Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo: What's going on and why is the outbreak so alarming?
  • Aug 19, 2026

Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo: What's going on and why is the outbreak so alarming?

  • CBC News
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  • Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed
  • Aug 19, 2026

Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed

  • CTV News
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  • The Associated Press
Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is now the deadliest in its history
  • Aug 17, 2026

Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is now the deadliest in its history

  • CBC News
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  • Thomson Reuters
False claims about miscarriage risk from COVID-19 vaccines are spreading online. They use a faulty interpretation of data
  • Aug 14, 2026

False claims about miscarriage risk from COVID-19 vaccines are spreading online. They use a faulty interpretation of data

  • CTV News
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  • CNN
Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
  • Aug 14, 2026

Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again

  • npr
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  • Rob Stein
Why one Conservative MP’s push to probe COVID-19 vaccine injuries is prompting concern
  • Aug 14, 2026

Why one Conservative MP’s push to probe COVID-19 vaccine injuries is prompting concern

  • CTV News
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  • Rachel Aiello
The Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says
  • Aug 13, 2026

The Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says

  • CTV News
Congo battles fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record as deaths top 2,000
  • Aug 13, 2026

Congo battles fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record as deaths top 2,000

  • CBC News
WHO says Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history
  • Aug 12, 2026

WHO says Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history

  • CTV News
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  • Stefanie Dazio And Mark Banchereau, The Associated Press
WHO says Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared
  • Aug 10, 2026

WHO says Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared

  • CTV News
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  • Constant Same Bagalwa and Mark Banchereau, The Associated Press
Feds should devise way to reflect on COVID-19 response, says Canada's chief science adviser
  • Aug 10, 2026

Feds should devise way to reflect on COVID-19 response, says Canada's chief science adviser

  • CBC News
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  • Benjamin Lopez Steven
One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid
  • Aug 07, 2026

One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid

  • Canadian Press
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  • Prosper Heri Ngorora And Mark Banchereau
Moderna authorized to launch its Ebola vaccine clinical trials in Canada
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  • Aug 06, 2026

Moderna authorized to launch its Ebola vaccine clinical trials in Canada

  • National Post
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  • AFP
WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak
  • Aug 05, 2026

WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak

  • CTV News
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  • AFP
Health Canada authorizes Moderna clinical trial for new Ebola vaccine candidate
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  • Aug 04, 2026

Health Canada authorizes Moderna clinical trial for new Ebola vaccine candidate

  • Toronto Star
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  • Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo
  • Aug 04, 2026

Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo

  • CBC News
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  • Lauren Pelley
Health Canada approves clinical trial for Moderna's mRNA Ebola vaccine
  • Aug 04, 2026

Health Canada approves clinical trial for Moderna's mRNA Ebola vaccine

  • Global News
Australia confirms first mass death of seabirds from H5N1 bird flu
  • Aug 04, 2026

Australia confirms first mass death of seabirds from H5N1 bird flu

  • CBC News
Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges
  • Aug 04, 2026

Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges

  • CTV News
Pharmacists preparing to give out free COVID shots to high-risk Albertans again this fall
  • Aug 04, 2026

Pharmacists preparing to give out free COVID shots to high-risk Albertans again this fall

  • CBC News
Congo says death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500
  • Jul 30, 2026

Congo says death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500

  • CBC News
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  • Prosper Heri Ngorora and Mark Banchereau
Former top US Covid expert Fauci declines to answer hostile Senate questioning
  • Jul 30, 2026

Former top US Covid expert Fauci declines to answer hostile Senate questioning

  • Canadian Affairs
Dr. Anthony Fauci was called to testify on COVID-19. Why did he refuse to answer questions?
  • Jul 29, 2026

Dr. Anthony Fauci was called to testify on COVID-19. Why did he refuse to answer questions?

  • CTV News
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  • Lauran Neergaard and Ali Swenson
Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in U.S. Senate pandemic hearing
  • Jul 29, 2026

Dr. Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in U.S. Senate pandemic hearing

  • Global News
U.S. measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row
  • Jul 24, 2026

U.S. measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row

  • CTV News
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  • Deidre McPhillips, CNN
2026 U.S. measles cases have passed record-breaking tally for all of 2025
  • Jul 24, 2026

2026 U.S. measles cases have passed record-breaking tally for all of 2025

  • Global News
Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak
  • Jul 23, 2026

Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak

  • npr
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people
  • Jul 22, 2026

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people

  • CBC News
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  • The Associated Press
Can I get sick from bird flu? What are the symptoms, and are chicken and eggs safe to eat?
  • Jun 23, 2026

Can I get sick from bird flu? What are the symptoms, and are chicken and eggs safe to eat?

  • The Guardian
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  • C Raina MacIntyre
Data is not enough: from Covid to measles, America must relearn risk communication
  • Jun 12, 2026

Data is not enough: from Covid to measles, America must relearn risk communication

  • The Guardian
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  • Lynne Peeples
White House response to hantavirus and Ebola contrasts with COVID criticisms
  • Jun 11, 2026

White House response to hantavirus and Ebola contrasts with COVID criticisms

  • npr
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  • Rob Stein
Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue
  • Jun 03, 2026

Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue

  • Associated Press
The long shadow of long COVID
  • May 30, 2026

The long shadow of long COVID

  • Canadian Affairs
FDA vaccine advisers recommend updating COVID shots
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  • May 29, 2026

FDA vaccine advisers recommend updating COVID shots

  • Axios
Why are we repeating the same mistakes with hantavirus that we made with COVID-19?
  • May 28, 2026

Why are we repeating the same mistakes with hantavirus that we made with COVID-19?

  • Toronto Star
The Next Pandemic May Already Be Brewing
  • May 25, 2026

The Next Pandemic May Already Be Brewing

  • The Walrus
Long COVID will cost the US an estimated $8 billion over just 3 years due to healthcare burden, managing symptoms and loss to the workforce
  • May 21, 2026

Long COVID will cost the US an estimated $8 billion over just 3 years due to healthcare burden, managing symptoms and loss to the workforce

  • The Conversation
Early antiviral use may lower risk of long COVID in mildly ill patients, aid recovery from infection
  • May 19, 2026

Early antiviral use may lower risk of long COVID in mildly ill patients, aid recovery from infection

  • CIDRAP
Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment
  • May 19, 2026

Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment

  • CIDRAP
ARCHIVE: COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.
  • May 13, 2026

ARCHIVE: COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Flannery Dean
Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven't learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19
  • May 11, 2026

Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven't learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19

  • Healthy Debate
Many older adults who died of COVID weren't close to death before infection: study
  • May 11, 2026

Many older adults who died of COVID weren't close to death before infection: study

  • CIDRAP

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