PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: D.R. Congo and Nigeria: New neglected tropical disease threats and solutions for the bottom 40% Peter Hotez, founding editor-in-chief of PLOS NTDs, director at the Center for Vaccine Development at the Texas Children’s Hospital, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of…

Reuters: Ebola outbreak scuttles haj plans for Congo’s Muslims “Saudi Arabia has banned pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of Congo because of an Ebola outbreak, dashing the hopes of many Muslims there wanting to perform haj” (Chaudhry, 8/8). Xinhua News: WHO to continue support DRC in fighting against Ebola “Ali…

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: When viral suppression didn’t last, lowering barriers to HIV treatment and care made a difference Antigone Barton, senior editor and writer at “Science Speaks,” discusses findings from a report published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases on the “impacts of the Seattle Max Clinic’s enhanced efforts to retain…

Al Jazeera: Why is Bangladesh grappling with a record dengue fever outbreak? (Mahmud, 8/7). CIDRAP News: MERS analysis highlights concerns over health care spread (Schnirring, 8/7). NPR: This Handy New Device Might Help KO Cholera (Palca/Neilson, 8/7). NPR: A Doctor’s Insights Into Gun Violence And Gun Laws Around The World…

Agence France-Presse: DRC medics arrested over murder of WHO Ebola doctor “Three Congolese medics have been detained over the murder of a World Health Organization (WHO) doctor who was fighting an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, a military prosecutor said on Wednesday. Cameroonian doctor Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung…

Fred Hutch: In Uganda: Treating twin threats of HIV and cancer Gary Gilliland, president and director at Fred Hutch, discusses a recent trip he took with Sue Desmond-Hellmann, chief executive officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to Uganda to visit the Uganda Cancer Institute-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre, where…

The Conversation: The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola Yap Boum, professor in the faculty of Medicine at Mbarara University of Science and Technology “…Last week researchers from Epicentre, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, and the London School of Tropical Medicine and…

Fox News: Philippines declares national epidemic as Dengue fever cases rise past 145,000 (Dedaj, 8/6). The Guardian: Philippines declares epidemic after dengue fever kills more than 600 (Ellis-Peterson, 8/7). The Hill: Philippines declares epidemic after more than 600 die from dengue fever (Pitofsky, 8/6). USA TODAY: After over 600 deaths,…

NBC News: Boko Haram tried to stop Nigeria from eliminating polio. They failed. “Nigeria is on the verge of eliminating polio, but Boko Haram is standing in the way. Using violence and misinformation, the ISIS-linked militant group has hampered efforts to get every child in the country vaccinated against polio,…

Al Jazeera: Ebola: Rwanda bolsters DRC border restrictions “The health ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are meeting on Tuesday to work out a plan to fight the latest Ebola outbreak. It is hoped the discussions will lead to the adoption of a joint strategy which can…