Merck wins European approval for first-ever Ebola vaccine
FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker…
WHO hails ‘triumph’ as Merck’s Ebola vaccine gets European green light
LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s first Ebola vaccine was recommended for approval by European drugs regulators on Friday in a move hailed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a…
Ebola concentrated in Congo mining area, still an emergency: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the “complex and dangerous” outbreak still constitutes an international…
Scientists find how deadly malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists who resurrected a 50,000-year-old gene sequence have analyzed it to figure out how the world’s deadliest malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans – giving insight…
‘Alarming upsurge’ in measles has devastating impact, WHO warns
LONDON (Reuters) – Measles is staging a devastating comeback in epidemics across the world as the virus exploits dangerous gaps in vaccination coverage, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on…
U.S. retains measles-elimination status despite worst outbreak in quarter century
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States has kept its World Health Organization designation as a country that has eliminated measles even though it had 1,249 reported cases this year…
Legionnaire’s outbreak linked to hot tubs kills one, sickens dozens in North Carolina
(Reuters) – An outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease that has killed one person and sickened dozens of others in North Carolina may have spread from contaminated hot tubs at a state…
U.S. travel warning adds to pressure on Tanzania over suspected Ebola cases
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – The United States has warned its citizens to take extra care when visiting Tanzania amid concerns over Ebola, adding to calls for the East African…
Congo to deploy second Ebola vaccine
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan to introduce a second Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson &…
Handwashing beats sanitizer for killing flu virus on hands
(Reuters Health) – Health workers who use hand sanitizer between patients may be more likely to spread flu germs than those who take the time to wash their hands, a…