Health authorities in Plateau state, Nigeria are stepping up surveillance and response efforts after Jos North Local Government recorded 117 suspected diphtheria cases and 15 deaths as of September 1. The intervention aims to contain the outbreak in the affected area.
Nigeria has recorded 252 deaths from 1,035 confirmed Lassa fever cases as of epidemiological week 33, with a case fatality rate of 24.4%. Approximately 87% of cases are concentrated in five states, with 14 new cases reported.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine have developed a disease surveillance approach modeled on the human immune system that outperforms traditional top-down methods in detecting disease-carrying insects, according to a new study.
Congolese health authorities intercepted the Yingfeng 2 river boat on the Congo River near Kinshasa and placed hundreds of passengers under quarantine after a passenger who had disembarked earlier died from suspected Ebola. Screening is underway for all passengers and crew.
Four out of five new Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, according to WHO officials, while Africa's top public health agency describes it as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record with response efforts unable to keep pace.
New York City health officials are investigating a cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The bacterial pneumonia outbreak has prompted health alerts to residents in the affected neighborhood.
