Al Jazeera: DR Congo confirms record number of Ebola cases in one day “The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday confirmed 14 new cases of the Ebola virus in its eastern borderlands, the largest one-day increase since the current outbreak was declared in August…” (1/23). Associated Press: The Latest:…

Nature: Where are the Ebola diagnostics from last time? Lieselotte Cnops, postdoctoral researcher in the neglected tropical diseases unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, and colleagues “…Diagnostics are fundamental to containing outbreaks. Without such tests, it is impossible to trace whether people with the disease have infected others, whether…

Al Jazeera: Ebola survivors fight disease as DR Congo outbreak rages on “Dozens of Congolese Ebola survivors are dispelling rumors and caring for patients and lone children in the world’s second-deadliest outbreak, health workers said on Thursday…” (1/24). CIDRAP News: Ebola infects 3 more in DRC; virus evidence found in…

World Health Organization: WHO urges countries to invest in eliminating hepatitis “Ahead of World Hepatitis Day (28 July), WHO calls on countries to take advantage of recent reductions in the costs of diagnosing and treating viral hepatitis and scale up investments in disease elimination. A new study by WHO, published…

Agence France-Presse: DR Congo Ebola epidemic spreads as second Goma patient dies, third case is confirmed “An Ebola epidemic in eastern DR Congo continues to spread, with two deaths and another diagnosis reported this week in the city of Goma. Rwanda closed its frontier with the country on Thursday over…

New York Times: Philippines Declares Polio Outbreak After 19 Years Free of the Disease “The Philippines on Thursday announced an outbreak of polio, 19 years after the World Health Organization declared the Southeast Asian country free of the infectious disease. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said government scientists have confirmed the…

CNN Philippines: DOH confirms second polio case in PH “A day after health officials declared an outbreak of the disease in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday confirmed a second case of polio in the country. In a statement, DOH announced that a five-year-old boy from Laguna…

Reuters: WHO investigating death in Tanzania due to unknown illness “A woman whose death in Tanzania is being investigated by the World Health Organization probably did not have Ebola, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. … The woman who died in Dar…

The Telegraph: A ‘perfect storm’: the steady rise of dengue fever worldwide “Dengue outbreaks are spreading across the globe thanks to a ‘perfect storm’ of climate change, rapid urbanization, and intercontinental travel, experts have warned. So far this year 1.6 million cases of the mosquito-borne fever have been reported in…

Associated Press: New attack on Ebola center in Congo; 1 militia member killed “Militia members attacked an Ebola treatment center hours after another attack killed a staffer with the World Health Organization, a Congolese official said Saturday. … Such violence has deeply complicated efforts to contain what has become the…