DR Congo’s neighbors impose Covid-style measures in push to limit Ebola’s spread

Regional concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo intensified Saturday as Uganda confirmed three new cases, while neighboring countries stepped up monitoring measures amid fears of cross-border spread. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Health authorities and aid agencies across east … Read more

Ebola treatment center in Congo set on fire as fear and anger over disease’s spread grow

Bunia, Congo — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors … Read more

What the (rather brief) history of hantavirus reveals about its spread

Scientists think the hantavirus, the deadly pathogen that has infected 11 passengers on a Dutch cruise ship, could be as old as humans. But much of their understanding of human cases comes from a handful of outbreaks within the past century. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more

Hantavirus in the U.S.: How easily does the Andes strain spread?

At least six passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship have tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus. Of the 18 Americans who were on board and are now in quarantine facilities in the U.S., at least three are being closely watched for possible infection. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access … Read more

How hantavirus may have spread aboard a cruise ship, according to health experts

A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has raised questions about how the rare, often fatal illness could have spread among passengers and crew, and whether it may continue to infect some 150 people now stranded aboard the vessel after three already died. While typically transmitted to humans through contact … Read more

Reporters covered the correspondents’ dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracy theories still spread

So much information, streaming out in so little time. And still: Within minutes, conspiracy theories flooded the internet. The shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night played out in front of some of the nation’s most powerful reporters and editors who snapped into action in real time … Read more

AIPAC super PAC funded big-spending Illinois groups, as Democratic fights over Israel spread

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s super PAC seeded two anonymous groups that spent more than $14 million to influence pivotal House Democratic primaries in Illinois on Tuesday — marking a new salvo in the battle over policy on Israel within the Democratic Party. United Democracy Project, a super PAC aligned with AIPAC that receives … Read more