Tag: Outbreak
Containing Marburg Virus Outbreak in Rwanda: Strategies and Successes
Rwanda is currently facing its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a deadly illness similar to Ebola. With no approved vaccines or treatments available, the outbreak has already infected 56 people and claimed the...
Health Care Worker Exposed to Bird Flu: Symptoms and Unknowns
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that additional health care workers in Missouri developed mild respiratory symptoms after being exposed to a person hospitalized with confirmed H5N1 infection. Blood samples were...