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Alberta, Canada
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Whoever designed the hazmat suit either had a hell of a sense of humor or hated all their co-workers—VIABLE THREAT julieroweauthor.com/viable-t… #thriller #romanticsuspense
New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge cnn.com/2026/10/05/health/ne…
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So a plague-lab technician dies.
Russian officials say nothing to see.
The calendar says otherwise.
Independent reports put a broken tube of plague material on or about 25 September.
She was hospitalized on 29 September and dead by 2 October.
That gap lines up with the usual incubation window for pneumonic plague.
The official record skips the 25 September event entirely: no accident, no work-related pathogen, just pneumonia of undetermined etiology.
The response did not match the later story.
By 4 October there was an emergency commission, institute staff isolated, hospitals restricted, and roughly 200 people under watch.
Early regional comments allowed it “may” have been plague.
Days later the federal line to WHO was that it looked like an ordinary respiratory infection, with only COVID-19 and rhinovirus among contacts.
No public autopsy, culture, or incident log has shown when those negative results arrived relative to the decision to lock everything down.
Russian authorities say contact monitoring is finished and clean.
WHO was still asking for the underlying lab detail.
No secondary cases proves containment or no exposure.
It does not explain the missing four days?
The lost Corsair: The search for a Korean War legend and its missing pilot cnn.com/2026/09/18/asia/kore…
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"It remains a deadly, massive epidemic. The humanitarian response is less than half funded."
- Julien Harneis, Senior #Ebola Coordinator, provides an update on the ongoing epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩
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The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is now active across multiple disconnected geographic fronts.
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1) What the fresh hell
Local health departments in North Carolina have evaluated hundreds of people for rabies after they interacted with baby goats that were part of a mobile petting zoo, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. cnn.it/4iN08BR
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"Measles-associated"
HHS and CDC extend their condolences to the families and communities affected by two measles-associated deaths in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. CDC is working closely with state and local health departments to strengthen response efforts, rapidly support affected communities across the state, and communicate the steps people can take to slow the spread of measles. The MMR vaccine provides the most effective protection against measles and helps prevent its spread. CDC will continue to follow Pennsylvania’s lead and provide resources to support the state’s response.
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Florida just recorded its highest number of leprosy cases in modern history.
A disease most people think disappeared is quietly becoming endemic in Florida.
Local transmission.
Record case counts.
Multiple affected counties.
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America could be dealing with multiple supply chains delivering the same explosive outcome.
FDA is now tracing at least two unidentified Cyclospora outbreaks.
So this may not be one contaminated shipment.
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Ebola surveillance right now teapawt.net/faavoredsoul/status/20…
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Misinformation can make a fair process seem flawed. Get the facts from Elections Alberta.
Find them at elections.ab.ca/elections/re…
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Millions of animals don’t die in a few days unless something is seriously wrong.
France’s recent heatwave just killed 3 million broiler chickens.
The food system has limits.
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Forget the Hollywood version of Ebola.
In the new NEJM study, hemorrhagic bleeding was uncommon at presentation.
Most confirmed patients looked like severe gastrointestinal illness with fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
Waiting for dramatic bleeding means missing cases.
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The official count just reached 1,000 human H5N1 cases worldwide.
Nearly half died.
The more concerning detail:
Recent cases in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India were identified days to weeks after patients entered care.
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Without urgent action, there is a strong likelihood the Ebola outbreak in Africa will exceed 20,000 cases and 4,000 deaths within three months, a new modeling estimate from the CDC suggests.
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This epidemic curve from Ituri Province does not show an Ebola outbreak coming under control.
Daily Ebola symptom onset accelerated throughout May, with some days approaching 40 suspected or confirmed cases.
Large numbers of cases remain under investigation, meaning recent counts will likely rise as testing catches up.
The right side of the curve is still being filled in.
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Ebola outbreak in RDC
Positivity rate: 77%
🚨 #EbolaRDC | Rapport de situation au 29 mai 2026
La riposte contre Ebola se poursuit dans les provinces de l’Ituri, du Nord-Kivu et du Sud-Kivu, avec un renforcement des capacités de surveillance, de prise en charge et de dépistage.
Situation épidémiologique au 29 mai 2026
• 263 cas confirmés cumulés
• 42 décès parmi les cas confirmés
• 2 personnes guéries
• 60 nouveaux cas suspects enregistrés
• 54 nouveaux cas confirmés au cours de la journée
• 3 200 contacts identifiés, dont 967 suivis (30,22 %)
Répartition des cas confirmés
• Ituri : 245 cas
• Nord-Kivu : 15 cas
• Sud-Kivu : 3 cas
Prise en charge
• 95 patients actuellement en isolement dans les différentes structures de traitement.
• 6 décès signalés dans les structures de prise en charge au cours de la journée.
Laboratoire
• 70 échantillons reçus et analysés le 29 mai.
• 54 résultats positifs.
• Taux de positivité du jour : 77,1 %.
Renforcement de la riposte
• Plus de 18 000 voyageurs dépistés aux points d’entrée et de contrôle.
• Arrivée progressive des moyens logistiques destinés à renforcer les opérations sur le terrain.
• Intensification des activités de surveillance, de sensibilisation et de suivi des contacts.
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