Latest reports. Breaking news.
Joined November 2022
- Tweets 18,860
- Following 5,937
- Followers 116,318
- Likes 7,403
2,260 Photos and videos
Jun 13
A teenager is dead after protests erupted over plans for an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya.
1
25
172
9,545
Jun 11
CDC officially activates emergency response to screwworm as U.S. cases rise
12
137
714
26,888
Jun 11
A suspected Ebola victim’s body was wrapped in a blue tarpaulin and transported on a taxi roof
Not in a movie.
In 2026.
2
74
347
9,942
Jun 11
Three laboratories in Democratic Republic of Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola
-REUTERS
3
68
388
10,708
Jun 11
Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a new health zone
3
51
358
14,252
Jun 10
Why?
#USDA reports a big jump in #H5N1 #BirdFlu in dairy cows in Idaho. 25 new herds have tested positive, bringing the state's total to 156 herds. Since this outbreak in cows was first detected in March 2024, 1,134 herd in 19 states have tested positive. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-pou…
5
36
136
12,689
Jun 10
DRC’s Ebola outbreak has now reached 598 confirmed cases across 25 health zones.
115 deaths have been recorded.
Only 56.3% of contacts are being traced.
Nearly half of known exposure chains are still outside surveillance.
48
269
10,626
Jun 10
What
Jun 10
JUST IN: Florida hospital reveals Palantir software has cut sepsis deaths by more than half since it was installed.
32
164
14,524
1,653,277
New World Screwworm detected in a dog in Andrews county, TX
11
107
586
24,221
The most interesting thing in this report isn’t the 1,000th H5N1 case.
It’s that WHO quietly documented 10 human infections with novel influenza viruses in just five weeks:
• 3 H5N1
• 1 H5N6
• 5 H9N2
• 1 H1N2v
Across Asia and North America.
12
149
468
24,620
The official count just reached 1,000 human H5N1 cases worldwide.
Nearly half died.
The more concerning detail:
Recent cases in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India were identified days to weeks after patients entered care.
21
318
1,358
72,675
WHO’s latest update pushes the official global total to 1,000 human H5N1 cases.
47.9% fatal.
11
180
908
46,827
Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US
11
151
677
24,198
Second detection of New World Screwworm in Zavala County, Texas
7
86
385
16,911
Congo outbreak could rival the largest Ebola epidemic on record
-CDC
7
78
492
19,291
What happens when an avian influenza virus gets unlimited access to millions of mammals?
16
37
321
16,597
71 new confirmed cases of Ebola from the DRC today
6
61
379
14,501
Wake up bae
H5N1 bird flu just rolled out another surprise.
A highly divergent B3.13 virus has been detected in Idaho cattle.
It’s carrying a new receptor-binding domain mutation.
38
307
1,321
82,048