BBC World
DR Congo's Ebola outbreak sets a grim record for speed, MSF says the response hasn't caught up, and the WHO chief visits to see how bad it really is (spoiler: pretty bad).
The Guardian Europe
WHO chief arrives in DRC, assures everyone the Ebola outbreak can be stopped, asks warring factions for a ceasefire, and notes that travel bans don't help much - while neighboring Uganda slams its border shut.
BBC Health
WHO raises Ebola risk to 'very high' in DR Congo as rare Bundibugyo species spreads, vaccines remain elusive, and a hospital fire shows trust is still in short supply.
UN News
UN warns that blockaded medical supplies, rodents, and disease are making Gaza even more hellish - and a prefab hospital just sits in Jordan, waiting.
The Guardian Europe
A WHO-led study finds that climate change is making venomous snakes relocate, increasing human encounters and bite risks, with species like cottonmouths heading toward New York.
UN News
WHO battles rare Ebola strain in DRC and Uganda with community trust, since no vaccine exists and scaring people doesn't work.
BBC World
WHO declares Ebola emergency as rare, unvaccinated strain spreads through conflict zones, funerals, and a stubborn belief in witchcraft over hospitals.
The Guardian
A WHO-convened commission says the climate crisis is a public health emergency that needs a Pheic declaration - because apparently dying from heatwaves and dengue isn't alarming enough on its own.
UN News
Cuba's healthcare system is collapsing under blackouts and shortages, forcing staff to carry water up stairs while patients wait for surgeries and pregnant women go hungry.
BBC World
Hantavirus cruise ship finally empties its passengers, but not before three more people test positive and the world gets another reminder that cruise ships and viruses are a match made in hell.
BBC Health
A cruise ship passenger develops hantavirus symptoms mid-flight, because apparently the outbreak needed a dramatic airborne encore.
The Guardian Europe
The CDC finally shows up to the hantavirus party, but experts note it's wearing yesterday's clothes and forgot the snacks.
UN News
WHO confirms 3,000+ attacks on Ukraine's healthcare since invasion, while UN helps farmers plant crops near minefields. War: it's the gift that keeps on giving.
The Guardian Europe
A dream cruise turns into a nightmare as hantavirus kills three passengers, leaving the ship stranded off Cape Verde and the Canary Islands while authorities argue over who has to deal with it.
The Guardian
WHO insists hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship is not the next pandemic, even as Spain and Canary Islands argue over docking rights and 12 countries nervously check their contact-tracing lists.
BBC Health
A cruise ship becomes a floating virology lab as hantavirus - including the rare person-to-person Andes strain - turns a dream vacation into a medical mystery, with passengers confined to cabins and experts dusting off their COVID-era playbooks.
The Guardian
A British crew member and a Dutch colleague are being urgently evacuated from a luxury cruise ship after a hantavirus outbreak killed three, because apparently even a luxury cruise can turn into a biohazard nightmare.
The Guardian
Philip Morris gets a secret Senate hearing to plead for lower taxes on its legal cancer sticks, claiming illegal ones might beat them to the market.
BBC World
A cruise ship becomes a floating petri dish as hantavirus claims three lives, proving that even luxury vacations can't escape the tyranny of rodent waste.
BBC World
In Gaza's war-torn camps, rats and weasels have become the new landlords, biting children and stealing flour while aid workers beg for pesticides and a ceasefire that's gone AWOL.
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