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A look at major Ebola outbreaks and when the disease was first identified

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - African health officials say there is a new Ebola outbreak in the Central African country of Congo, with at least 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths. The severe disease that is often fatal was first identified in 1976 after ...
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Exclusive-FDA drug center head expected to leave after commissioner’s exit, sources say

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The acting head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's drug center, Tracey Beth Hoeg, is expected to leave the agency just days after Commissioner Marty Makary resigned, according to three people familiar with ...
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At least 65 dead after Ebola outbreak confirmed in Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials say

(NEW YORK) - An Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in the Ituri province in Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.As of the latest update, about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in ...
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African public health agency says there is a confirmed Ebola outbreak in Congo

May 15 (Reuters) - Africa's top public health agency said on Friday that there was a confirmed Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that it was convening an urgent meeting ...
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Analysis-Hantavirus outbreak tests post-COVID health communications playbook

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - A rodent-borne virus with a scary name. A mid-ocean cruise ship in quarantine. Several people dead and more falling sick. It is no wonder that an outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus on a luxury liner in ...
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6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. The Gulfstream long-range business jet carrying them from the Netherlands landed at RAAF Base Pearce ...
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IHH, DBS sign $194 million loan for safer antibiotic use

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - IHH Healthcare has signed a S$250 million ($196 million) sustainability-linked loan with Singapore's biggest bank DBS that ties part of the deal to better use of antibiotics at its four Singapore hospitals, the companies said on Friday. • The loan ...
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FDA places full clinical hold on Aardvark’s drug for extreme hunger in Prader-Willi syndrome

May 14 (Reuters) - Aardvark Therapeutics on Thursday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed a full clinical hold on its drug to treat extreme hunger linked to the rare disorder Prader-Willi syndrome, halting all late-stage trials. Shares of the company fell about 14% ...
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UK student dies after meningitis cases at college, two treated

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - A student in southern England has died after contracting suspected meningitis, health authorities said on Thursday, adding that two other young people were being treated following related cases. The UK Health Security Agency said three cases had been identified among ...
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Australians from hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrive home to quarantine

SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Australian citizens who were on a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak returned home on Friday and will isolate for at least three weeks at a quarantine facility. Four Australian citizens, a permanent resident and one ...
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US Supreme Court lets abortion pill mail delivery continue

By Andrew Chung May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ensured that the abortion pill can continue to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed by mail, as the justices restored for now a 2023 federal rule challenged by Republican-governed Louisiana that had ...
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Explainer-US Supreme Court ruling preserves abortion pill access for now as other challenges loom

By Daniel Wiessner May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has for now refused to block a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be prescribed via a telehealth appointment and dispensed through the mail, preserving access to a ...
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