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Government data reported November 10 put DRC at 11,042 confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases and 5,387 deaths; a cumulative milestone cannot determine whether transmission is slowing.
Doctors rallied outside Colombo’s National Hospital ahead of the 2027 Budget, demanding solutions on allowances, staffing and trade-union rights while pledging to keep patient services running.
The CDC counted 5,182 confirmed US measles cases through November 5, more than twice the 2025 total and the highest annual tally since 1991. A Pan American Health Organization review this week will examine whether the United States still meets the criteria for measles elimination.
The World Health Organization says the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had reached 10,668 confirmed cases and 5,198 deaths by 3 November. As transmission continued across 51 health zones, experts recommended two Bundibugyo-specific vaccine candidates for evaluation in the Tumaini trial, subject to national approval.
Two children in Deir-ez-Zor have developed paralysis from VDPV1. Vaccination has begun, but surveillance and the extent of transmission remain under investigation.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo had recorded 10,532 confirmed Bundibugyo virus disease cases and 5,126 confirmed deaths as of 1 November, making the outbreak the largest of its kind on record and the second-largest Ebola disease outbreak to date.
A Queen Mary-led follow-up involving 14 people reports sustained hormone and blood-pressure improvements for up to two years after aldosterone-targeting treatment stopped. The finding is promising, but remains preliminary.
Hillsborough County has extended its dengue-related local emergency through November 12 as mosquito surveillance remains positive across many neighborhoods and state records show 407 locally acquired cases.
A six-point agreement ended Dr Govinda KC’s 25th fast, but the dispute now turns on a defined MBBS seat inquiry, a promised university-law ordinance and unfinished July commitments.
WHO's November 6 bulletin records 67 confirmed yellow fever cases and 18 deaths across nine African countries through October 12. Border-area exposure and population movement raise concern, but links between the reported events have not been established.
Five people recovered and 46 contacts completed monitoring, Kenya said on November 3. Two patients were still being treated, and the country had not begun the final 42-day observation period.
The designation covers patients aged 10 to under 18 and follows a short Phase 2 study. The company reports a sleep-time signal, but the full dataset remains under journal review and pediatric use is still investigational.
The four-year, up-to-$37.9 million project aims to build a body-heat-powered biosensor patch. But the agency's award record describes a narrower target, and the device still has to clear basic engineering and clinical tests.
STRIDE-RCT will assess whether blood-based tests can help GPs decide which symptomatic patients need further investigation. It is not a nationwide screening offer, and a positive result will not be a cancer diagnosis.
A WHO report estimates that six climate-health measures could avert 1.56 million deaths a year. Its trillions in welfare and fiscal benefits are different measures, built on ambitious global scale-up scenarios.
Mount Sinai has signed a seven-year agreement for Sectra Reporting, bringing imaging, AI-assisted impressions and radiology reporting into one workflow. The planned spring 2027 deployment will cover more than 1.2 million annual examinations, but its clinical impact remains to be measured.
Thailand's Department of Disease Control reported 470 cumulative mpox cases and three deaths through October 31, 2026. The figures show a continuing surveillance burden, but the latest release leaves important questions about clades, geography and case outcomes unanswered.
A November 2 WHO assessment adds laboratory and exposure details about an already reported French Shamonda virus case. One infection is confirmed; its route, broader human risk and contribution to the patient’s death remain uncertain.
A study of 53,799 responses from 92 countries found weaker well-being among younger adults. Its non-probability sampling and lack of scalar invariance limit national comparisons and causal claims.
One year after the region's first deceased-donor heart transplant, Azerbaijan reports four technically successful operations. More than 50 people are still waiting for a donor heart.
Two patients in Adamawa tested negative after two laboratory rounds. Nigeria's earlier imported confirmed Ebola case remains part of its official historical count, even though the patient was evacuated to Switzerland.