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☆ Fact Check-No reported mpox outbreak at Burning Man festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Social media posts falsely reporting mpox and other diseases at the festival are circulating amid news of heavy downpours that produced a sea of sticky mud at the event in 2023 and prompted a shelter-in-place order. One post on X, formerly known as Twitter, (here) reads, “There's no ebola outbreak at Burning man.. we've received confirmation that it's just a new strain of monkeypox. However, there are no credible news reports of an mpox outbreak at Burning Man in 2023, nor do the event organizer’s social media accounts mention any cases of the disease (here), (twitter.com/bmantraffic), (www.facebook.com/burningman/). Reuters has previously addressed false claims of an Ebola outbreak at the 2023 Burning Man event (here). There have been no reports of an mpox outbreak at Burning Man 2023, according to the CDC and BLM.

Persons: “, we've, Dave Daigle, ” Daigle, ” John Asselin, Read Organizations: U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, Land Management, Man, Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, CDC, Mpox, BLM, Burning Locations: Nevada, Black Rock, Marburg

☆ China, birthplace of COVID, lays tracks for a new global health crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Bat viruses have been the source of multiple health crises besides those related to coronaviruses, including recent outbreaks of Ebola, Nipah, and Marburg. Partners in risk The total area at high risk for bat viruses to infect humans more than doubled in size in Laos between 2002 and 2020. The animals, known to be susceptible to bat viruses, included raccoon dogs, bamboo rats and porcupines. As China boomed in recent decades, global demand for rubber also skyrocketed, leading to further development and deforestation here. Already, scientists have found local bats bearing viruses closely related to those responsible for the 2003 SARS and COVID-19 pandemics.

☆ How a deadly bat virus found new ways to infect people
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

Scientists found bats with Nipah virus roosting near Sabith’s home. A search of the neighborhood led to a colony, near their house, of flying foxes, a common fruit bat. NETTING NIPAH: Researchers in Bangladesh use nets to catch bats and collect samples to find the Nipah virus in the wild. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir HossainWhether Sabith ate contaminated fruit or somehow came into direct contact with a bat, the virus entered his cells. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir HossainA year later, Chua’s team found the same strain of Nipah virus in flying foxes.

☆ Bat lands worldwide are besieged, seeding risk of a new pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

This collision – bats and humans competing for resources on territory long the domain of the bats – could trigger the next pandemic. As people destroy bat habitats worldwide, they are unwittingly helping bat-borne viruses mutate, multiply, and infect other species, including homo sapiens. For millennia, bat viruses lurked across the forests of West Africa and in other undisturbed parts of the world but posed little threat to humanity. They’re potent proliferators: Some roost tightly together and in close quarters with other bat species. Each of the bat viruses analyzed by Reuters has epidemic potential, according to the World Health Organization.

☆ How Reuters pinpointed bat-virus risk zones worldwide
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

Areas where conditions are similar are more prone to spillover, scientists say. The Reuters analysis, which assessed spillover risk through 2020, has proven to have some predictive power. Similar statistical models are used widely to analyze data in ecology, and researchers use them to understand spillover risk. More than one of every five people on the planet is living in areas where the risk is highest for spillover. Using epidemic modeling software called GLEAMviz, the news agency simulated a worldwide pandemic originating from the spillover of a theoretical novel virus.

☆ Equatorial Guinea confirms six more Marburg cases
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

April 15 (Reuters) - Six additional laboratory-confirmed cases of Marburg disease have been reported in Equatorial Guinea, bringing the total number to 15, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; editing by Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Equatorial Guinea confirms 13 Marburg cases after WHO comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GENEVA, March 29 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea has confirmed 13 cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the epidemic, its health officials said on Wednesday after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Central African country's government to report new cases officially. Marburg virus disease is a viral haemorrhagic fever that can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the WHO. Marburg is passed on to people from fruit bats and is from the same virus family responsible for the deadly Ebola disease. "WHO is aware of additional cases and we have asked the government to report these cases officially to WHO," its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said earlier on Wednesday. There is also an outbreak of Marburg virus in Tanzania, where eight cases including five deaths have been reported in the northwest Kagera region, WHO has said.

☆ Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DAKAR, March 23 (Reuters) - Eight new confirmed cases of Marburg disease have been reported in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. This brings the total of laboratory-confirmed cases to nine and probable cases to 20 since the outbreak of the deadly disease similar to Ebola was declared in February. The areas reporting cases are about 150 kilometres (93 miles) apart, suggesting a wider transmission of the virus, the WHO said. Marburg virus disease is a viral haemorrhagic fever that can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the WHO. Neighbouring Cameroon also detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease last month despite restricting movement along the border to avoid contagion.

☆ Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DAR ES SALAAM, March 22 (Reuters) - Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. "The efforts by Tanzania's health authorities to establish the cause of the disease is a clear indication of the determination to effectively respond to the outbreak," said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa. With a fatality rate of as high as 88%, Marburg is from the same virus family responsible for Ebola and is transmitted to people from fruit bats. Symptoms include high fever, severe headache and malaise which typically develop within seven days of infection, according to the WHO. Equatorial Guinea is also battling its first-ever outbreak of Marburg that was confirmed in February.

☆ Spanish authorities detect first suspected case of Marburg disease
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Spain has detected its first suspected case of Marburg disease, a deadly infectious disease that has led to the quarantining of more than 200 people in Equatorial Guinea, health authorities in the Spanish region of the Valencia said on Saturday. Marburg virus can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Equatorial Guinea quarantined more than 200 people and restricted movement on Feb. 13 in its Kie-Ntem province, where the hemorrhagic fever was first detected. The WHO said it was increasing its epidemiological surveillance in Equatorial Guinea. Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Feb. 13 in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin Bidjang, said on Feb. 14.

☆ Cameroon detects two suspected cases of Marburg virus near Eq. Guinea
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Equatorial Guinea officially declared its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an illness similar to Ebola, on Monday. Neighbouring Cameroon had restricted movement along the border to avoid contagion following reports of an unknown, deadly hemorrhagic fever in Equatorial Guinea last week. Forty-two people who came into contact with the two children have been identified and contact tracing was ongoing, he added. The World Health Organization (WHO) said earlier on Tuesday that it was increasing its epidemiological surveillance in Equatorial Guinea. He added that the country's authorities had not reported any new suspected cases in the last 48 hours.

☆ Equatorial Guinea confirms country's first Marburg virus disease outbreak -WHO
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, following the deaths of at least nine people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The small Central African country quarantined more than 200 people and restricted movement last week in its Kie-Ntem province after detecting an unknown hemorrhagic fever. In addition to the nine deaths, Equatorial Guinea has reported 16 suspected cases of Marburg virus with symptoms including fever, fatigue and blood-stained vomit and diarrhea, the WHO said. Marburg virus disease can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the WHO. The deaths have been preliminarily linked to a funeral ceremony in the Kie-Ntem province's Nsok Nsomo district, Equatorial Guinea Health Minister Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba said on Friday.

☆ Uganda declares over Ebola outbreak that killed 55
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Motorists and cyclists are seen at a traffic light intersection in Kabuusu area of the Lubaga division amid the Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda November 16, 2022. "We have successfully controlled the spread of Ebola in Uganda," Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said during a ceremony to mark the outbreak's end. The outbreak killed 55 of the 143 people infected since September, according to health ministry figures. Unlike the more common strain of the virus, Ebola Zaire, which has been behind several recent epidemics in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, the strain behind Uganda's outbreak, Ebola Sudan, has no proven vaccine. Even so, experts said Uganda's experience battling previous outbreaks of Ebola and its viral cousin Marburg helped its response.

☆ Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Elias Biryabarema | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Motorists and cyclists are seen at a traffic light intersection in Kabuusu area of the Lubaga division amid the Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda November 16, 2022. "We have successfully controlled the spread of Ebola in Uganda," Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said during a ceremony to mark the outbreak's end. Aceng said this was Uganda's eighth Ebola outbreak since 2000, when the country recorded its first and most deadly one that killed more than half of the 425 people it infected. In the early weeks of the outbreak, cases spread beyond the epicentre of Mubende, 150 km (90 miles) west of the capital Kampala, to several other districts, including Kampala. Unlike the more common strain of the virus, Ebola Zaire, which has been behind several recent epidemics in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, the strain behind Uganda's outbreak, Ebola Sudan, has no proven vaccine.

☆ W.H.O. renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying that both monkeypox and mpox would be used for the next year while the old name is phased out. WHO said it was concerned by the “racist and stigmatizing language” that arose after monkeypox spread to more than 100 countries. Scientists believe monkeypox triggered outbreaks in Western countries after spreading via sex at two raves in Belgium and Spain. Mpox was first named monkeypox in 1958 when research monkeys in Denmark were observed to have a “pox-like” disease, although they are not thought to be the disease’s animal reservoir.

But this focus obscures what is happening on the ground, every day: Local and national public health workers and epidemiologists, or “disease detectives,” around the world are stopping outbreaks in their tracks and preventing epidemics. The case studies show what is possible when local, state and national communities mobilize a whole-of-society effort to prevent epidemics. When local efforts are supported by national and local government, we can stop and prevent epidemics. Another lesson is the substantial return on investment we can realize by prioritizing and funding preparedness efforts. Finally, there is a crucial role that coordination among local, state and federal agencies plays in epidemic prevention.

Summary Energy prices continue to drive inflationBut "core" inflation accelerates as wellSome fear interest rate hikes could make slowdown worseBRUSSELS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation surged more than expected in October, data showed on Monday, fuelling expectations that the European Central Bank will press on with big interest rate hikes despite economic growth slowing. Some economists saw that continued growth as creating space for the central bank to keep taking strong inflation-fighting steps. The growth is important because many economists believe the ECB would not want to keep raising rates during an expected euro zone recession, heralded by the growth slow-down in the July-September compared with the 0.8% quarterly and 4.3% year-on-year growth in the April-June period. The surging inflation and slowing growth are mainly the result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent disruption of Russian gas deliveries to Europe. That has driven up energy prices and broader inflation, triggered rate rises and lead to a slowing of economic activity and falling confidence.

☆ 3D technology uncovers the causes of death of 3 ancient South American mummies — and it isn't pretty
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A report published Friday examined the causes of deaths of three South American mummies. The two male mummies died violently, while the female died of natural causes. The study suggests that more South American mummies died violently than previously thought. But a recent report shows how two of three South American mummies may have died wildly brutal deaths. There are dozens of South American mummies which might profit from a similar investigation as done here we did here," Nerlich continued.

☆ 24 de noi coronavirusuri descoperite la lilieci; Unul este foarte apropiat genetic de SARS-CoV-2, virusul pandemiei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Jurnal.md24 de noi coronavirusuri descoperite la lilieci; Unul este foarte apropiat genetic de SARS-CoV-2, virusul pandemieiCercetătorii chinezi au anunțat că au descoperit o serie de noi coronavirusuri la liliecii dintr-o regiune restrânsă a Chinei, dintre care unul este, din punct de vedere genetic, foarte apropiat de virusul SARS-CoV-2, care a declanșat pandemia. Descoperirea, care a fost făcută într-o singură regiune mică din provincia Yunnan, în sud-vestul Chinei, demonstrează cât de multe coronavirusuri există în lilieci și potențialul lor de a se răspândi la om, spun cercetătorii. Ei au făcut teste de urină și fecale de la acești lilieci și au colectat și probe de salivă. Unul dintre ele este foarte asemănător, din punct de vedere genetic, cu virusul SARS-CoV-2 care a provocat pandemia, un eșantion viral denumit RpYN06, luat de la o specie de liliac-potcoavă denumită Rhinolophus pusillus. În afară de lilieci și oameni, coronavirusurile pot infecta o serie de animale sălbatice și domestice, inclusiv porci, vite, șoareci, pisici, câini, găini, căprioare, arici", au mai notat autorii raportului.

Persons: Weifeng Shi Organizations: Universitatea Shandong, Cell Locations: Chinei, Yunnan, Africa, Asia, Marburg, Ebola

☆ China anunță că a descoperit noi coronavirusuri în rândul liliecilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cercetătorii chinezi au publicat joi un studiu în care anunță că au identificat noi coronavirusuri în rândul liliecilor, inclusiv unul care ar fi al doilea cel mai apropiat genetic de COVID-19 identificat până acum, relatează CNN, citată de Hotnews. Potrivit cercetătorilor, descoperirile au fost făcute într-o singură regiune mică din provincia Yunnan din sud-vestul Chinei și arată cât de multe coronavirusuri există în rândul liliecilor și cât de multe dintre acestea s-ar putea transmite la oameni. "În total am construit 24 de noi genomuri ale unor noi coronavirusuri de la diferite specii de lilieci, inclusiv patru noi coronavirusuri SARS-CoV2", a spus Weifeng Shi. Experții au susținut că unul dintre acestea, numit RpYN06 și găsit la specia de liliac Rhinolophus pusillus, a avut o genă asemănătoare cu SARS-CoV-2, virusul care a ucis peste 3,5 milioane de oameni la nivel mondial. Potrivit acestora, RpYN06 ar fi cel mai apropiat coronavirus de SARS-CoV-2 descoperit până acum, cu excepția unor diferențe genetice la proteina țepușă folosită de virus pentru a se atașa de celulă.

Persons: Experta, Shi, Shi . Organizations: CNN, Universitatea Shandong Locations: Yunnan, Chinei, Marburg, Ebola, Wuhan

☆ (foto) „Respirăm într-un glas” – expoziție fotografică care reunește la Chișinău artiștii de pe ambele maluri ale Nistrului
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

(foto) „Respirăm într-un glas” – expoziție fotografică care reunește la Chișinău artiștii de pe ambele maluri ale NistruluiÎncepând 11 iunie 2021, Muzeul de Istorie din Chișinău și spațiul cultural independent “Zpațiu” vor găzdui o expoziție intitulată „Respirăm într-un glas”, axată pe convergența creativă a artiștilor, fotografilor, activiștilor și ecologilor în timpul transformărilor și schimbărilor globale. „Expoziția oferă o călătorie comună într-o lume fără granițe, care pe parcursul ultimului an au dispersat oamenii și împiedicat interacțiunea și consolidarea. Participanți la expoziție:# Anna Galatonova (Tiraspol);# Elena Stepanova, (Dubăsari);# Valeria Barbas (Chișinău);# Alexandru Raevschi (Chișinău – Marburg);# Ramin Mazur (Rîbnița – Chișinău);# Ivan Yalanji (Kopchak – Moscova);# Victor Ciobanu (Măcăresti – Chișinău);# Fiodorova Tatiana (Chișinău);# Igor Shcherbina (Chișinău – Moscova);# Mihail Kalarașan (Rîbnița – Chișinău);# Dumitru Oboroc (Nisporeni – Iași);# Pavel Braila (Chișinău – Berlin);# Veaceslav Druța (Chișinău – Quebec);# Ghenadie Popescu ( Florești – Chișinău);# Lilia Nenescu (Chișinău);# Alexander Tinei ( Budapesta – Chisinau). Lansarea evenimentului va avea loc vineri, 11 iunie, în două locuri: la ora 17.00, la Muzeul de Istorie a Orașului Chișinău ( str. A.Mateevici 60 A) și la ora 19.00 în spațiul cultural independent „Zpațiu” (Str.

Persons: Tatiana Fiodorova, Anna Galatonova, Elena Stepanova, Valeria, Ivan Yalanji, Victor Ciobanu, Igor Shcherbina, Dumitru, Pavel, Veaceslav, Ghenadie Popescu, Alexander Tinei Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Programul Națiunilor Unite, Orașului Locations: Chișinău, Tiraspol, Dubăsari, Marburg, Mazur, Rîbnița, Moscova, Kalarașan, Nisporeni, Iași, Pavel Braila, Berlin, Quebec, Florești, Budapesta – Chisinau, Orașului Chișinău

☆ Pfizer-BioNTech va produce două miliarde de doze de vaccin pentru acest an
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Compania farmaceutică BioNTech a estimat luni că este în măsură să producă două miliarde de doze de vaccin împotriva COVID-19 până la finele anului 2021, peste obiectivul anterior de circa 1,3 miliarde de doze, relatează luni AFP.Această estimare include însă şi ''noul standard'', care permite extragerea a şase doze de vaccin dintr-o fiolă, în loc de cinci doze până în prezent, scrie agerpres.ro BioNTech, care produce acest vaccin în parteneriat cu compania farmaceutică americană Pfizer, mizează de asemenea pe extinderea capacităţilor de producţie, printre care şi darea în exploatare aşteptată la sfârşitul lunii februarie a unităţii de producţie de la Marburg, în Germania. Această nouă fabrică va permite suplimentarea capacităţii anuale de producţie cu până la 750 de milioane de doze, dintre care circa 250 de milioane în primul semestru al acestui an.Pfizer-BioNTech are în prezent o fabrică în Belgia, la Puurs, unde sunt produse vaccinurile destinate ţărilor Uniunii Europene, şi alte trei în SUA.Agenţia Europeană a Medicamentului (EMA) a actualizat vineri prospectul vaccinului Pfizer/BioNTech, stabilind că din fiecare fiolă pot fi extrase şase doze de vaccin, dar cu condiţia folosirii unor seringi cu un volum nu mai mare de 35 de microlitri.Comisia Europeană a anunţat tot vineri o comandă adiţională pentru 200 de milioane de doze de vaccin Pfizer/BioNTech, plus 100 de milioane ca opţiune, după criticile adresate Bruxellesului că nu a comandat anterior mai multe doze din acest vaccin, primul autorizat de EMA pentru utilizare în UE. Din comanda anterioară de 300 de milioane de doze, 200 de milioane de doze sunt programate să fie livrate până în septembrie, iar 75 de milioane de doze adiţionale de vaccin ar urma să fie livrate în al doilea trimestru al acestui an, potrivit Comisiei Europene.Desfăşurarea campaniei de vaccinare este criticată în mai multe ţări europene, în special în Franţa, unde a fost iniţiată foarte lent, precum şi în Germania, unde medicii deplâng faptul că din cauza numărului insuficient de doze personalul sanitar nu este prioritar la vaccinare.

Organizations: Uniunii Europene Locations: Marburg, Germania, Belgia, Franţa

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