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Trump’s Ebola travel bans stir up Covid-era conflict over outbreak response

Donald Trump and the World Health Organization are teed up for another clash over infectious disease travel bans. Trump ignored the WHO’s advice, and its criticism of travel restrictions, when he closed the U.S. border to foreigners who’d recently been in China at the outset of the Covid pandemic, and he’s ignoring the U.N. agency again now, at the outset of what is already one of the worst Ebola outbreaks ever, by barring most travelers from the affected countries. Andrew Nixon, a health...

Politico EU 11d ago

Flu numbers are down for now – this could be why

Recorded flu numbers drop drastically but expert warns caution Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 3:08pm In short: There's been a big drop in recorded flu cases this year following the deadliest year for influenza this century in 2025. The Australian Centre for Disease Control believes there might be increased population immunity because so many people were infected last year. One expert has warned against complacency and urged more people to get vaccinated especially amid a global resurgence in preventable...

ABC Australia 5d ago

Commentary: The most concerning outbreak right now isn’t Ebola or hantavirus

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Channel News Asia 8d ago

Two Singapore residents who were on hantavirus-hit cruise ship complete quarantine

Two Singapore residents who were on hantavirus-hit cruise ship complete quarantine “Both of them are well, and have tested negative for hantavirus, including the Andes virus, before release from quarantine,” said the Communicable Diseases Agency. The two Singapore residents who were on board the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius have been released from quarantine after testing negative. The Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) on Sunday (Jun 7) said the men completed their quarantine on...

Channel News Asia 3d ago

Australia won't impose travel restrictions despite overseas Ebola spread

International Ebola cases climbing 'fast' but Australia won't impose travel restrictions Mon 1 Jun 2026 at 3:51pm In short: Australia will not impose border restrictions or quarantine on travellers from Ebola-affected countries. There are three new suspected cases in Italy and Brazil. Federal health minister Mark Butler said Australia was monitoring the outbreak very closely.

ABC Australia 9d ago

Suspected Ebola case in Cagliari: patient in hospital

A person has been taken to a hospital in Cagliari over a suspected Ebola case. Authorities admitted the patient for tests. They are said to have recently returned from a trip abroad.

Euronews 10d ago

Deep learning four decades of human migration

Abstract Human migration is a fundamental driver of global demographic change, shaping population structure, labour markets and social policy across countries1,2,3. Although long-term migration patterns are often linked to economic development4, they can shift rapidly in response to shocks such as conflict, environmental crises and political change5. Despite its importance, migration remains difficult to measure consistently: existing data are sparse, concentrated in high-income settings and...

Nature 20h ago

Confirmed Ebola cases pass 550 after US warning spread could match record outbreak

Confirmed Ebola cases pass 550 after US warning spread could match record outbreak Local officials say more than 90 people have died across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 544, in the wake of the US’s health protection agency warned the outbreak could become the largest on record. The epicentre is in DRC’s Ituri province, where Africa’s top public...

The Independent World 2d ago

The race against time to contain Ebola

Fighting the spread of Ebola virus in one of the world's 'most volatile' regions Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 6:07am Near the heart of the spreading Ebola outbreak, young mother Marléne is well aware of the potential danger. She's brought her two-month-old daughter, Deborah, to be vaccinated at a health facility in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The north-eastern region of Ituri has so far seen more than 100 confirmed cases of the disease, with more in neighbouring North Kivu.

ABC Australia 6d ago