gets discussed enough. There’s a tendency to focus on deaths and CFR. This is an excruciatingly horrible disease whether one survives or succumbs, and one with long-term health impacts that are often not supported

HHS through @ASPRgov and @CDCgov is supporting @StateDept in the repatriation of 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship affected by the Andes variant of hantavirus. All 17 are currently en route via @StateDept airlift to the United States, with two of the passengers travelling in the plane's biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution. One passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus. As of now, the airlift will transport passengers to the ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska before taking the passenger with mild symptoms to a second RESPTC at its final destination. Upon arrival at each facility, each individual will undergo clinical assessment and receive appropriate care and support based on their condition.