Editorial

Nigeria confirmed its first case of Ebola in twelve years on October 20: a woman in Abuja infected with the Bundibugyo virus that is driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She had developed symptoms on October 6. For...

October 20, 2026

Kenya has confirmed nine cases of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus, including one death, following the arrival of an infected traveler from the Democratic Republic of Congo on October 3. According to current...

Situation Report

It has been reported in recent days that a 28-year-old worker at an anti-plague laboratory in Irkutsk, Russia, died following a suspected infection with plague. In the initial days following her death, reports...

Docket: OMB-2026-0034Rule: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance (revision of 2 CFR Part 200, the Uniform Guidance, renamed the Uniform Grants Regulation), 91 Fed. Reg. 32,198 (May 29, 2026)Comment deadline: July 13, 2026Proposed...

Language note – This article includes an approved French translation at the bottom of the page. The English version is the version of record.

The 2026 Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has produced over a...

Language note – This article includes an approved French translation at the bottom of the page. The English version is the version of record.

Starting in early May 2026, reports emerged of an outbreak of Andes hantavirus (Andes virus,...

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Detention in facilities that lack enforceable standards of medical care, safety,...

Authors: Yaneer Bar-Yam, Stephane Bilodeau, Špela Šalamon, Greta Fox, Sunil K Raina, Andrew Ewing

Long COVID in Children: Science, Precautions, and Protection

For years, many parents, doctors, and policymakers were told that...

The World Health Network (WHN) expresses grave concern over the ongoing dismantling of core public health institutions in the United States. In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has taken actions that...

Overview

The fading of COVID-19 from media headlines—especially when compared to the emergency phase of the pandemic—along with misleading, but widespread, declarations that the “pandemic is over” by governments, has resulted in a...