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#Trump admin shutting key #US researchers out of #global #virus response talks, documents & sources reveal

Key officials responsible for leading US #research on #InfectiousDisease threats have been #barred from speaking directly with the #WorldHealthOrganization [#WHO] — effectively shutting some of them out of the global discussions on virus #outbreaks, according to documents & multiple sources.

#nationalism #BrainDrain #medicine #science #health #PublicHealth #NIAID
cnn.com/2026/05/25/politics/gl…


#Thailand to quarantine travellers from Congo even if they have no Ebola symptoms
"the #WHO had declared te outbreak of #Ebola #virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in te Democratic Republic of te #Congo & #Uganda a #publichealth #emergency of international concern.. Travellers from or through te Democratic Republic of te Congo will be required to enter #quarantine at a designated facility for at least 21 days, even if they show no symptoms"
👍👉😷Better safe than sorry.
straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/…


"For now, what are most alarming are not the outbreaks themselves but the slow and uncoordinated responses by the institutions that Americans rely on to keep them safe, including the U.S. government and the World Health Organization. If the world cannot properly handle known threats that it has contained before, then it is dangerously unprepared for the next novel one."

theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #surveillance #biosecurity #CDC #WHO #USAID #ebola #outbreak #USpol


"A bill passed by the state legislature in March then signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis allows Colorado to further uncouple itself from federal guidance.

The law allows health officials to follow the recommendations of national medical groups when making decisions such as purchasing bulk vaccines for the Medicaid program."

kffhealthnews.org/public-healt…

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #medicaid #colorado #CDC #HHS #misinformation #WHO


"African health officials say they have been battling diseases on the continent for decades, and in some cases with great success. Yet, they say, those successes receive little global attention as African health workers suffer grave consequences and make life-or-death sacrifices, only to come under international criticism."

nytimes.com/2026/05/20/world/a…

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #ebola #outbreak #CDC #WHO


Dr. Wodarg warnt: Gesundheit wird zum Instrument der Kontrolle








#WHO official warns #Ebola outbreak unlikely to be over in two months as cases and deaths rise in #DRC
At least 130 people thought to have been killed, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus before emergency meeting

theguardian.com/world/2026/may…

#science #infectiousDisease #virus #publicHealth #congo



I saw a clip or read it ten years ago maybe but it has stuck in my brain like hubba bubba which is weird because I had never previously been terribly concerned, Bill Nye stated something to the effect of 'the greatest threat to humankind is in fact not war or climate or or everything we are rightfully horrified about. The greatest threat is biological, virus, disease.' And when you've got the CDC figurehead drinking raw milk with kid Rock, be afraid I'm afraid. #ebola #WHO #publichealth


Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has canceled the annual Uganda Martyrs' Day festival scheduled for June 3. Pilgrims en route from the DRC are being stopped at the border and ordered to turn around. #Uganda #Ebola #DRC #PublicHealth #WHO
blazetrends.com/uganda-cancels…






“The virus is a rare species called Ebola Bundibugyo, which standard field tests often miss and for which no vaccines or therapeutics exist...

[The WHO] warned of a "potentially much larger outbreak than what is currently being detected and reported, with significant local and regional risk of spread."

science.org/content/article/ma…

#Health #Medicine #WHO #UN #Ebola #DRC #Virus



The WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo a public health emergency of international concern. The Bundibugyo variant has claimed at least 80 lives in the Ituri province, and cross-border infections have been reported in Uganda. #Ebola #WHO #DRCongo #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
blazetrends.com/why-the-who-de…


WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus confirms no sign of a wider hantavirus outbreak following the MV Hondius cruise ship evacuation in Spain, though the lengthy incubation period remains a concern for officials in Europe and the US. #Hantavirus #WHO #PublicHealth #MVHondius #Madrid
blazetrends.com/who-chief-conf…

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