ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo’s Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading beyond epicenter, health body warns
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
The latest government data shows Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo's Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet
More than 300 people have died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, according to government data
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Congo's Ebola death toll hits 2,000 as outbreak outpaces every prior epidemic on record
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in roughly three months, reaching that grim milestone almost three times faster than the deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, while health workers strike over unpaid wages and most new infections spread beyond the reach of contact tracers. Government data published overnight Tuesday showed 4,381 confirmed Ebola […] The post Congo's Ebola death toll hits 2,000 as outbreak outpaces every prior epidemic on record appeared first on American Almanac .
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in roughly three months, reaching that grim milestone almost three times faster than the deadliest Ebola epidemic in history, while health workers strike over unpaid wages and most new infections spread beyond the reach of contact tracers. Government data published overnight Tuesday showed 4,381 confirmed Ebola cases and 2,011 deaths across five eastern provinces, with Ituri province in the country's remote east serving as the epicenter. The case fatality rate stands at 45.9%, well above the 39.6% rate recorded during the catastrophic 2014, 2016 West Africa outbreak that the Associated Press described as the worst in history. That earlier epidemic killed more than 11,000 people…Open
ABCNEWS - Congo says 2,000 people have died in Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record
Congo's Ebola outbreak has recorded at least 2,000 deaths among confirmed cases, the fastest growing on record
NYTIMES (Zane Irwin and Stephanie Nolen) - Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.
ABCNEWS - More workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths
Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo have gone on strike over payment issues, disrupting patient care
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Americans Born After 1970 Are Dying Younger.
A new study reveals that Americans born after 1970 are experiencing higher mortality rates from heart disease, cancer, and overdoses, signaling a troubling downward trend in life expectancy.
A new study reveals that Americans born after 1970 are experiencing higher mortality rates from heart disease , cancer, and overdoses, signaling a troubling trend in life expectancy. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that Americans born after 1970 are dying at higher rates from heart disease, cancer , and external causes compared to previous generations at the same ages. DETAIL: The research utilized a Lexis diagram to track generational mortality rates, revealing that those born in the 1950s marked a turning point where survival rates began to decline. Researchers analyzed U.S. mortality data from 1979 through 2023 and identified the 1950s-born Baby Boomer…Open
HUFFPOST - ‘This Is Not Coronavirus’: Hantavirus Unlikely To Be Next Pandemic Amid Cruise Outbreak, WHO Says
The update came after officials confirmed that exposed passengers from 12 countries left a cruise ship before the virus with a high mortality rate was detected.