On October 2nd, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported 36 confirmed cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) and 11 deaths in the Republic of Rwanda. Thus far, the outbreak has been contained to the Republic of Rwanda and the CDC has assessed there is minimal risk of spread to the United States. In [...]
Update to SRC's 2022 blog: EPA Triggers Emerging Viral Pathogens Policy for Monkeypox Virus In response to the recent outbreak of over 20,000 Mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and spread of the disease to the Republic of Congo (ROC) and Central African Republic (CAR), EPA has reset the activation date for [...]
In response to recent simultaneous outbreaks of Marburg virus in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea the United States EPA has engaged the Emerging viral Pathogens Policy (EVP). The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for Equatorial Guinea first announced the outbreak on February 7, 2023. Since the announcement, 15 cases and 11 deaths have been confirmed [...]
Due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda, the United States EPA has engaged its Emerging viral Pathogens Policy (EVP). The current outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease is caused by infection with Sudan ebolavirus. The first confirmed case was identified in a 25-year-old male in the Mubende District of Uganda on September 19th; though it [...]
On July 23rd, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent outbreak of Monkeypox virus “a public health emergency of international concern”.(1) This announcement has come following the continued worldwide spread of Monkeypox from 92 cases in 12 member countries reported in May to over 16,000 confirmed cases and 5 deaths in 75 member [...]
Many news organizations have recently released articles related to a string of Monkeypox cases in the U.S and abroad. Over the weekend, The World Health Organization announced that as of May 21st there were 92 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox virus spread over 12 member states that are not endemic for the virus. All confirmed [...]