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- Thursday, 27 August 2026 · Analysis
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Uganda over, cases keep rising in Congo
After 42 days without new infections, the UN agency certified the end of the Ugandan outbreak at a joint press conference with the Ministry of Health. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, confirmed cases stood at 5,656 as of August 25.
- Thursday, 27 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The European Medicines Agency has issued a direct communication to healthcare professionals regarding Vyvgart, indicated for AChR-antibody positive generalized myasthenia gravis and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (eanPages). The same review notes that, following the departure of Ivo Claessen, Melanie Carr, head of the Stakeholder and Communication division, has taken on the role of deputy executive director.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
Ebola in Congo, 70,000 doses of Ervebo allocated: WHO warns that the effect on the Bundibugyo strain is not known
Twenty thousand doses go to a phase 3 clinical trial, fifty thousand to healthcare workers. The campaign uses ring vaccination. Africa CDC believes transmission has not yet peaked.
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
As of August 13, 2026, weekly surveillance by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control indicated 429 autochthonous cases in nine European countries; in the subsequent update, released on August 21, the countries number twelve and the regions 99, with Italy (311) and Greece (157) at the top and 21 regions affected for the first time. The joint ECDC-EFSA monthly report, with data as of August 5, counted 245 cases in seven countries and 12 deaths. ECDC and EFSA expect further cases in the coming weeks, since transmission typically peaks between August and September. (ECDC, EFSA Journal)
- Wednesday, 26 August 2026 · Analysis
At least 35,000 excess deaths in Europe in the summer of back-to-back heatwaves
National mortality surveillance systems point to more than 35,000 excess deaths linked to heat. In Spain, the MoMo system estimates 4,947 attributable deaths, above the previous 2022 record.
- 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.
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