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- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The World Health Organization has confirmed the public health emergency of international concern for the ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's seventeenth, over the risk of regional spread. Data reported on 24 August 2026 indicate 5,515 confirmed cases and 2,632 deaths; infections are concentrated in Ituri, North Kivu and border areas with Uganda. The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee met for the second time on the outbreak. (Prensa Latina, ECDC)
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The regulatory roundup published on 24 August summarises official actions on human medicines over the past seven days: the US Food and Drug Administration adopted an accelerated approval and two guidance documents on generic drugs; at the European Medicines Agency, a direct communication to healthcare professionals and the withdrawal of a marketing authorisation application were recorded; the UK's MHRA ordered a precautionary recall of a batch. The report currently comes from a single source (The Pharma Letter); no independent confirmation is available and the product names are not specified in the material available.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · Analysis
Ebola Bundibugyo in Congo: ECDC counts 5,290 confirmed cases and 2,516 deaths
The European update as of August 20 records 81 new cases and 40 new deaths compared to the previous report. For this species of the virus, the WHO states that no approved specific vaccines or treatments exist.
- Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
As part of enhanced surveillance measures agreed on August 15 between WHO and five Central African countries, the Central African Republic has deployed a mobile laboratory near its borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. In Uganda, the 42-day period of enhanced monitoring ends on August 27. (WHO AFRO)
- Monday, 24 August 2026 · Analysis
West Nile virus, 81 locally acquired cases in six European countries in ECDC surveillance data
European seasonal surveillance indicates ongoing transmission in 2026: 81 locally acquired human cases and 35 affected areas, as of July 22. The figure is provisional and, at this stage, comes from a single source.
- Monday, 24 August 2026 · Analysis
West Nile virus: ECDC counts 625 autochthonous cases in twelve European countries
Weekly surveillance updated to August 21 records 311 cases in Italy and 157 in Greece. Twenty-one areas are affected for the first time this season; according to ECDC and EFSA the peak of transmission falls between August and September.
- Monday, 24 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On August 18, the Director-General of the World Health Organization opened the second meeting of the Emergency Committee on Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reporting nearly 5,000 infections and over 2,300 deaths across six provinces and 55 health zones. The WHO's Disease Outbreak News recorded, as of August 12, 4,665 confirmed cases and 2,184 deaths, with a crude case fatality rate of 46.8%. Since the declaration of the international emergency on May 17, 12 attacks against health facilities and workers have been recorded. No vaccines or approved specific treatments exist for this species. WHO
- Sunday, 23 August 2026 · Analysis
Ebola in Congo: 5,290 confirmed cases and 2,516 deaths as of August 20
The ECDC update reports 81 new confirmed cases and 40 deaths compared to the previous report. The WHO describes the Bundibugyo virus outbreak as the second largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded.
- Sunday, 23 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Between January and August 2026 the organization recorded 914 attacks on facilities, staff and patients, with 911 deaths and 1,486 injured: "more than four attacks a day" (transl. from English), according to Altaf Musani, director for emergency operations and disaster response. Twelve of these episodes are linked to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Il Sole 24 Ore
- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · Analysis
Ebola in DR Congo: 5,290 confirmed cases and 2,516 deaths in ECDC update
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control published updated data on August 20, covering figures up to August 19: the Bundibugyo virus outbreak continues to grow, and Ituri remains the hardest-hit province.
- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The annual epidemiological report of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, published in July 2026, records for 2024 in the European Union and the European Economic Area 73 cases of tetanus and 151 of diphtheria. Of the 67 tetanus cases with known outcome, 19 were fatal — 28% — almost exclusively in people over 70; diphtheria deaths numbered four. The ECDC recommends maintaining high vaccination coverage across all age groups and ensuring the availability of diphtheria antitoxin. Quotidiano Sanità, Guacci.
- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · Analysis
UNAIDS: HIV infections and deaths at lowest levels in over thirty years, international funding down 18%
The special report presented at the Rio de Janeiro conference recorded 1.2 million new infections and 570,000 deaths in 2025. In the same year, international funding fell from $8.8 to $7.3 billion, the lowest level in almost twenty years.
- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Data reported by the ECDC on August 20, updated to the 19th, indicate 837 patients hospitalized in isolation and an outbreak spread across 54 health zones in six provinces. In the WHO situation report updated to August 16, the crude case fatality rate rose from 45.9% to 47.4%. The WHO classifies it as the largest Ebola outbreak ever documented in the country, above the 3,317 cases recorded in 2018-2020; for the Bundibugyo species there are no vaccines or specific treatments. ECDC, WHO, WHO AFRO.
- Saturday, 22 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Joint WHO-UNICEF estimates on vaccination coverage for 2025 show a rise from 17% in 2000 to 77% today, with nearly one million more children receiving the second dose compared to the previous year. First-dose coverage remains stalled at 84%, below pre-pandemic levels: 20.8 million children did not receive it and 8.3 million missed the second dose. The threshold indicated to prevent outbreaks is 95%. Measles & Rubella Partnership, WHO, UNICEF Data.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · Analysis
Mpox, WHO counts 1,066 cases in 37 countries in April and awaits emergency vaccine stockpile
The World Health Organization's situation report No. 66 indicates three deaths for April 2026 and a case fatality rate of 0.3%, with 62% of confirmed cases in the African region and three regions showing an increase compared to March.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · Analysis
Ebola in Congo, over five thousand cases and 47.4% case fatality rate: sixth province reached
Bulletins from WHO, ECDC and CDC updated between August 12 and 19 describe the largest Ebola outbreak ever documented in the country. WHO advisors open the door to using a vaccine already licensed for a different species of the virus.
- Friday, 21 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On July 28, 2026, Uganda's Ministry of Health declared the country's Ebola outbreak over, with 20 confirmed cases and two deaths. This is a very different outcome from that in Congo, where mid-August bulletins count thousands of cases. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control assesses the probability of infection for residents of the European Union and the European Economic Area as very low. Sources: WHO and ECDC.
- Thursday, 20 August 2026 · Analysis
Ebola in Congo, confirmed cases pass 5,000: WHO maintains international emergency
Data from the Congolese Ministry of Health as of August 16 indicate 5,021 cases and 2,378 deaths. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccines or therapies; ongoing trials are at an early stage.
- Thursday, 20 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Medizinischer Dienst examined 11,700 suspected cases and confirmed nearly 3,100 as treatment errors: 2,700 resulted in harm to patients, and 97 caused or contributed to death. The report notes that scientific studies estimate preventable adverse events occur in 2-4% of hospital admissions, corresponding to 350,000-700,000 cases per year: these are literature-based estimates with wide margins, not direct counts. Single source: the annual report reported by Epoch Times Deutschland.
- Thursday, 20 August 2026 · Analysis
Cepal presents in Montevideo the report on the effects of demographic change in Latin America
The document was presented on August 19 as part of the Sixth Regional Conference on Population and Development. On the European side, the institutional framework for health surveillance remains defined by the updated memorandum between Ecdc and the Oms Regional Office signed in January.
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